US 3,941,420 A · Dumping apparatus for combines

Abstract

A dumping apparatus for combines for collecting threshed material thereon and being adapted to automatically dump the threshed material therefrom when a predetermined weight is accumulated thereon. The apparatus comprises a bottom wall member which is pivotally mounted on the combine below the thresheld material discharge opening. The bottom wall member has a pair of upstanding wall members at its opposite sides and has a plurality of spaced apart tine members secured thereto and extending rearwardly therefrom. The forward end of the bottom wall member has a narrower width than the rearward end thereof to aid the threshed material in moving therefrom when the bottom wall member moves from its normally disposed horizontal position to its dumping position. The means for mounting the bottom wall member on the combine is rearwardly and forwardly adjustable relative to the bottom wall member so that the size of the loads or piles may be selectively varied. A gate means is mounted on the combine above the rearward end of the bottom wall memeber to permit larger loads to be accommodated on the bottom wall member. The gate includes a lower hinge portion which permits the gate to open up when the apparatus is dumping.

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Dependent claims

In combination with a combine having a threshed material discharge opening at its rearward end, comprising,

a threshed material dumping apparatus mounted on the rearward end of the combine adjacent said discharge opening and adapted to receive threshed material therein,
said dumping apparatus comprising a substantially horizontally disposed bottom wall member pivotally secured to said combine about a horizontal axis so that said bottom wall member may pivot from its normal substantially horizontally disposed position to a dumping position,
said bottom wall member having rearward and forward ends,
mounting means pivotally mounting said bottom wall member to said combine,
said mounting means being positioned intermediate the forward and rearward ends of said bottom wall member whereby the bottom wall member is normally positioned in its substantially horizontally disposed position, said bottom wall member automatically moving to its dumping position when the threshed material accumulates thereon to a predetermined load, the position of said mounting means relative to said bottom wall member causing said bottom wall member to automatically return to its horizontally disposed position after moving to its dumping position.

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In combination with a combine having a threshed material discharge opening at its rearward end, comprising,

a threshed material dumping apparatus mounted on the rearward end of the combine adjacent said discharge opening and adapted to receive threshed material therein,
said dumping apparatus comprising a substantially horizontally disposed bottom wall member pivotally secured to said combine about a horizontal axis so that said bottom wall member may pivot from its normal substantially horizontally disposed position to a dumping position,
mounting means pivotally mounting said bottom wall member to cause said bottom wall member to automatically return to its horizontally disposed position after moving to its dumping position,
said bottom wall member having rearward and forward ends,
and a gate means pivotally mounted on said combine, about a horizontal axis, above the rearward end of said bottom wall member, said gate means normally being in a closed position relative to said bottom wall member and automatically pivotally moving to an open position as said bottom wall member moves to its dumping position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dumping apparatus for combines

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