256results about "Loaders" patented technology

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.

Disclosed is an agricultural baler assembly having, a pickup assembly, a primary roller assembly and a secondary roller assembly. The pickup assembly includes a tine reel with tines that rotate about a rotation axis and a pickup drum surrounding a portion of the tine reel. The primary roller assembly has a primary roller mounted to the baler assembly frame by primary roller arms that pivot about a primary roller arm pivot axis. The secondary roller assembly has a secondary roller mounted to the primary roller arms or the baler assembly frame by secondary roller arms that pivot about a secondary roller arm pivot axis. The primary roller rotation axis is spaced a first distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis; and the secondary roller rotation axis is spaced a second distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

A harvesting machine is configured to gather harvested material into the harvesting machine during a harvesting operation. A conveyance subsystem configured to convey the harvested material from the harvesting machine to a receiving vehicle during the harvesting operation. An image capture system generates an image of the receiving vehicle and an image processor uses a machine learning system to recognize a boundary of the receiving vehicle. A control system determines a position of the receiving vehicle boundary relative to the harvesting machine, and generates a control signal based on the identified receiving vehicle boundary.

An agricultural harvesting system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed, configure the one or more processors to: determine a material transfer end location indicative of a geographic location at the worksite at which a material transfer operation between a harvester and material receiving machine is to end based, at least, on the data; determine a material transfer start location indicative of a geographic location at the worksite at which the material transfer operation between the harvester and the material receiving machine is to start based, at least, on the material transfer end location; and control at least one of the of the harvester and the material receiving machine based on at least one of the material transfer end location and the material transfer start location.

A system includes a hanger assembly configured to couple to a drum that includes a first vertical arm bracket and a second vertical arm bracket configured to couple to the drum. The first vertical arm bracket includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end is configured to couple to the housing and the second end is coupled to a first hub coupled to a first roller. The hanger assembly is configured to hang on a toolbar of a header of the agricultural harvester via the first roller and a second roller. The first roller is coupled to a cam system configured to adjust a position of the first roller relative to the toolbar to adjust a levelness of the drum relative to an adjacent drum hanging on the toolbar.

The invention discloses a square bundle bundling machine capable of reducing forage grass picking loss rate, which comprises a picking device, a conveying device, a screening device, a vibration device, a pre-compression device, a feeding device, a compression device, a detection device, a driving device and a control device, the picking device comprises a picking device, a picking device wheel, a suction box, a picking device wheel arm and a hydraulic cylinder, the suction box is matched with the picking device for synchronous operation, scattered and short pasture and leaves which are not grabbed by the picking device are sucked in and conveyed to the screening device through the conveying device and then conveyed to the pre-compression device, the vibration device drives the screening device to vibrate, and the pre-compression device drives the picking device to vibrate. Impurities such as soil and broken stones in forage grass can be separated, the industrial camera detects the distance between the bottom of a traction beam of the square bundle bundling machine and the ground, the hydraulic cylinder is automatically driven to adjust the height of the pickup device, the ground is prevented from being scratched, it is guaranteed that the scattered and short forage grass and leaves are effectively grabbed, and the pickup loss rate is reduced.

Device for transporting the wood chips produced by a chipper (1) and exiting its outlet opening (2) by means of a screw conveyor (8) which runs in a conveying tunnel (3) along the conveying direction (4), wherein one end (6) of the conveying tunnel (3) is open for the discharge of the wood chips, characterized in that the screw conveyor (8) is enclosed on all sides by the conveying tunnel (3), wherein one end (5) of the closed conveying tunnel (3) is connected to the outlet opening (2) via a connecting element in a flow-tight manner.

A pre-cutter assembly includes a first set and a second set of knives. A controller is coupled to a first actuator and a second actuator for moving the first set and the second set of knives between a retracted position and a deployed position respectively. The controller may determine a current baler operating parameter and a status of the first and second sets of knives. The controller may then define a desired positional setting for the first and second sets of knives based on the current baler operating parameter and the status of the first and second sets of knives. The controller may then communicate a control signal to the first and second actuators to control the first and second actuators to position the first and second sets of knives in the desired position setting for the first and second sets of knives.

One or more maps (601, 358) are obtained by an agricultural system (500). The one or more maps map characteristic values at different geographic locations in a worksite. The agricultural system identifies one or more operational constraints (720, 723, 724, 726). The agricultural system generates a control output to control operation of a mobile machine (100, 400) operating in an agricultural harvesting operation based on the one or more operational constraints.

