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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Joachim Baumgarten, Beelen, DE;
Dirk Speckamp, Ahlen, DE;
Willi Behnke, Steinhagen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH, Harsewinkel, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06M 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a self-propelled harvesting machine includes continuously separating a crop-material flow into a useful-material flow and a remaining-material flow, in a separating step of the machine, capturing at least a portion of the useful-material flow from the separating step in a measurement channel, weighing the useful material contained in the measurement chamber and determining a density based on a weight that was measured, and optimizing operational patrameters of the separating step based on the weight that was determined.