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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Braun, Northwood, IA (US);
Larry Stille, Rockford, IA (US);
Assignee:
David Manufacturing Company, Mason City, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
460-7 ; 56DI / ; 56 102 ;
Abstract
A system and method of monitoring the moisture of grain as it is being harvested by a combine. The moisture of the grain is continuously measured as the grain is traveling through a clean grain auger of the combine. These moisture measurements are displayed to the combine operator in the cab of the combine. A multiprocessor is provided to sample and store the moisture measurements. The multiprocessor also averages the stored measurements so that the operator can obtain the average moisture content of grain harvested from operator-defined areas of a field.