Grain flow propelled grain spreader
OwnerMarion E. Wurdeman, James E. Wurdeman +1inventors
InventorsMarion E. Wurdeman, James E. Wurdeman, Arnold F. Kopaska
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Abstract
A grain propelled grain spreader having a hopper disposed beneath an opening in the upper end of a grain bin and having slides disposed beneath and receiving grain from a hopper, the slides extending downwardly and outwardly from the hopper so that grain flowing therefrom can be distributed around the inside of the bin as the grain is deflected from the slides by deflectors spaced along the sides, the hopper having fins mounted therein at angles with respect to the vertical such that grain hitting the fins will cause the hopper and slides to rotate together.
Claims9
A grain spreader comprising support means attachable to an upper part of a grain bin, a hopper disposed beneath said support means, means rotatably mounting said hopper on said support means for rotation about a vertical axis, fins attached to said hopper and disposed at least mostly above the bottom of said hopper, said fins being disposed at angles with respect to the vertical such that when grain is directed so as to flow into the top of said hopper said grain will strike said fins and exert forces on said fins causing rotation of said hopper in a given direction, said hopper having an open top and bottom, a plurality of elongated slides each extending downwardly from the underside of said hopper and away from said axis at an angle with respect to the vertical and disposed such that said grain can flow out of the bottom of said hopper and down said slides, means attaching said slides to said hopper so that said slides are maintained in the position described, each slide having a leading side and a trailing side with respect to the rotation of said hopper, each slide having a barrier wall means on the leading side thereof so as to restrain grain from spilling off said leading side, means along each said slide and so disposed as to cause grain gravitating down said slides to fall at various positions from the trailing side along the length thereof.
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