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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:
Oct. 09, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jesse H Ovsborn, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Robert W Hahn, Lemont, IL (US);
Assignee:
J. I. Case Company, Racine, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 102 ; 56DI / ; 340684 ; 460-1 ;
Abstract
A system for monitoring cotton flow through a conveying system of a cotton harvester. The monitoring system includes acoustic sensors for generating pulses or signals as a function of sound produced from cotton impinging upon a walled conveying duct of the conveying system. The sensors are connected to detector circuitry which provides a first signal condition when cotton flow through the duct is above a first level and a second signal condition when cotton flow is below the first level. The system of the present invention further includes an alarm which is responsive to outputs from the detector circuitry.