Abstract: A scale controller system and method of using the system is disclosed. The scale controller is adapted for use with a grain cart or similar implement that includes a discharge opening and conveyor. The system includes a scale and a plurality of sensors that work together to automate numerous functions that are typically performed manually. For example, the present invention discloses a system that automatically records the amount of material loaded or unloaded by continuously monitoring the load on a scale and the RPMs of a power take-off shaft that drives a conveyor.

Abstract: A pressure relief tube or enclosure such as for an auger screw. In one embodiment, a pressure relief tube may comprise at least one hatch that is adapted to expand in response to force applied from within the tube. An example of the pressure relief tube may automatically adapt or adjust to potential problem material in the tube to allow for conveyance or clearance of the problem material. Another example of the pressure relief tube may be manually adapted or adjusted to facilitate conveyance or clearance of the problem material. Related systems and methods comprising a pressure relief tube are also provided.

Abstract: An agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container is provided. One agricultural system includes a product conveying system having a conveyor and a hopper. The conveyor is configured to move product from the hopper to a holding container. The hopper has an opening for receiving product, and the opening includes a first side adjacent to the conveyor, and a second side opposite the first side. The second side is substantially v-shaped, and configured to channel the product to exit the hopper through the opening while the opening is directed downwardly.

Abstract: A transport device for an agricultural utility machine is provided, having a first pipe section in which a first conveyor auger is rotatably situated and a second pipe section in which a second conveyor auger is rotatably situated, and a joint and/or plug device to connect the first pipe section to the second pipe section. A friction clutch is provided between the first and the second conveyor auger to transfer torque from the first conveyor auger to the second conveyor auger. An agricultural utility machine having such a transport device is also provided.

Abstract: A cart having an adjustable elevation auger. A junction box may located within the opening of a sump of a bin of a cart. The junction box may have an open top, closed bottom and sides, and back wall. The back wall of the junction box may be secured to a bin wall by a hinge such that the junction box may pivot about a pivot axis. An auger housing may be connected to and extend from the junction box. An auger may extend through the auger housing and have an intake end disposed within the junction box. The auger housing and auger may pivot with the junction box about a pivot axis between a lowered position and an elevated position. The auger may be a corner auger and may be a folding auger.

Abstract: An agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container is provided. One agricultural system includes a hopper configured to receive product and a conveyor configured to move the product from the hopper to a holding container. The hopper is configured to fold under the conveyor into a storage position that directs an opening in the hopper toward a soil surface.

Abstract: A swing hopper is pivotally secured about vertical and horizontal axes to the inlet end of a swing auger which is pivotally connected to the main auger tube of a grain auger.

Abstract: An agricultural conveyor assembly of the type including a main conveyor, a feed auger assembly, and a main auger boot pivotally supporting the outlet end of the feed auger assembly on the inlet end of the main conveyor for swinging movement further includes a feed auger lift assembly. The feed auger lift assembly includes a bearing surface supported about an inlet opening of the main auger boot and one or more extendable lift members extending between a first end pivotally coupled to the feed auger assembly and a second end supported on the bearing surface for rotational movement about a feed auger swing axis together with the feed auger assembly.

Abstract: A grain cart has a wheel supported frame on which is mounted an open top container having inclined bottom walls and including a single discharge auger conveyor having a lower section extending from a sump for the container adjacent a front left inclined corner portion of the container. The auger conveyor has an extended upper section supported by a hinge assembly having a pivot axis offset and askewed at an acute angle from the auger axis. The hinge assembly provides for pivoting the upper conveyor section between an inclined grain discharge position projecting upwardly, laterally outwardly and forwardly from the container and a stored position inclined downwardly at a substantial angle from the hinge assembly in front of the container. In the stored position, the grain discharge outlet is located lower than the top surfaces of the wheels.

Abstract: An instant powder conveyor device of a drinks preparing machine including a wire conveyor spindle rotatably disposed in a bottom area of the instant powder container. At the end of the wire conveyor spindle an outflow opening is arranged. A unit for loosening up the instant powder in the instant powder container includes at least one striking element which is disposed, elastically adjustable, in axial direction of the wire conveyor spindle and extends substantially transverse into it.

Abstract: An auger assembly transfers particulate material from a source area to a target area using a main auger, an open top swing auger or U-trough, and an extendable loading swing auger connected to one another. The main auger is supported on a wheeled frame similar to conventional grain augers while the U-trough is pivoted thereon, and the extendable loading swing auger is mounted on a rail system on the top of the U-trough. The inlet hopper of the extendable swing auger can be extended out to reach away from the main auger thus can be more easily positioned for proper alignment with the discharge hopper of a particulate material container even when the discharge hopper is within a confined space.

