US 12,439,857 B2
Crop bale wrap delivery system and method
Jeffrey S. Wigdahl, Ames, IA (US); and Justin E. Hummel, Des Moines, IA (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,534.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008414 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A01F 15/07 (2006.01)
CPC A01F 15/0715 (2013.01) [A01F 2015/076 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrap delivery system for controlling delivery of a sheet of wrap from a wrap roll hopper of an associated harvester to a module builder of the associated harvester, the wrap delivery system comprising:
a sheet drive system comprising:
an output member operably coupled with an associated wrap feed mechanism of the associated harvester engaged with the wrap, the output member being configured to drive the associated wrap feed mechanism of the associated harvester engaged with the wrap; and
a drive mechanism operably coupled with the output member, the drive mechanism being configured to operate the output member responsive to a feed control signal to pay out the sheet of the wrap from the wrap roll hopper;
a sensor operably coupled with the sheet drive system, the sensor being operable to detect a property of the sheet of the wrap; and
a wrap delivery control module operably coupled with the sheet drive system, the wrap delivery control module comprising:
an output circuit operable to generate the feed control signal for controlling the sheet drive system to automatically pay out the sheet of the wrap at a sheet feed rate based on the detected property of the sheet of the wrap.