US 12,419,222 B2
Wrap detection and moisture sensing control system of agricultural baler
Scott C. Simmons, Lititz, PA (US); Kevin M. Smith, Narvon, PA (US); and Derek Hart, Mountville, PA (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/457,828.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175996 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A01F 15/07 (2006.01); G01N 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/071 (2013.01) [G01N 27/048 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A method of using an agricultural baler, the method comprising the steps of:
providing an agricultural baler that includes a frame, a bale chamber coupled with the frame, a wrapping assembly coupled with the frame and configured to wrap a wrap material about a crop material in the bale chamber during a wrap cycle, and a control system including at least one sensor coupled with the frame and positioned circumferentially relative to the bale chamber and a controller operatively coupled with the at least one sensor;
sensing, by the at least one sensor, an operative parameter of the crop material in the bale chamber, wherein the operative parameter is associated with an electrical property of the crop material;
outputting, by the at least one sensor, an operative parameter signal corresponding to the operative parameter;
receiving, by the controller, the operative parameter signal; and
determining, by the controller, whether the wrap material is wrapped about the crop material based at least in part on the operative parameter signal.