Patent ID: 9301447
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A01D

Claim Text:
1. A control arrangement for controlling the transfer of agricultural crop from a harvesting machine to a transport vehicle comprising: a loading container; a discharging device of the harvesting machine; an actuator operably connected between a portion of the harvesting machine and the discharging device; a control unit for controlling the actuator to automatically deposit the crop during the harvesting mode successively at different points in the loading container, following a predetermined loading strategy, by the control unit influencing a position of a discharge end of the discharging device of the harvesting machine, wherein the loading strategy may be changed and a choice may be made between different loading strategies wherein a barcode or a transmitter or a transponder chip or radio frequency identification (RFI D) chip is attached to the transport vehicle, which may be received or read by the control unit on the harvesting machine and based on read information that comprises dimensions of the loading container, the control arrangement alters or selects the most suitable loading strategy, wherein the different loading strategies may comprise filling the loading container according to defined patterns, wherein the defined patterns comprise strips extending in the forward direction along the middle of the loading container or zig-zag patterns extending from front to back.