Dual auger top loading pumping system for manure tank wagon
OwnerPhillip L. Ruyleinventor
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Abstract
A pumping system for a top loading manure wagon utilizing dual augers interconnected by a hose with both augers being independently driven with one auger extending into a manure pit, lagoon or the like and the other auger extending to the top loading manure wagon. The augers include support structures, an inlet and an outlet and the auger extending to the top of the wagon is driven at a slightly higher speed than the auger extending into the pit in order to prevent plugging as well as to help create a vacuum therein. The auger which extends to the tank wagon includes a stand and a shoe at the lower end to keep the auger drive means from coming into contact with a supporting surface.
Claims16
A dual auger pumping system for loading a pumpable medium from a storage area into a mobile tank wagon having an inlet above the storage area, said pumping system comprising an auger in the form of an elongated tubular housing with an auger screw rotatable therein and including an inlet end extending into the storage area, means driving the other end of the auger screw with the tubular housing having an outlet adjacent the end thereof from which the auger screw is driven, a load stand auger in the form of a tubular housing and auger screw therein having a discharge pipe aligned with an inlet of the tank wagon, means driving the auger screw at the other end of the housing, said load stand auger housing including an inlet adjacent the driving means for the auger screw and a flexible hose interconnecting the discharge of the auger having its inlet in the storage area and the inlet of the auger having its discharge pipe aligned with the inlet in the tank wagon to maintain airtight integrity between the augers and enabling the auger having its discharge pipe aligned with the inlet of the tank wagon to be adjustably oriented in relation to the auger having its inlet in the storage area.
A pumping system for a manure slurry positioned in a pit having an access opening for pumping the manure slurry into a mobile tank for transport to a desired site, said pumping system comprising an auger extending into the pit and including an inlet end submerged in the manure slurry, said auger having an outlet at the opposite end thereof, an upwardly inclined loading auger having an outlet end communicated with the mobile tank and a lower end having an inlet, each of said augers including an auger screw with means independently drivingly connected to each of said auger screws, and means flexibly communicating and interconnecting the augers to provide a flow path between the manure pit and the mobile wagon.
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