The invention discloses a picking and threshing harvester for black sesame bundles in hilly and mountainous regions, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural combined harvesting equipment. Comprising a chassis, a box body, a threshing device, a lifting device and a picking device, the box body is fixedly arranged on the chassis, the threshing device is installed in the box body, the lifting device is connected with a feeding opening of the box body, the picking device is arranged at the front end of the lifting device, and the threshing device comprises a baling assembly, a flapping assembly, a rod chain assembly, an active shaking assembly and a transmission assembly. The baling assembly is arranged at a feeding port of the box body, the flapping assembly is arranged behind the baling assembly, the rod chain assembly is arranged below the baling assembly and the flapping assembly, the active shaking assembly is installed on the rod chain assembly, and the transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the baling assembly, the flapping assembly, the rod chain assembly and the active shaking assembly. Segmented harvesting is carried out on the cut and aired black sesame bundles, and the loss rate, the breakage rate and the heterochromatic rate of black sesame seeds are effectively reduced.

An agricultural system includes: a sensor system communicably coupled to and remotely positionable from a first agricultural work machine at a worksite, the sensor system configured to detect one or more attributes in a measurement area associated with a second agricultural work machine and to generate sensor data indicative of the detected one or more attributes in the measurement area associated with the second agricultural work machine; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: obtain the sensor data; identify the one or more attributes in the measurement area associated with the second agricultural work machine based on the sensor data; and generate a control signal based on the identified one or more attributes in the measurement area associated with the second agricultural work machine.

The harvester includes a cutter drum for cutting up crops harvested from the ground. Inside the harvester, a stream of cut particles is propelled along a discharge path, including a wear plate facing the cutter drum, a concave, an accelerator for further driving the particle stream upward through a tower duct, and a discharge spout. The harvester including a nozzle assembly for discharging water (or an equivalent liquid) in the downstream direction of the discharge path to thereby mitigate plug formation. The nozzle assembly is mounted on the concave, in a position that enables impingement of the discharged liquid on the concave at a location that is upstream of the impact zone of the particle stream, when the header is in a harvesting position and the cutter drum is rotating within a standard operational speed range.

The invention relates to the field of watermelon planting, in particular to a watermelon rotation planting device and method.The watermelon rotation planting device comprises a rack, a vine processing mechanism, a sowing mechanism, a soil covering mechanism and a driving mechanism are arranged on the rack, and the vine processing mechanism is used for collecting and smashing vines; the driving mechanism is used for driving the device to advance; the driving mechanism is further used for driving the vine processing mechanism to operate synchronously, and then the vines are collected and smashed in the advancing process. The sowing mechanism is arranged behind the vine processing mechanism, and the sowing mechanism is used for sowing crop seeds adaptive to crop rotation into the land; the soil covering mechanism is arranged on the rear side of the seeding mechanism; the driving mechanism is also used for driving the soil covering mechanism to synchronously operate; and the soil covering mechanism is used for carrying out soil covering treatment on the sown seed furrows. Through power output of the driving mechanism, all the mechanisms operate synchronously and coordinately, the soil structure is improved, a good foundation is provided for growth of subsequent crop rotation crops, and the sustainability of agricultural production is enhanced.

A field maintenance vehicle (1) for the maintenance or restoration of a grassland area (2), in particular a nutrient-poor grassland area, preferably a dry grassland area, comprising: a cutting device (3) for separating vegetation (4), in particular woody vegetation, from the existing or restored grassland area (2); and a conveying device (5) for conveying vegetation (4) separated from the existing or restored grassland area (2) by the cutting device (3) into a collection device (6) on the field maintenance vehicle, wherein: the conveying device (5) is designed as a flow generation device or includes one; and the field maintenance vehicle (1) comprises a tracked undercarriage (16) equipped with at least one track (15); and a shredding device (13) and / or the flow generation device, at least in sections.in an area between a front boundary (30) of the surface maintenance vehicle (1) without the cutting device (3) and a rear of the surface maintenance vehicle (1), wherein the cutting device (3) is configured to cut woody vegetation (4) with a maximum diameter of 10 cm, wherein the conveying device (5) and / or the shredding device (13) is arranged at least sectionally above the first third of the height (29) of the surface maintenance vehicle (1).