Abstract: A grain cart has a wheel supported frame on which is mounted an open top container having inclined bottom walls and including a single discharge auger conveyor having a lower section extending from a sump for the container adjacent a front left inclined corner portion of the container. The auger conveyor has an extended upper section supported by a hinge assembly having a pivot axis offset and askewed at an acute angle from the auger axis. The hinge assembly provides for pivoting the upper conveyor section between an inclined grain discharge position projecting upwardly, laterally outwardly and forwardly from the container and a stored position inclined downwardly at a substantial angle from the hinge assembly in front of the container. In the stored position, the grain discharge outlet is located lower than the top surfaces of the wheels and does not project laterally beyond the right side wall of the container.

Abstract: An unloading auger for an agricultural harvester includes an inner auger having an outer end and a first coupler at the outer end. The first coupler includes a first engagement cog. An outer auger is pivotally attached to the outer end of the inner auger. The outer auger has an inner end and a second coupler at the inner end. The second coupler includes a second engagement cog. The first coupler or second coupler includes at least one engagement assistor configured to rotate the outer auger prior to engagement between the first engagement cog and the second engagement cog.

Abstract: A conveyor feeding system for reliably and continuously supplying particulate matter as feedstock, such as rubber tire chips, to a reactor or distillation unit. The feeding system includes a pair of inclined spiral augers having their lower ends submerged in oil or other liquid to provide a liquid seal, thereby preventing undesirable back flow of distillation gases through the feeding system. The push auger acts to push lightweight feedstock downward, submerging it through the liquid seal. The material thereafter is taken up by the partially submerged feed auger, for withdrawal up out of the liquid seal for delivery to further processing, such as a pyrolytic reactor. Buoyant material, which otherwise might float upon the liquid of the seal reservoir, accordingly may be effectively processed through the system.

Abstract: A remote control drive kit for attachment to the hopper of a swing auger for driving movement of the hopper relative to the main auger includes a first drive assembly mounted on the base wall of the hopper adjacent a front edge and a second drive assembly mounted on the base wall adjacent a rear edge. Each drive assembly is mounted approximately midway across the base wall and includes a pair of drive wheels and a separate motor and is carried on a bracket arrangement which allows adjustment in a direction toward and away form the edge to accommodate different types of hopper.

Abstract: A device for conveying inhomogenous solid matter, particularly biomass, includes an endless screw. The endless screw is located in a sleeve fitted with a counter screw, which allows better transportation, and the possible creation of a plug of compressed material at predetermined points on the screw, which isolates the device from the outside. The device can be coupled with at least one other endless screw, which can be put under a pressure greater than the device. The screw erodes the plug and transports the matter so obtained, for example to a pressurized reactor. With the device, a pressure difference between for example a raw material storage tank and a reactor does not lead to excessive cost in terms of pressurizing gas.

Abstract: A folding auger assembly. The auger assembly includes at least one auger housing configured to receive at least one driveshaft. The auger assembly further includes flighting connected to each driveshaft, a lower drive assembly configured to operatively couple the driveshaft to a first end of an output driveshaft, a driveshaft support assembly coupled to the lower drive assembly and configured to receive the first driveshaft, an output driveshaft disengagement assembly coupled to the lower drive assembly, and a stabilizer assembly.

Abstract: An agricultural commodity cart loading conveyor apparatus comprises a conveyor mounted to an agricultural commodity cart. A hopper is pivotally attached to the lower end of the conveyor tube and a hopper conveyor section is mounted along a bottom of the hopper. The hopper pivots from an extended position to a folded position. In the extended position the hopper is oriented at an angle to the conveyor tube such that the hopper extends along the ground when the conveyor is in the operating position, and is connected to the lower end of the conveyor tube such that the hopper conveyor section conveys material entering the hopper into the lower end of the conveyor tube for conveyance up the conveyor tube. A lock is operative to lock the hopper and conveyor together when the hopper is in the extended position. Hydraulic cylinders can be provided to facilitate use with larger conveyors.

