992results about "Loaders" patented technology

An exemplary system for filling a holding tank with agricultural product generally includes a supply line. The supply line includes an inlet, a plurality of outlets, and a plurality of junctions. The inlet is connected with a conveyance device such that the supply line is operable to receive a flowing agricultural product blown by the conveyance device. The outlets are open to a holding space of the holding tank, and includes a first outlet and a second outlet. The plurality of junctions includes a first junction associated with the first outlet, and a second junction associated with the second outlet. The first junction is configured to direct agricultural product to flow out of the first outlet until the first outlet becomes blocked, and to thereafter direct agricultural product to flow toward the second junction. The second junction is configured to direct agricultural product to flow out of the second outlet.

The invention discloses a crop straw quantitative layering uniform mixing and returning device which comprises a straw collecting mechanism, a fan conveying mechanism, a flow dividing mechanism, a furrow opener assembly, a uniform mixing assembly and a soil covering assembly. A straw picking device and a straw conveyor are arranged at the front end of the device and used for collecting straw scattered in the field and conducting pretreatment before returning to the field; treated straw is sucked into a straw quantitative flow dividing box through a centrifugal fan, the straw is quantitatively distributed into a flow dividing guide pipe according to the returning-to-field requirement, the flow dividing guide pipe is discharged into a furrow opener, grooves with different depths are formed according to the straw returning-to-field depth requirement, and then the straw and soil are evenly mixed under the effect of a uniform mixing assembly. According to the invention, the flow distribution principle of the centrifugal fan is utilized, air ducts with different cross sections are arranged, so that straws with different volume numbers are obtained, and under the action of the furrow opener assembly and the uniform mixing assembly with different depths, the quantitative, layered and uniform mixing returning of the straws to the field is realized.

A hitch point where a receiving vehicle is coupled to a following vehicle is located relative to a leading vehicle. The trajectory or route of the following vehicle is detected and a dynamic model estimates a location of a receiving area in the receiving vehicle relative to the leading vehicle based on the trajectory or route of the following vehicle and the location of the hitch point relative to the leading vehicle.

The internal geometry of a haulage vehicle is identified. A material transfer operation is controlled to transfer material from a material transfer vehicle to the haulage vehicle based on the internal geometry of the haulage vehicle.

A control system controls the operation of a harvester and / or receiving vehicle so that the receiving vehicle can travel adjacent the harvester, behind a harvesting head on the harvester, during a breakthrough pass in the harvesting operation. The control system can include an interlock system which generates an interlock signal when unloading during breakthrough harvesting is not desired. The control signal can include a monitoring system that generates a control signal during the breakthrough pass, and a logistics system that identifies a desired location for the breakthrough pass.

The utility model discloses a double-bale-outlet knotter type square baler. The double-bale-outlet knotter type square baler comprises a tractor power receiving and distributing mechanism, a first baler mechanism and a second baler mechanism. The tractor power receiving and distributing mechanism comprises a first gearbox, a second gearbox, a main transmission shaft, a first transmission shaft and a second transmission shaft. The first gearbox is provided with a first input shaft, a first output shaft I and a first output shaft II; the second gearbox is provided with a second input shaft and a second output shaft, and the first input shaft receives power of the tractor; the first output shaft I is in transmission connection with a first flywheel input end through a first transmission shaft; the first output shaft II is in transmission connection with the second input shaft through a main transmission shaft; the second output shaft is in transmission connection with the input end of a second flywheel of the second bundling machine mechanism through a second transmission shaft. Front-end power inputs of the two bundling machines share one tractor power receiving and distributing mechanism, and the tractor power receiving and distributing mechanism carries out one-to-two operation to achieve simultaneous operation of two channels.

A grain unloading monitoring system for use in operations moving grain from a grain cart to a grain truck or container utilizing at least one sensor configured to monitor a grain level within a grain container, a processor in electronic communication with the at least one sensor, and a command module in electronic communication with the processor. The command module is configured to command one or more components on a grain cart or grain container to distribute unloaded grain and prevent overfilling of the grain container based on the monitored grain level and grain fill rate.

An unmanned aerial vehicle that transports harvested crops harvested from a field, includes a flight device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly, a controller configured or programmed to control operation of the flight device, a communication device to receive package position information indicating a first position where a target package for transport containing the harvested crops is located, and package weight information, and a support device to support the target package. The controller is configured or programmed to determine, based on the package weight information, whether the target package can be transported to a second position different from the first position, and when doing so, control the flight device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to the first position, cause the support device to support the target package, and control the flight device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to the second position.

