Control Arrangement

Abstract

A rotobaler is provided with an inclination sensor that recognizes the inclination of the rotobaler, to the side as well as tin the longitudinal direction. The inclination sensor generates a signal that is processed by a computer that controls a display arrangement in order to indicate whether a bale that is to be unloaded from the rotobaler can be ejected from the rotobaler, as presently positioned. If the inclination is such that a safe ejection of the bale is not possible, the computer sends out a signal that locks an outlet arrangement for the bale, or that steers the rotobaler in such a way that the bale is deposited with its longitudinal axis parallel to the inclination of the slope.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The sole FIGURE of the drawing shows an embodiment of the invention on the basis of a vehicle with a control arrangement.

Claims

1. In vehicle having a chamber adapted for carrying a large cylindrical bale, an outlet arrangement operable for selectively depositing on the ground a bale contained within the chamber and an actuating arrangement operatively associated with said outlet arrangement, and a control arrangement coupled for controlling said actuating arrangement, the improvement comprising: said control arrangement including an inclination sensor that generates a signal representing the inclination of said vehicle, with said signal being used for at least one of, in an operation for positioning said vehicle or for in an operation of said actuating arrangement.

2. The vehicle, as defined in claim 1, wherein said control arrangement includes at least one of an acoustic or visual display arrangement that is operated as a function of said signal.

3. The vehicle, as defined in claim 1, wherein said inclination sensor is integrated in a steering system operable for changing a location of said vehicle on said ground in accordance with a sensed inclination so that a more favorable condition exists for depositing a bale from said chamber.

4. The vehicle, as defined in claim 1, wherein said control arrangement includes at least one computer coupled for receiving said signal from said inclination sensor and coupled for controlling said actuating arrangement in accordance with said signal.

5. The vehicle, as defined in claim 4, and further including a weighing arrangement coupled to said chamber for generating a weight signal representing a weight of a bale contained in the chamber; and said computer being coupled to said weighing arrangement for receiving and correcting said weight signal in accordance with the signal representing an inclination of the vehicle.