Patent ID: 9609808
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A01F

Claim:
1. An agricultural rectangular baler comprising: a feeder system for feeding a quantity of crop material towards a baling chamber of the baler, the feeder system comprising a feeding chamber and a stuffer comprising a pushing element, wherein the stuffer is arranged for carrying out a stuffing cycle that comprises moving the pushing element at least partly into the feeding chamber at an entry position positioned along the feeding chamber, moving the pushing element through the feeding chamber for carrying out a stuffing stroke having a stroke depth into the feeding chamber, and moving the pushing element out of the feeding chamber at an exit position positioned along the feeding chamber, the stuffer arranged for varying at least one of the entry position, the exit position, and the stroke depth, wherein the feeder system further comprises at least one sensor arranged for generating a sensor signal that is indicative of an amount of accumulated crop material in the feeding chamber, a controller coupled to the at least one sensor and the stuffer, the controller configured for triggering the stuffer to start a stuffing cycle wherein at least one of the entry position, the exit position, and the stroke depth is adjusted in response to the sensor signal, wherein the controller is further arranged for triggering the stuffer to start a modified stuffing cycle wherein a distance between the entry position and the exit position is increased compared to the normal stuffing cycle in response to an indication, by the sensor signal, of the amount of the accumulated crop material in the feeding chamber being less than a lower amount value.