US 6,606,844 B2 · Grain unloading assembly

Abstract

The present invention is a grain unloading assembly for unloading clean grain from a combine grain bin, wherein a combine harvests grain and cleans it to provide the clean grain. Such grain unloading assembly includes a vertical flighted conveyor adapted to operate in either direction which is disposed within a housing that is fitted at its top with a bin spout, a discharge spout, and a moveable door that permits communication of the flighted conveyor either with the bin spout or with the discharge spout. Another aspect of the invention is an unload assembly including a distal frame nested within a proximal frame. The distal frame is extensible from and retractable into the proximal frame. This unload assembly includes a conveyor system that permits the conveyor to extend as the distal conveyor extends and retract as the distal conveyor retracts.

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Dependent claims

A grain unloading assembly for unloading clean grain from a combine grain bin, wherein a combine harvests grain and cleans it to provide said clean grain, which comprises:

(a) a vertical flighted conveyor that operates in both directions;
(b) a housing having a top and a bottom in which said vertical flighted conveyor is disposed, said housing being fitted at its top with a bin spout, a discharge spout, a moveable door that permits communication of said flighted conveyor either with said bin spout or with said discharge spout, a first opening at said housing bottom covered with a moveable door for permitting grain in said bin to be moved into said housing for conveying by said flighted conveyor, and a second opening at said housing bottom for permitting clean grain to be passed into said housing from said combine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Grain unloading assembly

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Grain unloading assembly

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