US 4,330,232 AGranted

Grain bin and truck loading and unloading system

OwnerJay L. McClareninventor

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Abstract

A grain handling transfer and storing system including a plurality of bins in two rows in circular arcs about a center pad, each of the bins or receptacles having ground level discharging conveyors and open tops for filling, a pair of screw conveyors radially arranged from the center of the open space between the bins, with distal ends supported on wheeled carriages and proximal ends on a swiveling mounting carried by a tripod and a swiveling housing permitting swinging of the screw conveyors.

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A grain handling apparatus for loading and unloading grain bins and receptacles and the like, comprising

a grain receiving screw conveyor and a grain discharging screw conveyor, said conveyors being inclined at a steep angle to the horizontal said conveyors having inner ends adjacent each other and also having outer ends, the outer end of the grain receiving screw conveyor having a hopper thereon,
a stationary center support on the ground and beneath the inner ends of both of said conveyors,
an enclosed transfer housing above said center support and having upper and lower upright peripheral wall sections with rotatable connector means therebetween maintaining the wall sections in substantial alignment with each other and permitting rotation of said wall sections relative to each other and about an upright rotation axis extending through the housing,
rotatable mounting means beneath the transfer housing and secured to the center support and permitting turning of the lower wall section about an upright turning axis,
the inner end of the receiving screw conveyor being disposed above the inner end of the discharging screw conveyor and traversing the upper wall section of the transfer housing in fixed grain flow communication to deliver grain into the housing,
the inner end of the discharging screw conveyor traversing the lower wall section of the transfer housing in fixed grain flow communication to receive grain therefrom,
a first pair of ground travel support wheels in tandem relation to each other adjacent the outer end of the receiving screw conveyor, attaching means on the receiving screw conveyor and mounting said support wheels to locate the outer end of the receiving screw conveyor and the hopper adjacent ground level, the support wheels being oriented to follow a circular track around the stationary support, and
a second pair of ground travel support wheels in tandem relation to each other beneath the discharging screw conveyor, rigid bracket means affixed to the discharging screw conveyor intermediate the inner and outer ends thereof, and said bracket means mounting said second support wheels and supporting the outer end of the discharging conveyor at a height significantly above the inner end of the receiving conveyor, the second support wheels being oriented to follow the circular track around the stationary support, the outer end of the discharging screw conveyor projecting significantly beyond the bracket means.

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A grain handling apparatus for loading and unloading grain bins and receptacles and the like, comprising

a grain receiving screw conveyor and a grain discharging screw conveyor, said conveyors being inclined at a steep angle to the horizontal said conveyors having inner ends adjacent each other and also having outer ends, the outer end of the grain receiving screw conveyor having a hopper thereon,
a stationary center support on the ground and beneath the inner ends of both of said conveyors,
an enclosed transfer housing above said center support and having upper and lower upright peripheral wall sections with rotatable connector means therebetween maintaining the wall sections in substantial alignment with each other and permitting rotation of said wall sections relative to each other and about an upright rotation axis extending through the housing,
rotatable mounting means beneath the transfer housing and secured to the center support and permitting turning of the lower wall section about an upright turning axis,
the inner end of the receiving screw conveyor being disposed above the inner end of the discharging screw conveyor and traversing the upper wall section of the transfer housing in fixed grain flow communication to deliver grain into the housing,
the inner end of the discharging screw conveyor traversing the lower wall section of the transfer housing in fixed grain flow communication to receive grain therefrom,
a first pair of ground travel support wheels in tandem relation to each other adjacent the outer end of the receiving screw conveyor, attaching means on the receiving screw conveyor and mounting said support wheels to locate the outer end of the receiving screw conveyor and the hopper adjacent ground level, the support wheels being oriented to follow a circular track around the stationary support, and
a second pair of ground travel support wheels in tandem relation to each other beneath the discharging screw conveyor, rigid bracket means affixed to the discharging screw conveyor intermediate the inner and outer ends thereof, and said bracket means mounting said second support wheels and supporting the outer end of the discharging conveyor at a height significantly above the inner end of the receiving conveyor, the second support wheels being oriented to follow the circular track around the stationary support, the outer end of the discharging screw conveyor projecting significantly beyond the bracket means.

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