# US 10,865,047 B1 · Combine augers and combine auger repair methods

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- Number: US 10,865,047 B1
- Document ID: US10865047B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/197,951
- Filed: 2018-11-21
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-22
- Applicants: Mike Kernkamp
- Inventors: Mike Kernkamp
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865047B1

## CPC

- B65G 33/24: Details
- A01D 61/004: {with cylindrical tools}
- B65G 33/265: {with a continuous helical surface (flexible screws B65G33/16)}
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- A01D: HARVESTING; MOWING

## Abstract

Repaired combine augers are provided that can include: a central cylindrical object configured to support flighting extending about the central cylindrical object, wherein at least one portion of the flighting is damaged and defines non-linear portions, openings, and/or bent sections; and at least one semi-circular repair component bound to the portion to align with remainder of the flighting. Methods for repairing a damaged combine auger are provided. The methods can include: identifying at least one damaged portion of flighting of the auger; and coupling at least one semi-circle repair component to the damaged portion of the flighting to provide a linear edge continuous with remainder of the flighting.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for repairing a damaged combine auger, the method comprising:
identifying at least one damaged edge portion of flighting of the auger; and
coupling at least one semi-circle repair component to the damaged portion of the flighting to provide a linear edge continuous with remainder of the flighting, wherein the semi-circle repair component defines a rectangle in at least one cross section, the rectangle having opposing sidewalls between opposing component edges, wherein one of the component edges is substantially aligned with the damaged edge portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising twisting the one repair component during the coupling to provide the linear edge.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising extending the at least one repair component about a half-circle portion of the flighting.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further coupling another semi-circle repair component to another damaged portion to provide a linear edge continuous with a remainder of the flighting.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 wherein both repair components extend about a full circle portion of the flighting.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 further comprising abutting the one and the other repair components.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 further comprising providing space between the one and the other repair components along the flighting.