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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Eriya Harada, Sakai, JP;
Jean-christophe Girard, Cher, FR;
Florent Voiry, Meurthe et Moselle, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A work vehicle includes: a container; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey an object to the container using a force of wind generated by a blower; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a conveyance state of the conveyed object to the container. The evaluation unit has a drive load detecting function of detecting a drive load of the blower, and a conveyance state determining function of determining whether the conveyance state reached a predetermined conveyance state, based on the detected drive load.