Lift system for bubble up auger of combine harvester
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorKarl Linde
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Abstract
A bubble-up auger assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes an auger at least partially surrounded by an outer tube. A bracket is configured to be non-rotatably connected to a rockershaft of the agricultural vehicle for rotation about a first axis. A slide rod is connected to the outer tube and the bracket. The slide rod is configured to cause the auger to move between a raised position and a lowered position in response to rotation of the bracket. In the lowered position of the auger, an axis of rotation of the auger is oriented oblique to the first axis.
Claims16
A bubble-up auger assembly for associated with an agricultural vehicle, the bubble-up auger assembly comprising:
- an outer tube having a mount attached thereto;
- an auger at least partially surrounded by the outer tube, the auger having an axis of rotation;
- a bracket being non-rotatably connectable to a rockershaft of the agricultural vehicle for rotation about a first axis;
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- a slide rod connected to the bracket and slidably connected to the mount of the outer tube, wherein one end of the slide rod forms a ball, the slide rod causing the auger to move between a raised position and a lowered position in response to rotation of the bracket;
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- a pin, which has an opening passing therethrough, being connected to the mount;
- wherein, in the raised position of the auger, the ball is seated against the opening of the pin,
- wherein, in the lowered position of the auger, the slide rod is positioned through the opening of the pin and the ball is spaced apart from the opening of the pin, and
- wherein, in the lowered position of the auger, the axis of rotation of the auger is oriented oblique to the first axis.
A bubble-up auger assembly associated with an agricultural vehicle, the bubble-up auger assembly comprising:
- an auger at least partially surrounded by an outer tube, the auger having an axis of rotation;
- a bracket being non-rotatably connectable to a rockershaft of the agricultural vehicle for rotation about a first axis;
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- a slide rod connected to the outer tube and the bracket, the slide rod causing the auger to move between a raised position and a lowered position in response to rotation of the bracket;
- wherein the slide rod is connected to the outer tube by a first pin, the slide rod is connected to the bracket by a second pin,
- wherein the first and second pins are oriented oblique to the first axis, and
- wherein, in the lowered position of the auger, the axis of rotation of the auger is oriented oblique to the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.