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Common lift/lower ground entrance point

  • US 10,051,774 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2016
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for improving the alignment of the beginning of one swath with the termination of the previous swath, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a traction unit drawn agricultural implement for treating a field by repeated longitudinal passes along generally parallel swaths, said implement having a hydraulic control system configured for raising at least a portion of the implement at an end of each swath and lowering the portion at a beginning of each swath, and said implement further including an electronic control unit;

    determining, by the electronic control unit, the time required to lift the implement portion at the termination of one swath;

    determining, by the electronic control unit, the time to subsequently lower the implement portion at the beginning of an adjacent swath;

    detecting, by the electronic control unit, any difference between the two determined times; and

    adjusting the hydraulic control system to compensate for a detected difference between the times to bring the beginnings and ends of subsequent swaths into closer alignment.

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