Harvesters – Cutting – Rotating cutting-reel type
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-13
2008-05-13
Kovács, Árpád Fábián (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Cutting
Rotating cutting-reel type
Reexamination Certificate
active
07370461
ABSTRACT:
A control system for a cutting reel unit includes a height-of-cut adjusting system and a reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system. The height-of-cut adjusting system includes a first frame; a second frame; a cutting reel supported by the second frame; a bedknife arranged adjacent to the cutting reel and supported by the second frame; at least one support element arranged to translate along the ground and arranged to support the first frame; and at least one first actuator connected between the first frame and the second frame and arranged to adjust the relative elevation of the second frame with respect to the first frame. The reel-to-bedknife clearance adjusting system includes at least one second actuator operatively connected between the reel and the second frame and a sound detector. An adaptive threshold technique may be used for detecting reel-to-bedknife contact during a pre-adjustment analysis. The adaptive threshold technique may include sampling each detector and analyzing the detector signal, setting detection threshold levels based on the average, maximum and minimum levels in the absence of reel-to-bedknife contact, and detecting contact between the reel and bedknife by determining if the detector signal is outside a detection threshold window.
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Kovács Árpád Fábián
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