Abstract: Camera for use in a system and system for detection of weeds and controlled application of herbicides, where the camera lens is protected from dust and mist by a generated air flow.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 4, 2013
Assignee:
Dimensions Agri Technologies AS
Inventors:
Oyvind Overskeid, Arne Hoeg, Sigmund Overeng, Hein Olai Stavlund
Abstract: Camera for use in a system and system for detection of weeds and controlled application of herbicides, where the camera lens is protected from dust and mist by a generated air flow.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 7, 2006
Publication date:
June 23, 2011
Applicant:
DIMENSIONS AGRI TECHNOLOGIES AG
Inventors:
Oyvind Overskeid, Arne Hoeg, Sigmund Overeng, Hein Olai Stavlund
Abstract: A grain harvesting combine has an elevator system for conveying tailings and clean grain. The tailings are conveyed above the grain storage bin where they enter a chute and flow back to the threshing rotor. A window located at the entrance of the chute cooperates with impellers on the threshing rotor to create a strong downdraft to facilitate flow of the tailings. A stuck crop chamber has a trap door that senses when product jams in the elevator and automatically opens to discharge crop if so.
Abstract: A combine has a conveyor for returning clean grain and grain returns to a grain bin and threshing rotor, respectively, using a single conveyor housing which is divided by a partition into separate clean grain and grain returns compartments. A plurality of paddles are mounted within the compartments and are driven by a flexible linkage which extends around the frame of the combine within the conveyor housing. The grain bin is pivotally mounted along a pivot axis which allows the grain bin to be pivoted toward an opening of the grain bin to facilitate the flow of grain from the grain bin to an unloader for discharging the grain from the combine.