A material transfer machine comprises a material container containing material and a material transfer system capable of transferring the material from the material container to another location, wherein the material transfer system comprises a discharge pipe movable between an operating position and a storage position and an actuator driving the movement of the discharge pipe between the operating position and the storage position.The material transfer machine further comprises one or more processors, a memory, and computer-executable instructions stored in the memory which, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to: receive an input indicating that the unloading tube should be moved from the operating position to the storage position; identify a pivot zone that defines an area in which the unloading tube will move when moved by the actuator from the operating position to the storage position; and generate a control signal based on the determination.

The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural mechanical equipment, in particular to a small Chinese cabbage harvester which is internally provided with a cutting component, a conveying component, a storage assembly and a traveling assembly, the two ends of the conveying component are connected with the cutting component and the storage assembly respectively, and the traveling assembly is installed below the storage assembly; the cutting component comprises a cutting assembly and a stirring assembly, the cutting assembly comprises a first fixing frame, two pulling shovels of the same structure and two cutting pieces of the same structure, one end of the first fixing frame is connected with the conveying component, and each cutting piece is connected with the other end of the first fixing frame; the middle part of each pulling shovel is fixedly mounted at the top end of one cutting piece; thus, when Chinese cabbages are harvested, the Chinese cabbages are pulled up through the pulling shovel, the roots of the Chinese cabbages are cut off through the cutting piece located below the pulling shovel, in the process, due to the fact that the cutting piece is located below the pulling shovel, the cutting piece does not make direct contact with the Chinese cabbages, the Chinese cabbages cannot be damaged, and the quality of the Chinese cabbages is improved.

An unloading control system accesses a weight / mass versus position fill profile for an identified container. The unloading control system generates control signals to position the material transfer vehicle so that an initial landing point of material in the container is at a desired positioned based upon the fill profile. The unloading control system generates control signals to unload material into the container according to the weight / mass versus position fill profile and obtains an indicated of the weight / mass of material transferred. The control system generates control signals to control the landing point of material in the container based upon the fill profile and the weight / mass of material transferred.

An agricultural machine system includes a baling system. The baling system includes a bale forming region. The baling system also includes a tensioning arm rotatably coupled to a frame of the baling system at a pivot. The baling system also includes a first plurality of rollers disposed about the bale forming region. The baling system also includes a second plurality of rollers rotatably coupled to the tensioning arm. The baling system also includes a bale forming belt disposed about the bale forming region. The bale forming belt is engaged with the first plurality of rollers and the second plurality of rollers. A rotational axis of the pivot is positioned below a longitudinal central axis of a fully-formed bale disposed in the bale forming region at an end of a bale forming stage. At least a portion of each roller of the first plurality of rollers is disposed below a height of the fully-formed bale at the end of the bale forming stage.

A harvester receives obstacle and turn information indicative of positions of obstacles and the locations of turns. A relative position of the harvester and a receiving vehicle is detected and control signals are generated to control unloading functionality, which may include an unloading auger, a spout position and / or a flap position during unloading, while the obstacle is being avoided and / or while a turn is being navigated. An indication of some or all of the relative position, obstacle and turn information, and control signals can be uploaded to a remote server computing system for use in performing future machine control and analytics.

A computer implemented method includes obtaining historical operation data relative to a plurality of historical operations, the historical operation data including historical machine data, historical worksite data, historical productivity data, and historical logistics data; obtaining current operation data relative to an underway or upcoming operation, the current operation data including current machine data and current worksite data; generating, based on the obtained historical operation data and the obtained current operation data, an operation plan output relative to the underway or upcoming operation, the operation plan output including one or more of: (i) one or more machine routes; (ii) one or more sub-operation locations; (iii) one or more operation plan maps; or a combination of (i), (ii), and (iii); and generating control signals to control one or more mobile agricultural work machines based on the operation plan output.

The invention relates to the technical field of bale collecting machinery, in particular to a dip angle bale picking machine. Comprising a machine body, an elastic tooth chain assembly, a dip angle chain and a horizontal chain. The machine body is provided with an inclined panel which is inclined downwards, and the inclined chain is mounted on the inclined panel; a horizontal panel is arranged at the top end of the dip angle panel, a horizontal chain is installed on the horizontal panel, and an elastic tooth chain assembly is arranged at the bottom end of the dip angle chain. Grass conveying plates are arranged on the elastic tooth chain assembly, the inclination angle chain and the horizontal chain, and the elastic tooth chain assembly is provided with a spring; the elastic tooth chain assembly lifts the bales from the ground to the inclined panel, the inclined chain moves the bales upwards to the horizontal panel, and the horizontal chain conveys the bales to the collecting platform. Traditional straw bales (two-rope straw bales and three-rope straw bales) can be picked up, and mesh bag straw bales can be picked up in a lossless mode.

