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US 2010/0300845 A1Published application
Scoping Auger
OwnerMarvin Rayhonsinventor
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Abstract
A scoping auger of adjustable length is described. The scoping auger includes two conventional augers interconnected to each other in with a sliding connection mounting the two augers to each other with their longitudinal axes parallel with one auger section above the other. A longitudinally extended opening is formed in the top of the auger tube of the lower auger section so that particulate material being conveyed by the upper auger section can be deposited for further conveying of the particulate material anywhere within the length of the opening.
Claims2
A scoping auger, comprising:
- (a) a first auger section having an input end and an output end;
- (b) a second auger section having an input end and an output end;
- (c) a longitudinal channel on the output end portion of the first auger section;
- (d) a longitudinal channel on the input end portion of the second auger section in cooperative sliding engagement with the longitudinal channel of the first auger section whereby the first auger section is slidingly engaged with the second auger section;
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- (e) an opening in the input end portion of the second auger section for receiving material conveyed by the first auger section out of its output end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.