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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Maarten Koorn, Schiedam, NL;
Assignee:
Maasland, N.V., Maasland, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 1 / ; 56-6 ; 56 1 / ; 56 1 / ; 56DI / ;
Abstract
A mowing machine comprising a mowing unit, a crushing member and an adjusting mechanism, by means of which one or more crushing parameters can be adjusted. At least one sensor is provided, by means of which the extent to which the crushing member is loaded during operation is recorded. This sensor also supplies one or more control signals to the above-mentioned adjusting mechanism to obtain automatic adjustment of the machine's crushing parameters. The adjusting mechanism can adjust the relative positions of the crushing member and the mowing unit, the rpm of the crushing member and the size of the crop channel, among other things.