A pickup assembly for an agricultural harvester comprises a pickup assembly frame, a pickup unit carried by the pickup assembly frame and configured to pick up crop from a field, and at least one skid shoe, mounted below at least a portion of the pickup unit.

Haymaking machine comprising two conveyors, each configured to move a product in a conveying orientation transverse to the direction of advance, in a first or a second conveying direction, and to be driven at a respective speed, with at least one conveyor movable substantially along the conveying orientation, so that the conveyors can be placed in at least one lateral configuration, in which the product is deposited by an outfeed conveyor, and in a central configuration. When the conveyors are placed in the lateral configuration, the speed of at least one of the conveyors is set automatically, so that the speed of the outfeed conveyor is greater than that of the other conveyor(s).

The invention discloses a small square bale double-bale-outlet picking and baling machine which comprises a machine frame, a conveying and feeding device, a driving device, a gear box, a compressing and cutting device, a baling chamber and a baling needle device, and the conveying and feeding device, the driving device, the gear box, the compressing and cutting device, the baling chamber and the baling needle device are arranged on the machine frame. A vertical moving cutter is further arranged in the middle of the rear end face of the compressing and cutting-off device, a vertical fixed cutter device and a bale separating plate located behind the vertical fixed cutter device are further arranged on the inner side of the bale pressing chamber, and when the compressing and cutting-off device is controlled to do reciprocating motion, the vertical moving cutter on the compressing and cutting-off device and the vertical fixed cutter device in the bale pressing chamber form a shearing effect. The device is used for horizontally and vertically cutting pasture or crop straw synchronously, and bundling and compressing the cut pasture or crop straw into square bundles. When forage grass or crop straw is harvested, the combined operation such as picking, conveying, feeding, compressing, bundle separating and bundling can be completed, two straw bundles can be output at a time, one large straw bundle can also be output, and the straw bundle density and the operation efficiency are improved.

A grain cart-specific control system is configured to control a grain cart. A master control system interacts with the grain cart-specific control system in order to issue master control commands. The grain cart-specific control system receives the master control commands and executes grain cart-specific commands to carry out the master control commands.

A pickup assembly for an agricultural harvester includes a pickup assembly frame, a pickup unit configured to pick up crop, a feeding auger configured to receive the crop from the pickup unit and feed the crop towards a crop inlet of the harvester, and a wind guard assembly. The wind guard assembly includes a wind guard frame and a wind guard lifting mechanism coupled to the pickup assembly frame and the wind guard frame and including an actuator for lifting the wind guard frame from an operational configuration to a lifted configuration. The pickup assembly further includes a lock switch and an electronic circuit, operatively coupled to the lock switch and the actuator. The electronic circuit blocks control instructions from reaching the actuator when the lock switch is in an activated state and allows control instructions to reach the actuator when the lock switch is in a deactivated state.

The utility model relates to the field of orchard machinery, in particular to an intelligent apple picking, grading and collecting vehicle which comprises an intelligent picking vehicle, a transfer vehicle and a fruit conveying device. Two fruit conveying belts which are arranged side by side are arranged at the top of the picking vehicle, a fruit elevator is arranged at the tail end of each fruit conveying belt, and a fruit picking mechanical arm and a fruit sensing depth camera are correspondingly arranged above each fruit conveying belt; the intelligent transfer trolley is provided with two fruit rolling guide grooves arranged side by side, each fruit rolling guide groove is sequentially provided with three specifications of falling holes from small to large in the fruit entering direction, and a storage basket is arranged below each falling hole. The apple picking and transferring vehicle integrates picking, grading, collecting and transporting, fruit picking efficiency can be effectively improved, labor intensity is reduced, the mechanical development requirement of orchard operation is met, and meanwhile the picking vehicle and the transferring vehicle achieve uninterrupted operation of mechanical picking of apples in a child-mother matching operation mode.

A material transfer machine includes a material receptacle that holds material and a material transfer subsystem operable to transfer the material from the material receptacle to another location during a material transfer operation. The material transfer machine further includes: a material transfer status sensor that detects a variable indicative of whether the material transfer operation is complete at least to a threshold level and generates sensor data indicative of the variable; one or more processors; memory; and computer executable instructions, stored in the memory, the computer executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, configuring the one or more processors to obtain the sensor data generated by the material transfer status sensor; determine whether the material transfer operation is complete, at least to the threshold level, based on the sensor data; and generate a control signal based on the determination.

