Grain compartment cleanout arrangement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsGlenn E. Pope, Mark DePoorter, Chad Dow
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Abstract
A cleanout configuration is provided for a grain compartment on a harvesting apparatus. The grain compartment has walls that form a trough, and a vertically arranged auger that is supported on an auger casting located in a sump at a bottom of the trough. Wall portions, in the form of a unitary casting with the auger casting are adjacent to the auger casting and comprise cleanout openings covered by removable covers. The openings are in a grate pattern. The unitary casting can be a bridge member, which supports all, or a substantial amount of the weight of the unitary casting and the auger.
Claims14
In a harvesting apparatus having a grain compartment, said grain compartment having walls that form a trough, and a vertically arranged auger that is supported on an auger casting located at a bottom of the grain compartment, the improvement comprising:
- at least one wall portion of said grain compartment that is adjacent said auger casting comprises cleanout openings covered by a removable cover.
A cleanout arrangement for a grain compartment of a harvesting apparatus, comprising:
- a wall portion located on a bottom wall of said grain compartment, said wall portion having openings in a grate pattern, said openings arranged to empty said grain compartment of grain and residue during cleaning of said grain compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.