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Baler load sensor

CA 1291546 C · Owner: Hesston Ventures Corporation · Inventors: Geockner, Victor D.; Schrag, Thomas G.

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A method and, apparatus for measuring a compressive load on a structural member. The method includes the steps of developing an oscillatory signal which varies in frequency in accordance with a compressive force applied to said structural member: linearizing the relationship of said oscillatory signal to said compressive force in accordance with a plurality of said oscillatory signals developed in response to a plurality of known compressive forces applied to said structural member: and calculating the compressive load on said structural member in accordance with said oscillatory signals developed and said linearizing of said response.

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  • Granted October 29, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 29, 2008.
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FiledDecember 24, 1986
GrantedOctober 29, 1991
Term endedOctober 29, 2008
Patent numberCA 1291546 C
Classification (IPC)G05D15/01

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19871990199319961999200220052008Application filedDec 24, 1986Patent grantedOct 29, 1991Term endedOct 29, 2008

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