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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
John R. McClure, New Holland, PA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A drive system for an agricultural baler that includes a power take off (PTO) shaft configured for being operably connected in between an agricultural vehicle and the agricultural baler and for supplying motive power to the agricultural baler, a gearbox configured for being mounted on the agricultural baler and connected to the PTO shaft for receiving motive power from the PTO shaft, a pickup drive shaft operably connected to the gearbox and configured for being operably connected to a reel of a pickup unit of the agricultural baler, at least one sensor associated with the pickup drive shaft and configured for sensing a rotational movement of the pickup drive shaft, and an electrical processing circuit operably connected to the at least one sensor. The electrical processing circuit is configured for disconnecting motive power to the reel.