Abstract: An agricultural combine including an unloading system wherein an unloading conduit assembly is, in an operational set-up, rotatable or swivelable through an arc of 360° to permit grain unloading into a grain truck located at any point around the combine, whether the combine is stationary or moving. For road travel or storage the unloading conduit assembly, or some portion of it, is pivoted into a set-up wherein the longitudinal conduit is retracted into nesting relationship against the side of the combine and below the top of the grain tank.

Abstract: A folding auger assembly. The auger assembly includes at least one auger housing configured to receive at least one driveshaft. The auger assembly further includes flighting connected to each driveshaft, a lower drive assembly configured to operatively couple the driveshaft to a first end of an output driveshaft, a driveshaft support assembly coupled to the lower drive assembly and configured to receive the first driveshaft, an output driveshaft disengagement assembly coupled to the lower drive assembly, and a stabilizer assembly.

Abstract: A grain delivery conveyor for a grain tank of an agricultural combine includes a first gear box including a first input connectable in rotatably driven relation to a rotatable power source for rotation about a first axis, and a first output rotatable about a second axis angularly related to the first axis by rotation of the first rotatable input; a second gear box including a second rotatable input connected in rotatably driven relation to the first output for rotation about the second axis, and a second output rotatably driveable about a third axis angularly related to the second axis by rotation of the second rotatable input; and an elongate conveyor assembly connected in rotatably driven relation to the second output, the second gear box and the conveyor being jointly pivotable about at least the second axis for varying a position of a free end of the conveyor relative to the grain tank.

Abstract: A self-unloading container apparatus comprises a container mounted on a vehicle. An upright auger tube has its bottom end in the container and top end outside the container. An intermediate auger tube is pivotally attached at one end to the upright auger tube so as to pivot about a pivot axis on a pivot plane and at the other end to a lateral auger tube at a fixed oblique angle. A universal joint connects the intermediate flighting shaft to the upright flighting shaft with the center of the joint on the pivot plane and axis. A constant velocity universal joint connects the intermediate flighting shaft to the lateral flighting shaft with a center thereof located at the intersection of axes of the intermediate and lateral auger tubes. The lateral auger tube pivots from a transport position aligned with the travel direction, to an operating position transverse to the travel direction.

Abstract: An auger coupler for a folding grain conveyor is disclosed which operates to connect an upper auger to a lower auger. A drive member adapted to be connected to the lower auger include a pilot shaft designed to help align the drive member with the driven member and an annular thrust bearing surface surrounding the pilot shaft. Spaced outwardly from the thrust bearing surface is an annular row of drive teeth. The drive teeth project axially upwardly from an annular base surface which is parallel to and concentric with the thrust bearing surface. A driven member adapted to be connected to the upper auger includes a receiver sized and shaped to accept the pilot shaft of the drive member. The receiver is also surrounded by an annular thrust bearing surface. Spaced radially outwardly from the thrust bearing surface is an annular row of driven teeth which are structurally identical to the drive teeth.

Abstract: A one-piece folding auger system for use with a bulk material tender using an elongated auger having its end mounted to a first device by a first pivotal mount that allows the auger to rotate forward and backward by way of a hydraulic cylinder. The first device is then mounted for rotation at the rear of a vehicle with a second pivotal mount that allows the auger to rotate vertically by way of a second hydraulic cylinder. The multi-axis pivoting includes the first pivotal mount cooperatively, and at times simultaneously, pivoting both with the second pivotal mount and about its axis of rotation to pivot the auger between its stowed position in which the auger extends substantially parallel and adjacent to the vehicle and its discharge position in which the auger extends upwardly and laterally away from the vehicle for a side discharge of bulk material within a hopper on the vehicle.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus for particulate material comprises a first conveyor combination including a first casing and a first shaftless spiral drive element, a second conveyor combination coupled to said first conveyor combination and including a second casing and a shaftless spiral drive element; and a elongated body coaxially arranged with respect to the first shaftless spiral.

Abstract: A feed auger for transporting particulate material to a main auger which has a drive shaft driven by a direct mechanical connection from a PTO of a tractor vehicle. The feed auger is attached to a hopper at one end and pivotally mounted to the main auger at the other end such that particulate material entering the hopper is transported through the feed auger and into and through the main auger. The feed auger is driven by a hydraulic system operated from the drive shaft of the main auger, the hydraulic system providing independent control of the operation of the feed auger.

Abstract: A device to remotely extract particulate material comprises a number of archimedes screw sections joined end-to-end by universal joints and surrounded by a housing which articulates at the universal joints. The screw sections terminate in a material extraction head at the ingress end of the housing. A housing support runs the length of the housing and includes push arms which extend to the housing proximate the ingress end of the housing. The push arms may be remotely extended in order to translate the material extraction head. Furthermore, the housing support may be rotated about its longitudinal axis to move the material extraction head. In this way material over an area may be extracted.

