Patent ID: 6834484
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A harvester supported for forward movement over a field of crop to be harvested having processing structure located on the harvester, a feeder house including a housing and a drum supporting a leading end of a conveyor for moving the crop to the processing structure, link structure supporting the drum for vertical movement relative to the housing, the drum moving vertically in response to crop engaging the leading end of the conveyor, the harvester including a control system responsive to a crop processing variable for automatically controlling the harvester, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the drum relative to the housing, and switch structure supported by the adjustment mechanism and responsive to vertical movement of the drum to provide a crop presence signal indicative of presence of crop in feeder house and wherein the control system is responsive to the signal for initiating the automatic control of the harvester when crop is present at the leading end of the conveyor.