WO2014200578A3 - Load fill sensor system for grain trailers - Google Patents

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WO2014200578A3
WO2014200578A3 PCT/US2014/015739 US2014015739W WO2014200578A3 WO 2014200578 A3 WO2014200578 A3 WO 2014200578A3 US 2014015739 W US2014015739 W US 2014015739W WO 2014200578 A3 WO2014200578 A3 WO 2014200578A3
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grain
trailer
weight
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hopper
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Shawn GENGERKE
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Leading Edge Industries, Inc.
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Priority claimed from US13/916,762 external-priority patent/US9085381B2/en
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Priority to DE112014002822.3T priority Critical patent/DE112014002822B4/en
Priority to UAA201600244A priority patent/UA117133C2/en
Priority to BR112015030974-7A priority patent/BR112015030974B1/en
Priority to RU2016100864A priority patent/RU2643213C2/en
Publication of WO2014200578A2 publication Critical patent/WO2014200578A2/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water
    • G01F23/28—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water by measuring the variations of parameters of electromagnetic or acoustic waves applied directly to the liquid or fluent solid material
    • G01F23/284—Electromagnetic waves
    • G01F23/292—Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet
    • G01F23/2921—Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet for discrete levels
    • G01F23/2922—Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet for discrete levels with light-conducting sensing elements, e.g. prisms
    • G01F23/2925—Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet for discrete levels with light-conducting sensing elements, e.g. prisms using electrical detecting means
    • G01F23/2927—Light, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet for discrete levels with light-conducting sensing elements, e.g. prisms using electrical detecting means for several discrete levels, e.g. with more than one light-conducting sensing element
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/80—Arrangements for signal processing
    • G01F23/802—Particular electronic circuits for digital processing equipment
    • G01F23/804—Particular electronic circuits for digital processing equipment containing circuits handling parameters other than liquid level
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
    • B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
    • B60P1/56—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading the load-transporting element having bottom discharging openings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D90/00—Component parts, details or accessories for large containers
    • B65D90/48—Arrangements of indicating or measuring devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/22—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measuring physical variables, other than linear dimensions, pressure or weight, dependent on the level to be measured, e.g. by difference of heat transfer of steam or water

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Levels Of Liquids Or Fluent Solid Materials (AREA)
  • Storage Of Harvested Produce (AREA)
  • Filling Or Emptying Of Bunkers, Hoppers, And Tanks (AREA)
  • Drying Of Solid Materials (AREA)
  • Arrangements For Transmission Of Measured Signals (AREA)

Abstract

A system for remotely indicating the level of grain being loaded into a grain trailer or storage bin. Plural sensing strips are affixed to a sidewall of the trailer's hopper(s) at spaced locations. Signals from transducer elements on the strips are delivered to an electronics module on the trailer's forward wall. The electronics module includes a multiplexer for sampling the state of the strip transducers and a wireless transmitter for relaying the state data to a remote receiver and microprocessor. The microprocessor presents a visual display of height reached by the grain in a hopper as loading continues. Following system calibration where a pixel count of the load being displayed and a measured weight of the load are determined, a calibration factor corresponding to the weight-per-pixel is stored for use in computing the weight and volume of subsequent loads.
PCT/US2014/015739 2013-06-13 2014-02-11 Load fill sensor system for grain trailers WO2014200578A2 (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE112014002822.3T DE112014002822B4 (en) 2013-06-13 2014-02-11 METHOD AND LOAD DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE WEIGHT OF GRAIN IN A TRANSPORT CONTAINER
UAA201600244A UA117133C2 (en) 2013-06-13 2014-02-11 Load fill sensor system for grain trailers
BR112015030974-7A BR112015030974B1 (en) 2013-06-13 2014-02-11 fill level sensor system for particulate material containment equipment, loading sensor system, loading equipment, method for determining the weight of a grain load, and method for monitoring grain volume
RU2016100864A RU2643213C2 (en) 2013-06-13 2014-02-11 System of sensor of filling grain transportation trailer

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US13/916,762 2013-06-13
US13/916,762 US9085381B2 (en) 2012-02-17 2013-06-13 Load fill sensor system for grain trailers

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