Abstract: A self-propelled conveyor includes a number of auger sections each section including at least one spiral mounted on a shaft, a housing surrounding the spiral and having two end terminations, and structure for driving of one spiral by driving an adjacent spiral whether or not the shaft of the spirals are in line with each other. The driving structure can comprise axially and radially extending projections from each adjacent shaft providing a lost motion connection between the shafts, or a universal joint. More than one auger may be mounted in each housing section, with a common drive shaft for the augers connected by a universal connection to a similar drive shaft for an adjacent auger section. The end terminations of the housing allow relative pivotal movement between adjacent housing sections at least in a horizontal plane, and comprise inter-engaging cylindrical section elements allowing relative rotational movement between adjacent housing sections of at least about 15.degree..

Abstract: An auger apparatus having a first housing for receiving and holding material to be moved has a first auger disposed therein and rotatable about a first axis for moving material within the first housing. A second housing is connected to the first housing and has a second auger disposed therein and rotatable about a second axis for moving material within the second housing, the second axis being disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the first axis. A flexible joint is attached at one end thereof to the first auger and at the other end thereof to the second auger for transmitting rotational forces from one to the other and thereby forming a flexible joint between the two augers. Helical flighting extensions are attached to each end of the flexible joint and serve as extensions to the flighting of the first and second augers so that there is essentially a continuous flighting across the flexible joint.

Abstract: A clean-out auger for a grain bin has a main auger, a telescoping sweep and a rotary joint connecting the two. The sweep may be adjusted in length to accomodate bins of different sizes. The use of a flexible screw section through the rotary joint allows the sweep to rotate through 360.degree. during operation. A sweep transporting mechanism is fixed to the outer end of the sweep for producing the rotation about the rotary joint.

Abstract: An auger system comprises a main auger with a longitudinal auger flight extending from a container at the bottom of the main auger to a discharge spout at the top of the main auger. The lower end of the main auger is connected by a hitch member to a tractor and the lower end of the main auger flight is connected to a PTO shaft of the tractor. A side load auger extends from a hopper at the lower end to a discharge spout connecting into the container at the lower end of the main auger. A mechanical drive connection extends from the main auger shaft to the feed auger shaft and comprises a chain drive coupling driving a second shaft parallel to the main auger shaft at a position above the main auger shaft. Two right angle gear boxes are mounted with one inside the container and the other inside the discharge spout of the side load auger.

Abstract: An unloader for bulk materials is provided to transfer material such as cement from a barge or other bulk container. It includes a moveable and rotatable support member such as a crane or cantilevered arm that is adjacent the bulk container. A first conveyor or auger is connected to the support for pivotal movement and extends generally horizontally. A second conveyor or auger is connected to the distal end of the first conveyor for pivotal movement and is generally vertically oriented. A feeder unit is connected to the distal end of the second conveyor for universal and rotational movement. The feeder includes an uplift portion communicating with the second conveyor, the uplift portion advancing the bulk material at a rate slower than the second conveyor, and a collector portion communicating with the uplift portion. The collector portion includes converging auger assembly to advance the bulk material towards the uplift portion and to assist in transferring it into the uplift portion.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus comprises a first conveyor combination including a horizontal casing and a horizontal shaftless spiral drive element, and a second conveyor combination including a vertical casing and a vertical shaftless spiral drive element. The discharge section of the first casing and the free end of the first driving element are directed from the side towards the center axis of the second casing. The casing of the second conveyor combination has a cross section having either a corner or a longitudinally extending rib to increase the friction between the casing and the material which abuts against the same.

Abstract: A portable angle auger apparatus for conveying bulk material comprising a conveyor auger and duct pivotable with respect to a supply auger and duct, a pivot hinge attached to beveled ends of the ducts and a movable flexible covering for the pivot juncture. The pivot juncture and flexible covering are designed such that the apparatus can be assembled and disassembled quickly by one individual.

Abstract: A portable, self-unloading cart (12) for handling granular material is disclosed, which cart (12) has a fixed, single auger tube (63) with a recessed end (68) connected to a hopper (22) for drawing material from below the hopper sump (23), and with a modified frame (24) providing for the remainder of the auger tube (63) extending both forwardly and sidewardly of the hopper (22) in an angular relation with the hopper (22), and with the auger tube (63) having pivoted sections enabling an upper section (69) in use to be extended rearwardly alongside the hopper (22) during transport, the discharge end (73) remaining disposed within the confines of the hopper and frame length.

