Title:
【発明の名称】作物検出装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH06502760
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
In a crop stripping apparatus for harvesting grain from standing crop, the height of an overhead hood (18) is adjusted in response to the position of the top of the crop. A sensor housing or nose (34) protrudes forwardly from the hood (18) and has a sloping undersurface (35) which contacts the crop. A pair of cooperating sensors (37) and (38) sense the position of the top of the crop by contact of one or both or neither of the sensors with the top of the crop. The crop slides along the undersurface (35) of the nose (34) with minimum disturbance to the grain heads by the effect of the sensing operation. The nose (34) is mounted in such a manner that the undersurface (35) is maintained at a constant inclination to the ground during vertical movement of the nose (34).
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Inventors:
Gale, Gerald Ellis
Application Number:
JP51598991A
Publication Date:
March 31, 1994
Filing Date:
October 11, 1991
Export Citation:
Assignee:
British Technology Group PLC
International Classes:
A01D34/24; A01D41/06; A01D41/127; A01D41/14; (IPC1-7): A01D41/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Takeuchi (1 person outside)