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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Charles S. Sloan, Blakesburg, IA (US);
Daniel E. Derscheid, Hedrick, IA (US);
Stephen E. O'Brien, Ottumwa, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/08 (2006.01); A01F 15/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F 15/0833 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0795 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0808 (2013.01); A01F 2015/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bale holder is actuated to hold a bale in a lift gate of a baler. Lift gate actuators are then actuated to lift the gate, while it is holding the bale. A gate position sensor senses the position of the lift gate, and a force detector detects a force that is used in order to support the gate in the detected position. Bale weight generation logic then generates a bale weight based on the sensed lift gate position and the detected force. A control signal is generated based on the bale weight.