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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Robrecht M. K. Dumarey, Gistel, BE;
Sandor Van Vooren, Sijsele-Damme, BE;
Pieter Vandevelde, Sint Michiels Brugge, BE;
Olivier Arnel Vanhercke, Gistel, BE;
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
Agricultural baler with feeder system arranged for repeatedly feeding crop material towards a baling chamber, the feeder system includes a feeding chamber and a stuffer. The feeder system is arranged for collecting a crop material. The stuffer is arranged for repeatedly carrying out a stuffing cycle and varying an entry position and/or an exit position and/or a stroke depth. The feeder system further includes a sensor arranged for generating a signal indicative of the accumulated crop material in the feeding chamber. A controller that is arranged for triggering the stuffer to start a stuffing cycle wherein the entry position, the exit position, and/or the stroke depth, is adjusted in response to an indication by the sensor signal of the accumulated crop material in the feeding chamber.