Remote Control Implement Patents (Class 56/DIG7)
  • Patent number: 5930988
    Abstract: The swathboard of a windrower can be remotely adjusted from the tractor seat and on-the-go using an electromechanical actuator or other remotely operated actuating device. When the swathboard is adjusted to its fully raised position, the stream of crop materials issuing from the conditioner rolls bypasses the swathboard and engages the forming shields to be converged into a windrow having a width determined by the outlet formed between the rear ends of the shields. At the other extreme, when the swathboard is fully lowered, the stream impinges against the swathboard and drops to the ground in a wide swath without ever engaging the forming shields. In any one of a number of intermediate positions, the swathboard can be used by the operator to deflect the stream to engage wider or narrower portions of the forming shields, thus controlling the width of the windrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Hay & Forage Industries
    Inventor: Brian Hanson
  • Patent number: 5896782
    Abstract: An agricultural baler for picking up crop material and forming it into a rectangular shaped package, having a main frame, and an engine mounted on the main frame for operating the baler. The engine includes a throttle, and remotely located controls for changing the condition of the throttle between idle and full open to selectively operate the baler plunger rate from the cab of the towing vehicle, e.g., a tractor or a pickup truck. A control system for the throttle utilizes an electric reversible directional motor assembly having input terminals and an output shaft rotatable at a predetermined speed and direction under conditions where a predetermined voltage at a predetermined polarity is applied across such input terminals. Rotation of the output shaft is translated to pivotal motion of a lever that is coupled to the throttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: New Holland North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Irwin D. McIlwain
  • Patent number: 5606850
    Abstract: An outdoor working automating system includes a rice reaper having a position detecting unit for detecting a position by receiving radio waves from a GPS satellite and a control unit for controlling the position of the rice reaper sa that the position traces predetermined route data, and a rice transplanter having a position detecting unit for detecting a position by receiving radio waves from the GPS satellite and a memory for storing the detected position. The outdoor working automating system causes the memory to store a route that the rice transplanter takes during rice transplanting, and causes the rice reaper to perform rice reaping automatically by using the position data stored in the memory as the route data of the rice reaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Sakura Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5438817
    Abstract: An outdoor working automating system includes a rice reaper having a position detecting unit for detecting a position by receiving radio waves from a GPS satellite and a control unit for controlling the position of the rice reaper so that the position traces predetermined route data, and a rice transplanter having a position detecting unit for detecting a position by receiving radio waves from the GPS satellite and a memory for storing the detected position. The outdoor working automating system causes the memory to store a route that the rice transplanter takes during rice transplanting, and causes the rice reaper to perform rice reaping automatically by using the position data stored in the memory as the route data of the rice reaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Sakura Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5105609
    Abstract: A system for mounting and supporting harvesting units on a forward end of a cotton harvester frame to allow them to be slidably moved relative to each other and laterally along an elongated tool bar structure. The tool bar structure is pivotally connected to the cotton harvester frame by a lift assembly. The harvesting units hang in a cantilevered fashion from and are independently connected at their rearward edges to the tool bar structure by a slide support structure which facilitates visibility of the harvesting units from a cab region of the harvester. The slide support structure maintains a non-rotatable and non-point contact relationship with laterally elongated generally flat support surfaces defined between opposite ends of the tool bar structure whereby substantial surface area contact is provided between each side support structure and the support surfaces on the tool bar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: J.I. Case Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Covington, Jesse H. Orsborn, George M. Butkovich
  • Patent number: 5048273
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling operation of an agricultural implement such as a cotton harvester. The control system includes operator presence circuitry, gear selector circuitry, and bypass circuitry arranged independently of each other for controlling operation of a drive assembly such as a hydrostatic drive mechanism used to drive a harvesting unit on and propel the cotton harvester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: J. I. Case Company
    Inventors: Jesse H. Orsborn, George M. Butkovich, Thomas K. Bessman, John F. Link
  • Patent number: 5042237
    Abstract: A cotton harvester includes air diverting structure for selectively directing air from the air duct structure over the top of the cotton harvester basket to blow away accumulated trash. The upper portion of the air duct is moveable from a normal operating position wherein cotton is directed into the basket, to a cleaning position wherein high velocity air from the duct is directed over the surface of the basket by an air deflector located at the upper forward end of the basket. When no cotton is being picked, such as during turns at the end of the field, the duct is moved from the operating position to the cleaning position to clear the trash from the basket surfaces. In another embodiment of the invention, a barrier in the form of either a brush or a pivoting element located on the dump side of the basket catches debris that would otherwise fall into the cotton receiving receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Leon F. Sanderson
  • Patent number: 4964265
    Abstract: A lawn mower that is remotely controlled and self-propelled. The lawn mower is propelled by battery powered electric motors that drive a set of wheels that are fixed in relation to the frame. Steering is accomplished through a belt and pulley system generally aligned with the forwardly mounted steering wheels. A battery powered electric motor rotates a center pulley, that in turn rotates pulleys for positioning the steering wheels in relation to the frame. Direction and speed of the mower may be controlled with a two channel radio. Frustro-conical wheel projections may be provided to help cross uneven terrain. Cutting height adjusters for the wheels may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Inventor: Carl W. Young