Patent ID: 6690285
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A01D,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing an automated rotation warning alarm on an agricultural machine including a rotatable component, an operator's station located remote from the rotatable component, a source of power for driving the component, and a drive train coupled between the source of power and said rotatable component and including a main clutch selectively operable between engaged and disengaged conditions, the apparatus comprising: an operator presence sensor located for determining whether the operator is located at the operator station and producing a corresponding operator presence signal; a rotation sensor for determining whether or not said rotatable component is rotating and producing a corresponding rotation signal; a main clutch control sensor for determining whether said main clutch is engaged or disengaged and producing a corresponding main clutch condition signal; a warning device; and a control circuit connected for receiving said operator presence signal, said rotation signal, and said main clutch condition signal; said control circuit being connected to said warning device and operable for activating said warning device in the event said operator presence signal indicates that the operator is absent from said operator's station and said rotation sensor is producing a rotation signal.