Patent ID: 6959527
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A device for relative positioning between an agricultural machine and crops on their planting rows, comprising: at least one tree contour sensor disposed on said agricultural machine for sensing a contour of a tree, said agricultural machine including a rotor column having a plurality of stripping rods; a rotor column position sensor for said rotor column; a moving sensor for sensing the agricultural machine traveling speed disposed close to a tractor axle of said agricultural machine; at least two actuators for positioning said rotor column, each actuator including a servomechanism, said sensors being electrically connected to a data processor and said data processor being electrically connected to said servomechanisms so as to control said actuators to position said rotor column to a predetermined position based on the sensed tree contour, said data processor controlling simultaneously all of said actuators through information received from the sensors to position said rotor column in a plane inclined parallel to the contour of the tree.