Harvesters – Motorized harvester – With condition-responsive operation
Patent
1994-02-03
1995-08-29
Bagnell, David J.
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
With condition-responsive operation
324235, 324243, 324262, 460 2, A01D 7518, A01F 1216
Patent
active
054449669
ABSTRACT:
An agricultural harvesting machine having feed rolls for feeding crop material along a feed path to a cutterhead which chops the crop material is provided with a metal detector for detecting ferrous metal objects passing along the feed path. The metal detector comprises a plurality of magnets and a plurality of generally planar Hall effect sensing elements. The magnets collectively produce a detection field which extends into the crop feed path. Each sensing element is disposed such that the magnetic field produced by two adjacent magnets is normal to the plane of the sensing element. In addition the sensing elements are disposed in a plurality of planes all normal to the crop feed path. However, the sensing elements are disposed in planes oriented at different angles relative to the direction of crop feed. When a ferrous metal object passes through the detection field it varies the density of the magnetic field at one or more of the transducers and the Hall effect causes an output voltage signal to be developed across the output leads. The output signal is applied through processing circuitry to a stop apparatus to stop the feed rolls. The transducers are mounted on a circuit board and the circuit board surmounts the magnets inside a housing within one of the feed rolls. An encapsulating material fills the interior of the housing.
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Chow Mark K.
Strosser Richard P.
Weaver, Jr. Marvin G.
Bagnell David J.
New Holland North America Inc.
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