Press on sweep wheel treads
AssigneeSukup Manufacturing Company
InventorRyan Thomas Olson
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Abstract
A sweep auger system having a driveshaft with auger flighting and a backboard extending a length from an inward end to an outward end. An input of a gearbox is connected to an outward end of the drive shaft and a sweep wheel having a plurality of notches, arms and feet is connected to an output of the gearbox. A drive shield is placed around a rearward side of the sweep wheel that forms a channel that is configured to capture grain agitated by the sweep wheel. A guide plate is connected to the gearbox and covers a portion of the gearbox. The guide plate angles from an upper outward edge downward and forward to a lower inward edge that is configured to urge the grain captured within the channel of the drive shield to move in front of the sweep auger system reducing grain left in the grain bin.
Claims35
A sweep wheel system for a sweep auger system for grain bins, comprising:
- a sweep wheel;
- the sweep wheel having a main body;
- the main body having a plurality of arms;
- each of the plurality of arms having at least one feature;
- a plurality of feet;
- each foot having a main body;
- each foot having an opening in the main body;
- wherein a foot is installed on each of the plurality of arms;
- wherein each foot is installed onto an arm by inserting the arm into the opening of the foot and pressing the foot onto the arm;
- wherein when a foot is pressed onto an arm, the at least one feature of the arm engages material of the foot thereby frictionally locking the foot onto the arm.
A sweep wheel system for a sweep auger system for grain bins, comprising:
- a sweep wheel;
- the sweep wheel having a main body;
- the main body having a plurality of arms;
- each of the plurality of arms having a pair of opposing features;
- a plurality of feet;
- each foot having a main body;
- each foot having an opening in the main body;
- wherein a foot is installed on each of the plurality of arms;
- wherein each foot is installed onto an arm by inserting the arm into the opening of the foot and pressing the foot onto the arm;
- wherein when a foot is pressed onto an arm, the opposing features of the arm engage material of the foot thereby locking the foot onto the arm.
A method of forming sweep wheel system for a sweep auger system for grain bins, the steps comprising:
- providing a sweep wheel having a main body, the main body of the sweep wheel having a plurality of arms, wherein each arm has at least one feature;
- providing a plurality of feet, wherein each foot has a main body and an opening in the main body;
- pressing a foot on each of the plurality of arms by aligning the opening in the main body of each foot with an arm of the sweep wheel and pressing the foot onto the arm thereby locking the foot onto the arm by engagement between the at least one feature of the arm with material of the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.