Combine yield monitor

Details Combine yield monitor Combine yield monitor

1996-10-03

1998-07-14

Melius, Terry Lee

Crop threshing or separating

Means responsive to a sensed condition

Machine load

56 102R, 56DIG15, A01F 1246, A01F 1250

Patent

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057795410

ABSTRACT:
A combine yield monitor replacing a portion of a conventional cross-auger moving grain through a combine. The monitor having a housing which has an opening through a bottom wall of the housing. The yield monitor further including an auger, rotatably mounted within the housing, having a screw blade and connected to the cross-auger to replace a portion of the cross-auger. The auger having a portion of the screw blade removed intermediate the ends to form an accumulation volume for momentarily stopping grain flow through the auger. The auger further having a portion of the screw blade positioned over the opening to move grain away from over the opening. A load cell located below the opening for measuring the weight of the accumulation volume of grain in the auger.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3638659 (1972-02-01), Dahlquist et al.
patent: 5318475 (1994-06-01), Schrock et al.
patent: 5480354 (1996-01-01), Sadjadi

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