Apparatus for distributing material into a storage room, silo and the like

Apparatus for distributing stalks, leaves or bulk material into storage spaces, such as silos, hay barracks, hay towers and the like, comprising wall means laterally defining an upwardly extending storage space, a tubular conveyor device for discharging material into said storage space, said conveyor device comprising a first conveyor section for transporting the material to the upper end of said storage space, and at least a second conveyor section in communication with said first section, said second section having an outlet end located in the upper portion of said storage space for discharging material into said storage space, wherein the improvement comprises that said second conveyor section is pivotally displaceable about an axis intersecting its longitudinal axis at a point spaced axially from its outlet end, said second conveyor section comprises a plurality of telescopically displaceable sub-sections, means for suspending said second conveyor section and for displacing said outlet end of said second conveyor section along an arcuate path in a plane extending transversely of the upward direction of said storage space, said telescopically displaceable sub-sections being extended and retracted during travel of said outlet end along said arcuate path, said first conveyor section extends upwardly along and adjacent the exterior of said storage space, an arcuate bend member connecting said first and second conveyor sections so that said second conveyor section extends transversely of said first conveyor section, said arcuate bend member and said second conveyor section are pivotally displaceable about the vertical axis of said first conveyor section, and said means for suspending said second conveyor section includes an upright column centered within said storage space and the axis of said column defines the center about which said outlet end of said second conveyor section is displaceable along an arcuate path.