Manually steered auger mover
AssigneeBrandt Industries Canada Ltd.
InventorsChance Peutert, Jonathan Robert Carteri
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Abstract
An auger mover for moving and steering an auger is provided. The auger mover can have a frame having a front end and a rear end, the rear end connectable to an auger axle on the auger, a first pivotal wheel attached to a front end of the frame and pivotal relative to the frame, a second pivotal wheel attached to a front end of the frame and pivotal relative to the frame independently of the first pivotal wheel, an auger connection assembly connected to the frame and connectable to the auger and a steering assembly operatively connected to the first pivotal wheel to pivot the first pivotal wheel.
Claims29
An auger mover for moving and steering an auger, the auger mover comprising:
- a frame having a front end and a rear end, the rear end connectable to an auger axle on the auger;
- a first pivotal wheel attached to the front end of the frame and pivotal relative to the frame;
- a second pivotal wheel attached to the front end of the frame and pivotal relative to the frame independently of the first pivotal wheel;
- an auger connection assembly connected to the frame and connectable to the auger;
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- a steering assembly operatively connected to the first pivotal wheel to pivot the first pivotal wheel,
- wherein the first pivotal wheel is pivotal around a first steering axis passing substantially through a center of the first pivotal wheel and wherein the second pivotal wheel is pivotal around a second steering axis offset from a center of the second pivotal wheel so that the second pivotal wheels pivots in a travel direction of the auger mover.
An auger comprising:
- an auger body having an intake end and a discharge end;
- an auger axle connected to the auger body;
- a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel connected to the auger;
- a frame having a front end and a rear end, the rear end of the frame connected to the auger axle;
- a first pivotal wheel attached to the front end of the frame and pivotal relative to the frame;
- a second pivotal wheel attached to the front end of the frame and pivotal relative to the frame independently of the first pivotal wheel;
- an auger connection assembly connected between the frame and the auger body;
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- a steering assembly operatively connected to the first pivotal wheel to pivot the first pivotal wheel,
- wherein the first pivotal wheel is pivotal around a first steering axis passing substantially through a center of the first pivotal wheel and wherein the second pivotal wheel is pivotal around a second steering axis offset from a center of the second pivotal wheel so that the second pivotal wheels pivots in a travel direction of the auger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.