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

Claim 10:
11. A method for picking up, bundling and depositing agricultural material having a traction vehicle and a towed implement, the method comprising:
picking up an agricultural material from a field;
bundling the agricultural material within the implement;
generating control data, with a control device, corresponding to orientation of the implement, desired orientation of the deposited agricultural material and at least one of a speed and a direction of travel of the traction vehicle; and
adjusting, with an actuator, the orientation of implement according to the control data, resulting in the implement being laterally offset relative to the traction vehicle to move the implement into the appropriate orientation such that bundled material will be deposited in a desired orientation different from a standard orientation,
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.