Agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container
AssigneeCNH Canada, Ltd.
InventorsTrevor Lawrence Kowalchuk, Kevin Norman Hall
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Abstract
An agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container is provided. One agricultural system includes a product conveying system having a conveyor and a hopper. The conveyor is configured to move product from the hopper to a holding container. The hopper has an opening for receiving product, and the opening includes a first side adjacent to the conveyor, and a second side opposite the first side. The second side is substantially v-shaped, and configured to channel the product to exit the hopper through the opening while the opening is directed downwardly.
Claims20
An agricultural system comprising:
- a product conveying system having a conveyor and a hopper, wherein the conveyor is configured to move product from the hopper to a holding container;
- wherein the hopper has an opening for receiving product, and the opening includes a first side adjacent to the conveyor, and a second side opposite the first side, and wherein the second side is substantially v-shaped, and configured to channel the product to exit the hopper through the opening while the opening is directed downwardly.
An agricultural system comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive product through an opening, and to transfer the product to a conveyor, wherein the opening includes a v-shaped side configured to channel the product to exit the hopper through the opening while the opening is directed downwardly.
An agricultural system comprising:
- a conveyor configured to move product to a holding container;
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- a hopper configured to receive the product through an opening, and to transfer the product to the conveyor, wherein the opening includes a v-shaped side configured to channel the product to exit the hopper through the opening while the opening is directed downwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.