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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
May. 18, 1992
Robert W Hahn, Lemont, IL (US);
Alan H Ludwig, Hinsdale, IL (US);
G Neil Thedford, Naperville, IL (US);
Case Corporation, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A lubrication system for a cotton harvester having a plurality of harvesting units. The lubrication system comprises a lubricant source for providing pressurized lubricant to each of the harvesting units to facilitate their operation and a control mechanism for measuring cyclic operations of harvesting units operating components during a harvesting procedure. The control mechanism controls operation of the lubricant source such that the amounts of lubricant provided to the harvesting units during a lubrication cycle is correlated to the lubricant usage of the harvesting units during the harvesting procedure. A salient feature of the present invention relates to a display for visually indicating the cyclic operations remaining for the harvesting units before another lubrication cycle is due to be commenced. The display furthermore provides a visual indication relating to the operating performance of the lubrication system.