System and Method For Clearing A Feeder House and Belt Pickup

摘要

A system and method of clearing a lump of cut crop material from an internal conveyor of the feeder house of an agricultural combine and an auger conveyor of a belt pickup mounted on the feeder house by ejecting the lump of cut crop material to a position forward of the auger conveyor, then shredding the lump of cut crop material by the auger conveyor and feeding the shredded portions of the lump of cut crop material into the internal conveyor, and then accelerating a belt conveyor on the belt pickup located immediately in front of the auger conveyor to its full harvesting speed.

主权项

1. A system for clearing a feeder house and belt pickup, comprising:
an agricultural combine wherein the agricultural combine comprises a feeder house, wherein the feeder house extends forward from the agricultural combine and has a feeder house belt conveyor disposed inside the feeder house, wherein agricultural combine also comprises a first operator input device;a belt pickup further comprising:
a frame having an aperture through which cut crop material is conveyed, an auger conveyor supported on the frame and configured to convey cut crop material to the feeder house belt conveyor through the aperture, a first belt conveyor supported on the frame and disposed in front of the auger conveyor to convey cut crop material to the auger conveyor, a first motor coupled to the first belt conveyor to drive the first belt conveyor;a variable drive coupled to the first belt conveyor and to the auger conveyor to synchronously drive the first belt conveyor and the auger conveyor; andan ECU coupled to the variable drive and to the first motor, and to the first operator input device, andwherein the ECU in response to a signal from the first operator input device is configured to first accelerate the first belt conveyor and the auger conveyor to its operating speed in a first stage of operation, and then to subsequently accelerate the first belt conveyor to its operating speed over a first pre-programmed time delay interval in a second and successive stage of operation.