Crop Elevator and Combine Harvester

A crop elevator for a combine harvester includes an ascending section and a descending section and a housing enclosing the ascending section and the descending section. The elevator further comprises an elevator loop arranged inside the housing which includes a plurality of paddles for elevating a h...

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Hauptverfasser:	Veikle, Eric, Baert, Matthias, Yoder, Denver R, Missotten, Bart M.A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE FISHING FORESTRY HARVESTING HAY OR STRAW PRESSES HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING MOWING PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	A crop elevator for a combine harvester includes an ascending section and a descending section and a housing enclosing the ascending section and the descending section. The elevator further comprises an elevator loop arranged inside the housing which includes a plurality of paddles for elevating a harvested crop. The elevator also includes a weighing system configured to determine a weight of harvested crop that is present on at least one of the paddles during an ascending movement of the at least one of the paddles in the ascending section. The weighing system includes a weight sensor configured to output a weight signal representative of the weight of the harvested crop. The ascending section of the elevator comprises a measurement section, wherein the weighing system is configured to retrieve the weight signal when the at least one of the paddles is in the measurement section of the elevator.