SENSOR ASSEMBLY OF BALER PLUNGER POSITION AND METHOD Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A01F15/04 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: sensor assembly for the baler includes a reciprocating plunger for compressing gathered material into bales within the baling chamber, first and second sensors and a controller. Said first sensor can detect at least one location of the crank arm that drives the plunger as the crank arm rotates. Said second sensor can detect the rotation of the crank gear, which controls the rotation of the crank arm. Above controller can determine the position of the reciprocating plunger relative to the baling chamber based on the detected location of the crank arm and the determined rotation of the crank gear.

EFFECT: group of inventions provides efficient compressing of large rectangular bales.

20 cl, 8 dwg