Abstract: This invention relates to a discharge apparatus for storage bins and tanks having a central bottom outlet opening to allow a discharge conveyor to remove bulk material and a sweep conveyor within the storage bin, the improvement is that the outlet opening is adapted so that the sweep conveyor can be driven by its own motor or through gearing means driven by the discharge conveyor motor. A bearing support is provided for mounting the sweep conveyor with its own motor, and a structure is provided to mount a gear box connectably drivable by the discharge conveyor. The gear box arrangement comprises an upper and lower conventional gear box, together with a clutch to engage or disengage the sweep conveyor as required. Another improvement resides in having the sweep auger of the single drive system detachable. A further improvement lies in supplying a broom auger, in parallel with the sweep auger.

Abstract: A grain cart includes an auger having a first lower section fixedly mounted to an inner portion of the cart and a second upper section pivotally mounted to an upper end of the first auger section and movable between a retracted, non-use position and an extended, use position. The auger's second section is folded inwardly and maintained in position within an upper portion of the grain cart by gravity when positioned in the retracted position. The second section of the auger is pivotally displaced outwardly to assume the extended, use position wherein the two auger sections are aligned and mechanically coupled for removal of grain from the cart, with the second auger section also maintained in this extended position by gravity. The first and second auger sections are coupled to a mounting plate so as to form an integral structure which is easily removed from and installed in the cart as a unit by means of a plurality of bolts coupling the mounting plate to a lateral wall of the cart.

Abstract: A grain storage unloading system (10) with a series of augers for unloading grain (42) from a storage bin (11) is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for unloading grain (42) from a storage bin (11). The system includes a horizontal discharge auger conveyer (20) disposed above the bin's floor, the outlet end (25) of the horizontal auger conveyer (20) communicating with a point outside the grain bin (11). The inlet end (24) of the horizontal auger conveyer is interconnected to a vertical auger conveyer (13). The present invention also includes a sweep auger (32), the length of the sweep auger (32) extending the radius of the grain bin, which transports grain (42) radially toward a central part of the bin (11).

Abstract: A feeder head assembly is provided which includes a single pair of augers which collect bulk material contained within a vessel. These augers advance the material to a lifting conveyor. A frame pivotally mounted to a rotatable enclosure portion of the lifting conveyor supports the augers on opposite sides of the conveyor with one end of each auger disposed proximate to the open lower end of the conveyor. Hydraulic motors disposed on the frame drive the augers. The assembly includes springs which bias the frame and augers to a perpendicular relation with the lifting conveyor whereby the assembly automatically adjusts to the configuration of the material and the bottom of the vessel.

Abstract: Drive transmission from the bottom auger of a combine grain tank to an outwardly and upwardly inclined swinging unloading auger-conveyor by means of (sequentially) a telescoping, double U-jointed drive shaft, an acute angle bevel gear box, and a jack shaft, permit the enclosure of the drive components in a compact housing while retaining a desirably, relatively unobstructed flow channel from the grain tank into the unloading conveyor housing. Bevel gear box and U-joint locations are chosen so that the unloading auger may be driven, if desired, in any position in its normal range of swing.

Abstract: A foldable and swivelable screw conveyor mounted on a transportable storage hopper is disclosed. The storage hopper typically contains particulate material such as grain, fertilizer and the like. The present invention is directed to a spatially-compact hopper-loading screw conveyor which can be folded onto a frame portion of the storage hopper, and which can be secured thereto. The conveyor is foldable along a hinge joint and swivelable along a swivel joint. The screw conveyor has an inlet chute which can be placed on the ground. The foldability and swivelability features allow the screw conveyor to be carried in a spatially-compact fashion on the storage-hopper frame when not in use and further allow the inlet chute to be placed on the ground and extended away from the storage hopper, to convey particulate material into the storage hopper, as desired.

