Patent ID: 8880299

Claim:
A combine side-shaking control system, comprising: at least one sieve for separating crop material from other materials; a movable side-shaking mechanism coupled to the at least one sieve and configured to move the at least one sieve in a side-to-side motion; a separator system engaging sensor for sensing if a separator system is engaged; a feeder system engaging sensor for sensing if the feeder system is engaged; operational system speed sensors for sensing respective operational speeds of at least one of a combine engine, a combine drive system, the combine feeder system, a combine crop-handling system, a combine threshing system, a combine cleaning system and a combine residue system; crop flow sensors for sensing respective crop rates moving through at least one of the combine feeder system, the combine crop-handling system, the combine threshing system, the combine cleaning system and the combine residue system; a feeder system position sensor for sensing a position of a feeder mechanism relative to a portion of a combine frame; and a controller for (i) receiving sensed data from the separator system engaging sensor, the feeder system engaging sensor, the operational system speed sensors, the crop flow sensors and the feeder system position sensor, and (ii) causing the side-shaking mechanism to stop moving the at least one sieve or start moving the at least one sieve in the side-to-side motion based on the sensed data.