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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael T McMahon, Salem, OH (US);
Assignee:
Farmex, Inc., Aurora, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702 50 ; 73 73 ; 324694 ; 340604 ;
Abstract
A hay bale moisture measuring device comprising a bimetalic, probe forming a single cell battery uses the hay and the moisture therein as the electrolytes to provide an internal cell resistance measurement which is calculated in an electronic circuit according to a predetermined algorithm into a hay moisture measurement which is further biased for hay temperature, bale configuration, hay type, cutting and density by the same circuit.