A vehicle for processing crop straw carbonization includes a vehicle body (1) and a walking mechanism (2). The vehicle body (1) is characterized in that: a stubble-cutting blade shaft (5) is horizontally mounted on a mounting frame (3) at the front of the vehicle body (1), a spiral roller pick-up device (6) is mounted on the mounting frame (3) and located at the rear of the stubble-cutting blade shaft (5), a crusher (8) is mounted at the rear of the spiral roller pick-up device (6), and the outlet at the lower end of the crusher (8) is connected to a hopper (10) located above via a conveying device (9). A carbonization reactor (12) is installed below the hopper (10), and a carbon collection box (14) is installed below the carbonization reactor (12). The present application has a reasonable structure, which allows the crushed straw material to be carbonized under the high temperature in the carbonization reactor, preventing it from being released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide, reducing carbon emissions. Moreover, the carbonized material can be returned to the field to improve the soil and enhance soil fertility, thus enabling large-scale processing of crop straw.

A grain cart includes a supplying container and a grain transfer element coupled to and configured to receive grain from the supplying container. The grain transfer element is inclined upwardly, forwardly, and laterally outwardly from the supplying container. A control spout is coupled to and projects laterally outwardly from the grain transfer element. A first control spout actuator is configured to move the control spout about a first axis between a forward discharge direction and a rearward discharge direction to direct discharged grain forwardly and rearwardly into a receiving container. A second control spout actuator is configured to move the control spout about the second axis between a generally downward discharge direction and a laterally outward discharge direction to direct the discharged grain generally downwardly and laterally outwardly into the receiving container.

A positioning assist apparatus includes a vision system that generates target device data representative of an obtained image of a set of target devices carried on the boom or tool carrier of the loader or on both, and positioning assist logic executable by a processor to determine a current position and / or pose of the loader based on the target device data, and to generate current loader position data representative of the determined current position of the loader. The loader positon is based on loader height as may be represented by boom angle, and tool carrier angle. Data is generated for display to an operator to visually communicate movement instructions to the operator and / or to generate control signals controlling the loader, each to move the loader from the determined current position to a desired position in response to a return to position (RTP) command received by the apparatus.

A driver pacing information apparatus for providing a driver of transport vehicle with pacing information for operating the transport vehicle alongside a harvester may include a position sensing assembly configured to sense a position of a transfer spout of the harvester with respect to a frame of the harvester, a pacing indication display configured to provide pacing information to the driver of the transport vehicle, and a controller assembly configured to control the pacing indication display based upon position sensing of the position sensing assembly. The pacing indication display may be configured to visually provide pacing information to the driver of the transport vehicle.

A crop cutting device (22) for an agricultural machine according to the present invention comprises a shaft (28) and a plurality of knives (26) pivotally mounted on the shaft (28) between a retracted position and an extended position. The shaft (28) comprises first engaging means (44a) and each knife (26) comprises second engaging means (38, 40), wherein the first and second engaging means (38, 40, 44a) are configured to engage with each other, when the shaft (28) is rotated to force at least one knife (26) into one of the retracted position and the extended position.

This invention relates to lifting devices. In particular, the invention relates to a lifting device and to a loading accessory. The lifting device includes attachment means configured to attach onto a support structure to define an anchor point; a loading accessory for engaging a load to be displaced; and a lifting mechanism connected to the attachment means at one end and to the loading accessory at the other end, the lifting mechanism selectively operable to operate in a first lifting mode as a single degree of freedom lever about the anchor point and in a second lifting mode as a horizontally stabilised loading lift. The loading accessory includes a lifting device as described; and a conveyor on an upper surface of the support structure to facilitate movement of a load on the surface of the support structure.

The invention provides a straw collecting and briquetting machine, belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery, and aims to solve the problem that straw accumulation at a feeding port is easily caused by an existing feeding fork. The briquetting machine comprises a straw pickup device, a briquetting mechanism and a conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism comprises power wheels arranged in a triangular mode, a movable plate hinged to form a chain type, a guide rail containing a material taking / lifting assisting / pulling back / recycling / returning section, a switching assembly, a camera assembly, an impurity removing scraper blade and a material recycling plate, wherein a telescopic feeding fork with a guide rod is arranged on the movable plate. A camera detects the amount of straw in an accumulation area, and a switching assembly (a switching plate, a torsional spring, a push rod, a pull-type solenoid and the like) is used for guiding a guide rod to select a lifting-assisting section (a feeding fork stretches out to feed straw to a pressing block mechanism) or a pull-back section (the feeding fork retracts to enable the straw to be accumulated); and the impurity removal scraping plate and the material recycling plate are used for removing and recycling residual straws. The conveying amount can be dynamically adjusted, the feeding port is prevented from being blocked, the equipment stability and the automation efficiency are improved, and straw loss is reduced.

