US 2013/0280019 A1Published application

Grain cart seed tender

OwnerLeon Dekoninginventor

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Abstract

A grain cart apparatus for transporting products to an air seeder cart has a tank with a bottom trough, and an auger conveyor extending under the trough and conveying products from the tank to an upright oriented discharge auger conveyor. Ports along the trough are opened and closed by valves. A partition wall divides the tank into front and rear portions and corresponding front and rear sets of ports. Front and rear valve actuators activate corresponding front and rear valves. Front and rear auger apertures are defined in a bottom wall of the horizontal auger under the front and rear sets of ports. A product conveyor is mounted under the horizontal auger such that products flowing through the ports and through the auger apertures enter the product conveyor and are carried to a product discharge at a rear end of the grain cart.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A grain cart apparatus for use to transport agricultural products to an air seeder cart, the apparatus comprising:

an elongate tank with side walls sloping at lower portions thereof to a trough extending along a length of a bottom of the tank, the tank mounted on wheels for movement along the ground;
a horizontal auger conveyor extending under the trough and operative to convey agricultural products from the tank to an upright oriented discharge auger conveyor;
a plurality of ports along a length of the trough, and a valve operative to open and close each port;
a partition wall inside the tank dividing the tank into front and rear tank portions, wherein the partition wall is positioned between ports such that a front set of ports is located under the front tank portion and a rear set of ports is located under the rear tank portion;
a front valve actuator operative to activate front valves on the front set of ports to open and close the front set of ports, and a rear valve actuator operative to activate rear valves on the rear set of ports to open and close the rear set of ports;
at least one front auger aperture in a bottom wall of the horizontal auger under the front set of ports, and at least one rear auger aperture in a bottom wall of the horizontal auger under the rear set of ports;
and
a product conveyor mounted under the horizontal auger such that agricultural products flowing through the ports and through the auger apertures enter the product conveyor and are carried to a product discharge at a rear end of the grain cart.

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A method of converting a grain cart for use to transport agricultural products to an air seeder cart, where the grain cart comprises an elongate tank with side walls sloping at lower portions thereof to a trough extending along a length of a bottom of the tank, a horizontal auger conveyor extending under the trough and operative to convey agricultural products from the tank forward to an upright oriented discharge auger conveyor, and a plurality of ports along a length of the trough, and a valve operative to open and close each port;

the method comprising:
attaching a partition wall inside the tank to divide the tank into front and rear tank portions, wherein the partition wall is positioned between ports such that a front set of ports is located under the front tank portion and a rear set of ports is located under the rear tank portion;
providing a front valve actuator operative to activate front valves on the front set of ports to open and close the front set of ports, and a rear valve actuator operative to activate rear valves on the rear set of ports to open and close the rear set of ports;
providing at least one front auger aperture in a bottom wall of the horizontal auger under the front set of ports, and at least one rear auger aperture in a bottom wall of the horizontal auger under the rear set of ports;
and
mounting a belt conveyor under the horizontal auger such that agricultural products flowing through the ports and through the auger apertures enters the belt conveyor and is carried to a product discharge at a rear end of the grain cart.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.