Earth working – Automatic power control – Obstruction sensing type
Patent
1988-05-10
1990-06-05
Reese, Randolph A.
Earth working
Automatic power control
Obstruction sensing type
180131, 172191, A01B 6906
Patent
active
049305816
ABSTRACT:
A guidance system for an agricultural implement pulled by a tractor is disclosed. The implement, such as a cultivator or planter, has ground-engaging discs mounted to a frame or toolbar and includes a control hitch mounted to the conventional three-point tractor hitch. The toolbar of the implement is mounted to the control hitch for rotation about a vertical axis. A first sensing device senses the position of the implement relative to a desired lateral position, such as the distance from a crop row, and generates a signal representative of the displacement of the implement from that desired lateral position. The sensing device actuates a hydraulic circuit to turn the implement toolbar toward the desired position; and the discs steer the implement toward the desired lateral position. A second sensing device senses the angular position of the implement relative to the control hitch. When the first sensing device determines that the implement is in the desired lateral position, the second sensing device actuates the hydraulic circuit to rotate the implement toolbar to its normal use position transverse to the direction of travel.
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David John C.
Fleischer Mathew W.
Fleischer Manufacturing, Inc.
Reese Randolph A.
Thompson Jeffrey L.
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