US 12,063,892 B2
Systems, apparatus, and related methods for use with mergers
Damion D. Babler, Albany, WI (US); Dana E. Redman, Orfordville, WI (US); Dennis Williams, Albany, WI (US); Reid L Christ, Evansville, WI (US); Thomas J. Hoffman, Sun Prairie, WI (US); Timothy G. Osterhaus, Stoughton, WI (US); and William J. Bassett, Brodhead, WI (US)
Assigned to KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Brodhead, WI (US)
Filed by KUHN NORTH AMERICA, INC., Brodhead, WI (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/541,704.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045292 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 89/00 (2006.01); A01D 84/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 89/008 (2013.01) [A01D 84/00 (2013.01); A01D 89/002 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing a material on a ground surface with a merger, comprising:
detecting, via a sensor, a parameter of the material on a conveyor of the merger, the conveyor configured to eject the material from one or more ends of the conveyor;
comparing the detected parameter of the material to a predetermined criteria;
determining at least one of a location of a windrow to be formed and harvesting instructions of the windrow based on the comparing;
controlling, via a first actuator, a first movable device of a merger to provide a first distribution of the material relative to the conveyor of the merger based on the determining at least one of the location of the windrow to be formed and harvesting instructions of the windrow; and
controlling, via a second actuator, a second movable device of the merger to provide a second distribution of the material relative to the conveyor different from the first distribution based on the determining at least one of the location of the windrow to be formed and harvesting instructions of the windrow.