Agricultural machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11510371-B2
Application number	US-202017020867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2020
Priority date	Sep 20, 2019
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

An agricultural machine includes a baler controller configured or programmed to obtain an ejector inclination value from a positional relation between a tractor inclination sensor and a bale ejector of a baler, the ejector inclination value being a sensor value of the inclination sensor corresponding to the bale ejector, and to allow ejection of the bale when a size of the bale in the baler is larger than a first threshold value and the ejector inclination value is less than a second threshold value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An agricultural machine to control ejection of a bale in a baler attached to a tractor, the agricultural machine comprising:
a baler controller configured or programmed to:
obtain an ejector inclination value from a positional relation between an inclination sensor to detect an inclination of the tractor and a bale ejector of the baler, the ejector inclination value being a sensor value of the inclination sensor, the sensor value corresponding to the bale ejector; and
allow ejection of the bale in a case where (i) a size of the bale in the baler is larger than a first threshold value, and (ii) the ejector inclination value is less than a second threshold value; wherein
the baler controller is configured or programmed to obtain, as the ejector inclination value, the sensor value in data in which each traveled distance of the tractor and each sensor value of the inclination sensor are associated with each other, the sensor value thus obtained corresponding to a traveled distance obtained by subtracting a distance between the inclination sensor and the bale ejector from a current traveled distance.

2. An agricultural machine to control ejection of a bale in a baler attached to a tractor, the agricultural machine comprising:
a baler controller configured or programmed to:
obtain an ejector inclination value from a positional relation between an inclination sensor to detect an inclination of the tractor and a bale ejector of the baler, the ejector inclination value being a sensor value of the inclination sensor, the sensor value corresponding to the bale ejector; and
allow ejection of the bale in a case where (i) a size of the bale in the baler is larger than a first threshold value, and (ii) the ejector inclination value is less than a second threshold value; wherein
the baler controller is configured or programmed to obtain:
a traveling position of the tractor; and
as the ejector inclination value, the sensor value in data in which each traveling position of the tractor and each sensor value of the inclination sensor are associated with each other, the sensor value thus obtained corresponding to a traveling position which is a shortest distance apart from a point where the bale ejector is present.

3. An agricultural machine to control ejection of a bale in a baler attached to a tractor, the agricultural machine comprising:
a baler controller configured or programmed to:
obtain an ejector inclination value from a positional relation between an inclination sensor to detect an inclination of the tractor and a bale ejector of the baler, the ejector inclination value being a sensor value of the inclination sensor, the sensor value corresponding to the bale ejector; and
allow ejection of the bale in a case where (i) a size of the bale in the baler is larger than a first threshold value, and (ii) the ejector inclination value is less than a second threshold value; wherein
the baler controller is configured or programmed to allow ejection of the bale, in a case where while (i) the size of the bale is larger than the first threshold value, (ii) the ejector inclination value stays less than the second threshold value for not less than a predetermined time period after the ejector inclination value having exceeded the second threshold value becomes less than the second threshold value.

4. An agricultural machine to control ejection of a bale in a baler attached to a tractor, the agricultural machine comprising:
a baler controller configured or programmed to:
obtain an ejector inclination value from a positional relation between an inclination sensor to detect an inclination of the tractor and a bale ejector of the baler, the ejector inclination value being a sensor value of the inclination sensor, the sensor value corresponding to the bale ejector; and
allow ejection of the bale in a case where (i) a size of the bale in the baler is larger than a first threshold value, and (ii) the ejector inclination value is less than a second threshold value;

an odometer to measure a traveled distance; and
a controller configured or programmed to cause the traveled distance and a corresponding sensor value obtained by the inclination sensor to be stored such that the traveled distance and the corresponding sensor value are associated with each other; wherein
the corresponding sensor value is an inclination measured by the inclination sensor.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Kurata Ryo
• Umemoto Susumu
• Ishikawa shinnosuke
• Fulvio Zerbino

Classifications

• A01F2015/0808

  Balers incorporate an inclinometer · CPC title

• A01F15/08 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• A01F2015/0891

  Weighing the finished bale before falling to ground · CPC title

• A01F15/0883 Primary

  for round balers · CPC title

• A01F15/0833

  for round balers · CPC title