Agricultural machine with dynamic debris removal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12296794-B2
Application number	US-202217825808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2022
Priority date	May 26, 2022
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

A sensor generates an output signal indicative of an attribute of a limited amount of material above the sensor. A controller receives the output signal and incorporates a corresponding variable into a programmatic calculation of an indication of a volume of material in a tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An agricultural machine comprising a wheel cleaning debris removal component, the wheel cleaning debris removal component having a rotatable portion that rotates around an axis that is at least substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of a wheel that is part of the agricultural machine, wherein the debris removal component is mounted proximate to a ground engaging surface of the wheel, and wherein the rotatable portion includes a series of paddles.

2. The agricultural machine of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable portion of the wheel cleaning debris removal component is a paddle wheel.

3. The agricultural machine of claim 2 , wherein the paddle wheel is rotatably mounted to a side plate.

4. The agricultural machine of claim 1 , wherein a bearing assembly is utilized to facilitate a rotatable connection between the rotatable portion and a side plate.

5. An agricultural machine component comprising a wheel cleaning paddle wheel, the wheel cleaning paddle wheel comprising a plurality of paddles and configured to be mounted proximate to a ground engaging surface of a wheel, wherein the agricultural machine component further comprises a side plate and a bearing assembly, the bearing assembly facilitating a rotatable connection between the paddle wheel and the side plate.

6. The agricultural component of claim 5 , further comprising an active spacing component that controls where the wheel cleaning paddle wheel is positioned within a range of motion defined by a movement slot.

7. An agricultural machine comprising a wheel cleaning debris removal component mounted proximate to a ground engaging surface of a wheel, the wheel cleaning debris removal component comprising a paddle that is configured to rotate around a first axis in a direction that is opposite of a direction in which the wheel turns around a second axis during operation of the agricultural machine, wherein the paddle is one of a series of paddles that are part of the wheel cleaning debris removal component, all paddles in the series being configured to rotate around the first axis in a direction that is opposite of a direction in which the wheel turns around a second axis during operation of the agricultural machine.

8. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the first and second axes are separated and substantially parallel to one another.

9. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the wheel cleaning debris removal component is adjustably mounted so that a distance between the debris removal component and the ground engaging surface is mechanically selectable.

10. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the debris removal component is mounted by way of a side plate.

11. The agricultural machine of claim 10 , further comprising an adjustment slot formed in the side plate.

12. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the debris removal component includes a bearing assembly.

13. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the wheel cleaning debris removal component includes a bearing assembly that rotatably supports a paddle wheel of which the series of paddles are a part.

14. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the series of paddles are a part of a paddle wheel.

15. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the wheel cleaning debris removal component further comprises a bushing that separates a side plate from a paddle wheel, the series of paddles being part of the paddle wheel.

16. The agricultural machine of claim 7 , wherein the wheel cleaning debris removal component is mounted proximate to the ground engaging surface by way of a side plate.

17. The agricultural machine of claim 16 , wherein the side plate is adjustable so as to selectively change a distance between a portion of the wheel cleaning debris removal component and the ground engaging surface.

Assignees

• Deere & Co
• Deere &Company

Inventors

• Werning Jason L
• Graham William D

Classifications

• A01B76/00

  Parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, not provided for in groups A01B51/00 - A01B75/00 · CPC title

• A01C5/068

  Furrow packing devices, e.g. press wheels · CPC title

• A01B71/08 Primary

  Means for protecting against dust or the like, or for cleaning agricultural implements (discs for ploughs A01B15/16; lifting or cleaning apparatus for harrows A01B19/10; discs for harrows A01B23/06; screening of rotary driven tilling tools A01B33/12) · CPC title

• B60S1/68 Primary

  for freeing wheels or tyres from foreign matter, e.g. wheel scrapers · CPC title