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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gilbert JI. Strubbe, Loppem, BE;
Assignee:
New Holland North America, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386173 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a sensor member of a mass flow measuring apparatus on a combine harvester, in which the surface of the sensor member includes both curved and straight portions. The lengths (.theta..sub.m,L) of the curved and straight portions are optimised to minimise the effects of changes in coefficient of friction (.mu.) on measured mass flow rate values of bulk materials on the sensor member.