A DEVICE FOR CROP PROCESSING

• US 20030226340A1
• Filed: 06/04/2003
• Published: 12/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lely Enterprises AG
• Original Assignee: Lely Enterprises AG
• Inventors: HAVERMANS, Cornelis Christianus Franciscus, van der LELY, Alexander, van den BERG, Karel, MIEDEMA, Theo Jan
• Application Number:
  US10/250,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20030226340A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 56/10.2R
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 43/00 Mowers combined with apparatus performing additional operations while mowing A01D37/00, A01D39/00, A01D41/00, take precedence

Abstract

A device for crop processing. The device is autonomously movable, and is provided with a mowing unit for mowing the crop, with a rake unit for raking mown crop, and with a tedder unit for tedding mown crop. The device is further provided with a position-determining system for determining the position of the device, with a boundary-detecting system for detecting a boundary of mown crop, and with a control device for controlling the device with the aid of data from the position-determining system and/or the boundary-detecting system.

Claims

1. An autonomously movable device for crop processing, comprising:

a mowing unit for mowing the crop;

a rake unit for raking the mown crop; and

a tedder unit for tedding the mown crop.

2. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tedder unit comprises a crushing device for crushing the mown crop.

3. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tedder unit comprises a picking-up device for picking up the mown crop.

4. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the autonomously movable device further comprises a switching device for switching on or switching off at least one of the units from the group consisting of the mowing unit, the rake unit and the tedder unit.

5. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the autonomously movable device further comprises a switching device for switching on or switching off at least one of the units from the group consisting of the mowing unit, the rake unit and the tedder unit.

6. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the autonomously movable device further comprises a switching device for switching on or switching off at least one of the units from the group consisting of the mowing unit, the rake unit and the tedder unit.

7. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tedder unit comprises a crushing device for crushing the mown crop and a picking-up device for picking up the mown crop.

8. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the autonomously movable device further comprises a switching device for switching on or switching off at least one of the devices from the group consisting of mowing unit, rake unit, tedder unit crushing equipment and picking-up equipment.

9. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mowing unit is a cage-mower.

10. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tedder unit is a drum-tedder with a comb.

11. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the comb is hingeably disposed in the drum-tedder.

12. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the autonomously movable device further comprises:

a position-determining system for determining the position of the autonomously movable device;

a boundary-detecting system for detecting a boundary of mown crop; and

a control device for controlling the autonomously movable device with the aid of data from the position-determining system or the boundary-detecting system.

13. The autonomously movable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the autonomously movable device further comprises a protecting device for protecting the autonomously movable device.