An agricultural machine (1) arranged to perform an agricultural field operation comprising picking up harvested crop from a swath, the agricultural machine (1) comprising: a pick-up mechanism (3) arranged to pick up the harvested crop from the swath, the pick-up mechanism (3) having a working width (W) that defines a physical working width (W) of the agricultural machine; and a recording system (18) arranged to record a worked area of the field as the agricultural machine performs the field operation, wherein the recording system (18) is arranged to determine the worked area from a virtual working width for the agricultural machine (1), which is greater than the physical working width (W) of the agricultural machine, such that at least part of the worked area recorded by the recording system (18) is located beyond the physical working width (W) of the agricultural machine.

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 a bundling machine, in particular to a parallel bin type double-bin bundling machine, which is characterized in that a vertical cutting fixed knife is arranged at the tail end of a grass strip box, a grass inlet between the grass strip box and a density adjusting chamber at the rear section is divided into two branch inlets by the vertical cutting fixed knife, and a vertical cutting movable knife is arranged on a grass pressing piston; in the grass pressing process of the grass pressing piston, the vertical cutting fixed cutter and the vertical cutting movable cutter are matched to cut off the grass and divide the grass into bins, knotting devices are arranged on the grass strip box corresponding to the branch inlets, and bundling needle assemblies are arranged corresponding to the knotting devices; one power output part of the gearbox transmits power to the first knotter, the picking mechanism and the bundling needle assembly on the same side from one side of the straw strip box through a first transmission assembly, and the other power output part of the gearbox transmits power to the second knotter, the feeding mechanism and the bundling needle assembly on the same side from the other side of the straw strip box through a second transmission assembly. According to the double-bin straw pressing and bundling machine, driving of straw pressing and bundling of the bundling machine is achieved, the transmission structure is more reasonable, stable use can be achieved, and double-bin straw pressing and bundling are achieved.

A harvesting system may include a harvester apparatus defining an onboard storage structure and having a primary movement direction, and including a harvesting head and a crop material conveying structure for conveying the crop materials from the storage structure to a crop transporting vehicle. The conveying structure may have an auger assembly with an inboard end and an outboard end, and a dispensing spout at the outboard end. The auger assembly may include an inboard portion located toward the inboard end and an outboard portion located toward the outboard end, the outboard portion being movable with respect to the inboard portion. The outboard portion may be movable with respect to the inboard portion between a base position and a discharge position, and interiors of the inboard and outboard portions may be in communication with each other in at least the base and discharge positions of the outboard portion.

A combine harvester includes a frame member, an unload tube, a pivotable cradle member and a locking device. The unload tube for expelling clean grain is moveable relative to the clean grain tank and the frame member between a stowed position and a deployed position. The pivotable cradle member is pivotably mounted with respect to the frame member for releasably receiving the unload tube. The pivotable cradle member includes a surface that is shaped for bearing on an exterior surface of the unload tube. The pivotable cradle member is pivotable between a first rotational position when the unload tube is maintained in the stowed position and a second rotational position when the unload tube is maintained in the deployed position. The locking device locks together the unload tube, the frame member and the pivotable cradle member when the unload tube is maintained in the stowed position.

The present application relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery equipment, in particular to a self-adaptive stepless speed change feeding and clutch type pre-pressing bundling device and working method; the device comprises: a shell, a power input shaft, a picking knife shaft, a spiral conveying shaft and a transmission shaft are arranged on the shell, a driving gear and a jacking structure are arranged on the power input shaft, the power input shaft is in transmission connection with the transmission shaft, a driven gear is arranged on the picking knife shaft, the driving gear is in meshing connection with the driven gear; a first fixed disc, a first movable disc and a first shaft sleeve are arranged on the transmission shaft in a spaced manner, a first telescopic rod is arranged on the first shaft sleeve, and the first telescopic rod is in abutment with the first movable disc; a second fixed disc and a second movable disc are arranged on the spiral conveying shaft in a spaced manner, a second telescopic rod is arranged on the side wall of the shell, and the second telescopic rod is in abutment with the second movable disc. When the straw coverage is large, the picking knife shaft is accelerated, the transmission ratio is changed, and the feeding shaft speed is faster, so as to prevent blockage; when the coverage is small, the speed is reduced to save energy.