Access plate for an auger tube
AssigneeDeere & Company, a Delaware corporation
InventorsRonald Leo Sheedy, Duane Junior Gosa, Randy William DeRudder
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Abstract
The entire right, title and interest in and to this application and all subject matter disclosed and/or claimed therein, including any and all divisions, continuations, reissues, etc., thereof are, effective as of the date of execution of this application, assigned, transferred, sold and set over by the applicant(s) named herein to Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation having offices at Moline, Ill. 61265, U.S.A., together with all rights to file, and to claim priorities in connection with, corresponding patent applications in any and all foreign countries in the name of Deere & Company or otherwise.
Claims22
An access plate for a hollow cylindrical auger tube, the access plate comprising:
- a curved plate having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the curved plate being provided with a first side and a second side opposed from the first side, the first side having a first edge, the first side having an offset portion that is indented inwardly from the first edge trapping a wall of the auger tube between the offset portion and the concave inner surface of the curved plate;
- a clamping plate is mounted to the second side of the curved plate and is secured thereto by a fastener that draws the clamping plate towards the curved plate to clamp the plate to the auger tube.
An auger tube for an agricultural harvesting machine, the auger tube comprising:
- a hollow cylindrical tube having a wall onto which is mounted helical flights, an access opening is formed in the wall, the access opening being defined by an opening edge;
- an access plate comprising a curved plate having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the curved plate being provided with a first side and a second side opposed from the first side, the first side having an edge, the first side having an offset portion that is indented inwardly from the edge trapping the wall of the auger tube between the offset portion and the concave inner surface of the curved plate and a clamping plate is mounted to the second side of the curved plate and is secured thereto by a fastener for drawing the clamping plate towards the curved plate to clamp the plate to the wall of the auger tube.
A harvesting platform for harvesting an agricultural crop, the harvesting platform comprising:
- a frame;
- an auger tube rotatively mounted on the frame, the auger tube being a hollow cylindrical tube having a wall that is provided with helical flights, an access opening is formed in the cylindrical wall, the access opening being defined by an opening edge;
- an access plate comprising a curved plate having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface, the curved plate being provided with a first side and a second side opposed from the first side, the first side having an edge, the first side having an offset portion that is indented inwardly from the edge trapping the wall of the auger tube between the offset portion and the concave inner surface of the curved plate and a clamping plate is mounted to the second side of the curved plate adjoining the convex inner surface, the curved plate is secured to the access opening by a fastener for drawing the clamping plate towards the curved plate to clamp the curved plate to the wall of the auger tube.
An access plate for a hollow cylindrical auger tube having a wall, the access plate comprising:
- a curved plate having a convex outer surface and a concave inner surface;
- a clamping plate adjoins the concave inner surface of the curved plate and is mounted thereto by a mounting bolt that draws the clamping plate towards the curved plate to clamp the curved plate to the auger tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.