Back to results
US 2013/0092509 A1Published application
Agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container
AssigneeCNH Canada, Ltd.
InventorKevin Norman Hall
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An agricultural system for conveying product to a holding container is provided. One agricultural system includes a hopper configured to receive product and a conveyor configured to move the product from the hopper to a holding container. The hopper is configured to fold under the conveyor into a storage position that directs an opening in the hopper toward a soil surface.
Claims20
An agricultural system comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive product;
- and
- a conveyor configured to move the product from the hopper to a holding container, wherein the hopper is configured to fold under the conveyor into a storage position that directs an opening in the hopper toward a soil surface.
An agricultural system comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive product;
- a conveyor configured to move the product from the hopper to a holding container;
- and
- a folding assembly configured to fold the hopper under the conveyor into a storage position that directs an opening in the hopper toward a soil surface.
1 more element
An agricultural system comprising:
- a hopper configured to transition between a working position that directs an opening in the hopper upwardly to facilitate receiving product, and a storage position that directs the opening in the hopper toward a soil surface to facilitate flow of the product out of the hopper;
- a conveyor configured to move the product from the hopper to a holding container while the hopper is in the working position;
- and
- a folding assembly configured to fold the hopper under the conveyor into the storage position.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.