Auger apparatus

Auger apparatus including a drive portion, a connector portion and a flight portion;

• said drive portion including an elongated rigid shaft member, said shaft member including a longitudinal axis disposed along the path of material being advanced by said auger apparatus;
• said connector portion including a continuous spiral stub section affixed to and extending outwardly from the periphery of said shaft member, said stub section being spirally disposed around said shaft member along the length thereof, said stub section including a surface extending outwardly from said shaft member and substantially perpendicular thereto;
• said flight portion including a plurality of radially cut spirally elongated disc members, each of said disc members having an internal opening substantially equal in diameter to the outside diameter of said shaft member, an internal section of each disc member surrounding said internal opening thereof being in full contact with and affixed to said perpendicular surface of said stub section, said disc members being arranged sequentially in contact with said perpendicular surface of said continuous spiral stub section along substantially the entire length thereof with radially cut edges of adjacent disc members butting against each other along planes oriented diagonally to a major surface of said disc members, said disc members extending outwardly substantially beyond the periphery of said stub section and being disposed on the side of said stub section adjacent the material being advanced by said auger apparatus.