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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2021
Applicant:
1045929 Ontario Limited, Keswick, CA;
Inventors:
Gerardus J. Brouwer, Keswick, CA;
Ian L. Morgan, Cambridge, CA;
Assignee:
1045929 Ontario Limited, Keswick, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 20/12 (2018.01); A01G 20/15 (2018.01); G05D 5/04 (2006.01); A01D 57/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 20/12 (2018.02); A01G 20/15 (2018.02); G05D 5/04 (2013.01); A01D 57/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A harvesting system for harvesting sod includes: (a) a harvester frame; (b) a cutting assembly mounted to the harvester frame for cutting the sod into slabs, each slab having a cut-off length; (c) a conveyor assembly supported by the harvester frame for transporting the slabs away from the cutting assembly toward a measuring location; and (d) a control system operable to: (i) determine a length difference between a measured length for at least one slab at the measuring location and a target length, and (ii) adjust the cut-off length for subsequent slabs to compensate for the length difference.