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US 5,052,545 AGranted
Apparatus for conveying grain
AssigneeHokoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorMashanori Gongen
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Abstract
An apparatus for conveying grain is disclosed, which includes a conveying belt disposed to extend through a cylinder for movement with the inner wall surface of the cylinder as a guide in order to prevent scattering of dust generated as grain is conveyed and also to permit conveying of a great quantity of grain.
Claims8
An apparatus for conveying grain comprising:
- a pair of pulleys;
- an endless belt passed around said pulleys;
- a cylinder having a slit extending along a bottom surface, a conveying section of said endless belt being arranged to run in one direction along said cylinder with a back surface of said endless belt in contact with the bottom surface of said cylinder;
- a grain inlet provided on said cylinder;
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- a cover with a hopper and provided to cover one of said pulleys and said endless belt at one end of said cylinder.
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An apparatus for conveying grain comprising:
- a pair of pulleys;
- an endless belt passed around said pulleys;
- a cylinder disposed such as to surround a conveying section of said endless belt;
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- a pair of fins provided downstream of said cylinder, said pair of fins having lower end portions located on a surface of opposite edges of said endless belt and inclined such that a distance between said pair of fins becomes progressively smaller in a direction of conveying of grain, wherein the pair of fins are provided for rotation in unison with each other in a direction perpendicular to an axis of said cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.