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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Kevin Frederick Knapp, Leola, PA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Frederick Knapp, Leola, PA (US);
Assignee:
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A positioning sensor (e.g., GPS) allows a controller to determine the present location and orientation of the harvester on a map and to record the presently and previously harvested portions of a field. The controller uses the map and positional information to determine if the crop residue spray pattern from an adjustable spreader is returns substantially all the crop residue to the currently harvest portion and automatically adjusts the adjustable spreader to achieve an ideal residue spray pattern.