System and method for identifying bales of hay

• US 20090025578A1
• Filed: 07/25/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jeffrey S. Roberts
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey S. Roberts
• Inventors: Roberts, Jeffrey S.
• Application Number:
  US12/220,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20090025578A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 100/102
• CPC Class Codes: A01F 15/08 Details
• CPC Class Codes: A01F 15/0816 Devices for dispensing chemicals in bales during formation
• CPC Class Codes: A01F 15/0825 Regulating or controlling density or shape of the bale
• CPC Class Codes: A01F 15/0833 for round balers
• CPC Class Codes: A01F 2015/0891 Weighing the finished bale before falling to ground
• CPC Class Codes: B30B 9/3007 Control arrangements

Abstract

A system and method for tagging individual bales of hay as they are baled and recording information regarding the moisture, weight, preservative applied, field position, quality and other information available at the time of baling, all sequenced to the formation of the bale by a timing and positioning device.

Claims

1. A system and method for identifying individual square bales of hay by inserting or applying an identification tag to each bale as it is baled comprising, a means for applying the identification tag, a timing star wheel for measuring the position of the bale, a processor for receiving information from the timing star wheel and outputting a signal for inserting or applying the tag to the bale and for associating information about the bale to a memory.

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7. A system and method for identifying individual round bales of hay by inserting or applying an identification tag to each bale as it is baled comprising, a means for applying the identification tag, a device to signal when the gate is closed on the baler, a processor for receiving information from the gate closing signal and outputting a signal for inserting or applying the tag to the bale and for associating information about the bale to a memory.

8. A system and method as in claim 7 where a moisture sensor mounted on the baler is connected to the processor so that moisture information between gate closing intervals is accumulated and sent to a memory.

9. A system and method as in claim 7 where a scale mounted on the baler is connected to the processor so that weight information recorded as the bale stops turning in the baler is sent to a memory.

10. A system and method as in claim 7 where a flow meter is connected to the processor so that preservative flow may be accumulated between gate closing and associated with that bale and sent to memory.

11. A system and method as in claim 7 where a position monitor mounted on the baler or tractor pulling the baler is connected to the processor so that position information between gate closing is associated with a tagged bale and sent to memory.

12. A system and method as in claim 7 where near infrared quality monitor mounted on the baler is connected to the processor so that quality characteristics of that bale, associated to that bale by accumulated quality information between gate closing signals and put in memory for that bale.