Patent ID: 9736988
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A01F,B30B

Claim:
1. A sensor assembly for a baler, the baler having a reciprocating plunger for compressing gathered material into bales within a baling chamber, the reciprocating plunger being driven by a crank arm, the crank arm being rotated around a crank arm axis by a crank gear, the sensor assembly comprising: a first sensor detecting at least one location of the crank arm as the crank arm rotates around the crank arm axis; and a second sensor detecting a rotation of the crank gear; and a controller determining a position of the reciprocating plunger relative to the baling chamber based upon, at least in part, the detected at least one location of the crank arm by the first sensor and the detected rotation of the crank gear by the second sensor.