Unload rate control for an unloading system in an agricultural harvester

An unloading system (26) for an agricultural harvester (10), comprises a metering gate (50) positionable for communication with a bottom of a temporary storage hopper (24) on the agricultural harvester (10); a transfer conveyance having an inlet end and a discharge end, said inlet end in communicati...

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Main Authors DEPOORTER, MARK C, COERS, BRUCE A, MACKIN, RYAN PATRICK, BURKE, DANIEL J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 13.04.2016
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
FISHING
FORESTRY
HARVESTING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
MOWING
TRAPPING
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Summary:An unloading system (26) for an agricultural harvester (10), comprises a metering gate (50) positionable for communication with a bottom of a temporary storage hopper (24) on the agricultural harvester (10); a transfer conveyance having an inlet end and a discharge end, said inlet end in communication with said metering gate (50); and at least one sensor (52) providing an output signal representing an operating parameter associated with an unload rate of agricultural product through said transfer conveyance during an unloading operation. An electrical processing circuit (54) is coupled to an actuator of said metering gate (50) and said at least one sensor (52), said electrical processing circuit (54) controlling a position of said metering gate (50) dependent upon said output signal by means of said actuator.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20100159837