Loading system
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a material transport channel having a first side and an opposite second side. The apparatus further includes a first loading auger at least partially positioned within the material transport channel and a first side auger positioned adjacent the first side of the material transport channel. The first side auger is configured to direct material from a surface toward the material transport channel via rotation of the first side auger, and the first loading auger is configured to direct material within the material transport channel from a bottom portion of the material transport channel towards an upper portion of the material transport channel via rotation of the first loading auger.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a material transport channel having a first side and an opposite second side;
- a first loading auger at least partially positioned within the material transport channel;
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- a first side auger positioned adjacent the first side of the material transport channel;
- wherein the first side auger is configured to direct material from a surface into the material transport channel via rotation of the first side auger, and the first loading auger is configured to direct material within the material transport channel from a bottom portion of the material transport channel towards an upper portion of the material transport channel via rotation of the first loading auger.
A material loading system comprising:
- a material collection portion comprising:
- a material transport channel having a first side and an opposite second side;
- a first side auger positioned adjacent the first side of the material transport channel and configured to collect material from a surface and direct the material towards the material transport channel;
- a first loading auger at least partially positioned within the material transport channel and configured to direct material within the material transport channel from a bottom portion of the material transport channel towards an upper portion of the material transport channel;
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- a material storage volume coupled to the material collection portion and configured to receive material from an outlet of the material transport channel.
A method making a system, the method comprising:
- providing a material transport channel having a first side and an opposite second side;
- operatively connecting a first loading auger to the material transport channel, the first loading auger at least partially positioned within the material transport channel;
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- operatively connecting a first side auger to the material transport channel adjacent the first side of the material transport channel;
- wherein the first side auger is configured to direct material from a surface into the material transport channel via rotation of the first side auger, and the first loading auger is configured to direct material within the material transport channel from a bottom portion of the material transport channel towards an upper portion of the material transport channel via rotation of the first loading auger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.