Baling press with adjustable conveyor channel floor segments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9226452-B2
Application number	US-201313947960-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2013
Priority date	Jul 23, 2012
Publication date	Jan 5, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2016

Abstract

A baling press with a conveyor device has a conveyor rotor, a conveyor channel, and a conveyor channel floor. The conveyor rotor and the conveyor channel floor are arranged at a distance to one another in such a way that the distance can be changed and that they delimit, at least partially, the conveyor channel. The distance between the conveyor channel floor and the conveyor rotor can be changed by at least one adjusting device, radial to the rotation axis of the conveyor rotor. In order to improve the quality of the flow of crops, the conveyor channel floor can be subdivided, in the direction of the rotation axis, into at least two floor segments, the distance of which to the conveyor rotor can be changed separately from one another by an adjusting device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conveyor device for crops, comprising: a conveyor rotor, a conveyor channel, and a conveyor channel floor, wherein the conveyor rotor and the conveyor channel floor are located at a distance to one another in such a way that the distance can be changed and that they delimit the conveyor channel at least partially, wherein the distance between the conveyor channel floor and the conveyor rotor can be changed by at least two adjusting devices, radial to the rotation axis of the conveyor rotor, wherein the conveyor channel floor is subdivided in the direction of the rotation axis into at least two floor segments, the distance of which to the conveyor rotor, separately from one another, can be changed by the at least two adjusting devices, respectively.

2. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , further including one or more sensors that can detect a load acting on the floor segments or on the conveyor rotor.

3. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , further including one or more sensors that can detect a load acting on the conveyor rotor at a distance to the floor segments relative to the conveyor rotor.

4. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , further including one or more sensors and at least one electronic control unit for processing a load signal delivered by the sensors and controlling the at least two adjusting devices as a function of the load signal.

5. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , further including a sensor for each floor segment.

6. The conveyor device according to claim 5 , further including an electronic control unit for each floor segment.

7. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two adjusting devices have actuators that are constructed as hydraulic cylinders controlled via electromagnetic control valves.

8. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , further including one or more sensors that detect at least one of pressure and torque.

9. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , further including one or more sensors that detect at least one of torque and distance.

10. The conveyor device according to claim 1 , wherein the conveyor channel floor is subdivided into at least three floor segments.

11. A baling press for the compression of compressed agricultural material including a conveyor device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Biziorek Stephane

Classifications

• A01F15/10 Primary

  Feeding devices for the crop material {e.g. precompression devices} · CPC title

• A01F2015/108

  Cutting devices comprising cutter and counter-cutter · CPC title

• B65G19/04

  for moving bulk material in open troughs or channels · CPC title

• A01F15/106 Primary

  for round balers · CPC title

• A01D90/04

  with additional cutting means · CPC title