A harvesting machine is provided for harvesting a crop and discharging the harvested crop to an offboard container, such as a wagon or a truck, or the ground. The harvesting machine includes a power system to provide power, a crop harvester powered by the power system, and a crop discharging system to discharge crop from an onboard storage container to the offboard location, typically a container. During a harvesting operation, the harvesting machine operates at a nominal maximum power, typically a current power consumption. The nominal maximum power is reduced in anticipation of a predicted power used for discharging the harvested crop from the onboard storage container. The current power consumption for harvesting is adjusted and allocated by the predicted power to make available power for the crop discharging system. Once crop is discharged using the discharging power, the harvesting machine returns to the nominal maximum power.

A material transfer machine includes a material receptacle that holds material and a material transfer subsystem operable to transfer the material from the material receptacle to another location, the material transfer subsystem comprising a chute moveable between a storage position and a deployed position and an actuator that drives movement of the chute between the storage position and the deployed position. The material transfer machine further includes one or more processors, memory, and computer executable instructions, stored in the memory, that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to: receive an input indicating that the chute should be moved from the storage position to the deployed position; identify a swing zone defining an area in which the chute will travel when moved from the storage position to the deployed position by the actuator; and generate a control signal based on the determination.

The utility model discloses a small square bale double-bale-outlet picking and baling machine which comprises a machine frame, a conveying and feeding device, a driving device, a gear box, a compressing and cutting device, a baling chamber and a baling needle device, and the conveying and feeding device, the driving device, the gear box, the compressing and cutting device, the baling chamber and the baling needle device are arranged on the machine frame. A vertical moving cutter is further arranged in the middle of the rear end face of the compressing and cutting-off device, a vertical fixed cutter device and a bale separating plate located behind the vertical fixed cutter device are further arranged on the inner side of the bale pressing chamber, and when the compressing and cutting-off device is controlled to do reciprocating motion, the vertical moving cutter on the compressing and cutting-off device and the vertical fixed cutter device in the bale pressing chamber form a shearing effect. The device is used for horizontally and vertically cutting pasture or crop straw synchronously, and bundling and compressing the cut pasture or crop straw into square bundles. When forage grass or crop straw is harvested, the combined operation of picking, conveying, feeding, compressing, baling, bundling and the like can be completed, two bales can be output at a time, a large bale can also be output, and the bale density and the operation efficiency are improved.

An agricultural system comprises: one or more weight sensors that detect the weight of the material in a first material container and generate sensor data indicating this weight; one or more processors; a memory; and computer-executable instructions stored in the memory which, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to: determine a weight change of the material in the first material container based on first sensor data indicating a weight of the material in the first material container at a first time point, and second sensor data indicating a weight of the material in the first material container at a second time point; determine a material overload rate indicating a rate at which a material overloading subsystem overloads material based on the determined weight change;and to determine a material fill level in a second material container based on the specified material overload rate.

A computer implemented method includes receiving a map that maps values of a crop characteristic to different locations across a field; receiving harvester route data indicative of a planned route of a harvester at the field; identifying a crop characteristic threshold; identifying a material transfer end location indicative of a location, along the planned route of the harvester, at which a material transfer operation between the harvester and a receiving machine is to end, based on the map, the planned route of the harvester, and the crop characteristic threshold; identifying a material transfer start location range indicative of a geographic area, along the planned route of the harvester, at which the material transfer operation is to start based on the material transfer end location; and generating a route for the receiving machine to travel based on the material transfer end location and the material transfer start location range.

Systems using sensors to monitor spillage of harvested crop. For example, some embodiments include an unloading conveyor configured to transfer agricultural material as well as one or more sensors configured to generate movement information associated with the agricultural material flowing out of the conveyor. Such embodiments can include a computing system, configured to predict an amount of the agricultural material that is likely to flow outside of a targeted area based on the movement information, and in response to the prediction, generate a signal that communicates an alert that the amount of the agricultural material is likely to flow outside of the targeted area or that controls an unloading process to change direction of the flow of the agricultural material to reduce an extent that agricultural material flows outside of the targeted area.

An agricultural harvesting system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising: obtaining harvesting logistics data; identifying, based, at least, on the harvesting logistics data, one or more harvest zones, each harvest zone indicative of a respective area of a worksite to be harvested; selecting, based, at least, on the one or more harvest zones, one or more unloading zones, each unloading zone indicative of a respective area at the worksite at which a material receiving machine is to be positioned to receive harvested material; and generating a control signal based, at least, on the one or more unloading zones.