Patent ID: 11912261
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for picking up, bundling and depositing agricultural material having a traction vehicle and a towed implement, the system comprising:
an actuator associated with the implement; and
a control device configured to generate control data:
for the actuator, resulting in the implement being laterally offset relative to the traction vehicle to move the implement into the appropriate orientation; and
for controlling the orientation of the implement and steering of the traction vehicle, the control data including information relating to the orientation of the implement adjustable by the actuator, a desired orientation of the deposited agricultural material and at least one of a speed and a direction of travel of the traction vehicle;

wherein, using the control data, the actuator adjusts the orientation about a vertical axis of the implement relative to the traction vehicle to deposit the agricultural material, and
wherein the implement is laterally offset to the right when the implement has to be rotated counterclockwise relative to the direction of travel adopted when picking up the material and offset to the left when the implement has to be rotated clockwise relative to the direction of travel adopted when picking up the material.