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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willi Behnke, Steinhagen, DE;
Assignee:
Claas Ohg Beschrankt Haftende Offene Handelsgesellschaft, Harsewinkel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 1 / ; 56DI / ;
Abstract
A sensing device for automatic side guidance of self-propelling agricultural machine provided with a unit for mowing vegetation formed in a row culture with stubble rows on a field, the sensing device has at least one sensor which senses a row of the vegetation by a lateral abutment, a unit for converting a movement of the sensor into electrical control signals, and a control unit receiving the electrical control signals and controlling wheels of the agricultural machine. The sensor is formed as a stubble sensing element.