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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Pemrick, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Assignee:
Harvest TEC, Inc., Hudson, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/712 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/712 ;
Abstract
A device for sensing moisture in moving hay bales has a pair of star-shaped wheels situated to have points penetrate into the bale and be driven by the bale. The points establish electrode surfaces within the bale between which resistivity or conductivity of an electrical current may be measured and scaled to moisture content of the hay of the bale.