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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Georg Kormann, Zweibrücken, DE;
Nico Correns, Weimar, DE;
Michael Rode, Jena, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A harvesting machine includes a measuring device for capturing the throughput of collected material. The measuring device has a measuring surface which acts together with the crop material and is supported movably at a support point in such a manner that its position depends on the throughput of the crop material, and an optical position capturing device for capturing the position of the measuring surface. Preferably the support point is a solid body articulation and the position capturing device is a laser interferometer.