Rectangular baler with dynamic testing of load cells and limp home mode
CA 1304481 C · Owner: Strosser, Richard P. · Inventors: Strosser, Richard P.
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In a rectangular baler wherein right and left conrod load cells measure the force applied to plungers for compacting crop material, a microprocessor based control circuit monitors the loads registered by the load cells. The microprocessor produces output signals to control the baler in accordance with the loads sensed by the cells. On a stroke of the plunger a one-quarter, second interval is toiled after one cell registers a load. If the second cell does not register a load within the interval it is assumed that it is faulty. In order to permit continued operation of the baler, the output of the good cell is assumed to be and is, used by the microprocessor as if it were the output of the …
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- Granted June 30, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 30, 2009.
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