JOHN MAHONEY MCKEE
Engineers in Seven Valleys, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE078180
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
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Address
Seven Valleys, PA 17360
Professional information
Remote Control Adjustable Threshing Cage Vane System And Method
US Patent:
2011032, Dec 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun 29, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/825894
Inventors:
Herbert M. Farley - Elizabethtown PA, US
Jonathan E. Ricketts - Ephrata PA, US
John M. McKee - Seven Valleys PA, US
Wayne T. Flickinger - Oxford PA, US
Clinton T. Baltz - Lancaster PA, US
Asish K. Panigrahi - Chatrapur, IN
Jonathan E. Ricketts - Ephrata PA, US
John M. McKee - Seven Valleys PA, US
Wayne T. Flickinger - Oxford PA, US
Clinton T. Baltz - Lancaster PA, US
Asish K. Panigrahi - Chatrapur, IN
International Classification:
G06F 7/00, A01F 12/28
US Classification:
701 29, 460 69, 701 50
Abstract:
A system and method for remote control of an adjustable threshing cage vane, including while the threshing system is operating, for improving threshing performance and other operating parameters, utilizes an actuator in connection with the at least one vane and remotely controllable for adjustably varying the position thereof, e.g, pitch angle, within the cage for altering the path of the flow of the crop material therethrough. The remote control can be via an automatic controller to provide control responsive to one or more monitored operating parameters, such as grain loss, grain flow, ground speed, and/or throughput, as well as inputted commands.