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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1987
Filed:
May. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Fox, Minburn, IA (US);
Bruce L Hubbard, Ankeny, IA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340684 ; 340608 ; 340611 ; 56 102 ; 56 30 ;
Abstract
An element placed within a cotton conveying duct of a cotton harvester above the air discharge jet is shaped to shed cotton and supports a vacuum opening which communicates with a simple differential pressure switch through a vacuum conduit. The aspiration effect of normal air flow over the opening provides a vacuum in the conduit which maintains the switch open, but if air velocity in the duct drops below a preselected value due to a plug, low fan speed or faulty hose, the vacuum decreases and the switch closes to energize a warning device.