Abstract: An agricultural harvester has a grain bin with an oblique side wall section at one lateral side of the grain bin presenting a discharge opening, an unloading tube with an end portion pivotally mounted on the oblique side wall section for swinging movement about the axis of the discharge opening, and a linear hydraulic actuator and support structure therefor disposed in a pocket in the one lateral side of the grain bin. The cylinder and piston components of the actuator are pivotally connected, respectively, to the support structure and the unloading tube. A grain bin auger is disposed in the bottom of the grain bin, an unloading auger is disposed in the unloading tube and an inclined intermediate auger has its opposite ends connected to ends of the grain bin auger and the unloading tube auger by universal joints. An alignment adjustment joint is provided in the unloading tube to permit offsetting the effect of tolerance buildup occurring in manufacture of the unloading tube and its support structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for discharging material from the tail gate of a truck box comprises a first auger mounted on the tail gate. A second auger can be coupled to the first and is movable between a stored position and a position extending from one side of the truck by a pivot arrangement between the two augers. A third auger arrangement can replace the second auger and is movable between a first stored travelling position to a second working position providing an alternative path for the material by which the material can be discharged from a high point. Details of the couplings between the folded portions of the augers are disclosed.

Abstract: When particulate material reposing on a support or base is to be carried off in an upward direction by means of a vertical conveyor whose lower inlet end portion is vertically and laterally movable, there is a problem involved in the carrying-off of the final, small layer of material on the base and material in recesses and nooks, for example, in the cargo holds of a vessel, which cannot be reached directly by the inlet end portion of the vertical conveyor. This problem has been solved by means of the final unloading apparatus according to the present invention.

Abstract: A cam operated safety switch (51) prevents the clutch device (21) for the drive for the unloading auger (34) from being shifted from a clutch disengaged position to a clutch engaged position whenever the unloading conveyor (37) is out of its crop unloading position. A branch circuit (98) with a diode (99) interconnects the tube swing switch (63) and the circuit (92) for declutching the unloading auger drive so that when the unloading conveyor (37) is swung from its unloading position to its transport position the clutch device (21) will automatically be placed in its clutch disengaged position.

Abstract: An improved granular material unloading vehicle, such as a feed grain cart, comprising a wheeled chassis having a material bin mounted thereto, a substantially horizontal screw conveyor for moving the material from the bin through a discharge opening therein, a substantially vertical screw conveyor in material communication with the horizontal conveyor outside the bin for further moving the material therethrough, a power transmission arrangement for cooperatively driving the horizontal and vertical conveyors and a pressure-relief device for assisting with the start of material conveyance from the bin by relieving pressure in the forward end of the horizontal auger outside the bin and adjacent the junction with the vertical auger during the start of material transfer therebetween.

Abstract: A bulk material conveying mechanism including a series of tubular elements each having a screw convolution attached to the exterior of the element body. Universal joints connect confronting ends of adjacent tubular elements to allow the elements to conform with the curvature of an enclosing chute.

Abstract: A combine harvester comprising a grain tank with a discharge opening at one side of the harvester, an unloading tube having a main portion and an end portion angled with respect to the main portion, the angled portion being pivotally mounted on the grain tank with the unloading tube in communication with the discharge opening, an unloading auger disposed in the main portion of the unloading tube and having a receiving end spaced from the pivotal connection between the tube and the tank, a grain tank auger extending within the grain tank and having a discharge end spaced from the pivotal connection between the tube and the tank, and an intermediate shaft interconnecting the discharge end of the grain tank auger and the receiving end of the unloading auger by means of a pair of universal joints respectively disposed at the ends of the intermediate shaft, the universal joints being disposed at opposite sides of the pivotal connection between the tank and the tube and the intermediate shaft being telescopic.

Abstract: In a two-stage combine grain tank unloading system, grain is conveyed upward by a generally upright but forwardly inclined auger conveyor, through a transition housing into a generally horizontal unloading auger conveyor, which can be swingably adjusted, to discharge the grain away from the side of the combine, in a range of positions called an unloading zone. The unloading auger conveyor is rigidly attached to the transition housing which is free to swivel on a ring surrounding the upper end of the upright auger conveyor housing. The drive for the horizontal unloading auger is taken from the upright auger through a bevel gear case mounted partly within the transition housing.

Abstract: A loading apparatus for the grain tank or bin of an agricultural combine. The grain tank or bin is located in the upper part of the combine, and, in the illustrated embodiment, the grain bin comprises a main grain bin and a grain bin extension mounted above the main grain bin. Clean grain which has been separated from the straw, chaff, or the like is conveyed by an elevating conveyor which discharges the grain via a chute into the intake end of an elongated pivotally mounted "floating" auger conveyor. When the level of the grain in the bin is below a predetermined level, the floating auger conveyor will assume a horizontal position contiguous the upper portion of the bin.