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US 7,350,872 B2Granted
Gravity discharge grain wagon having an adjustable discharge chute assembly
AssigneeJ. & M. Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorJames E. Wood
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AssigneeJ. & M. Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorJames E. Wood
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A wheel supported grain wagon includes a container with sloping side walls extending to an incline bottom wall, and a gravity discharge opening is formed within one of the side walls adjacent the bottom wall. A door panel is supported by tracks for movement between an upper open position and a lower close position covering the opening. A grain discharge chute extends from the opening and has opposite side walls connected by a bottom wall. The chute is adjustably supported by a pair of horizontally aligned pivot pins projecting into corresponding slots within a pair of side support brackets secured to the container. The slots extend generally perpendicular to the side wall and have longitudinally spaced bottom notches which selectively receive the pivot pins in response to manually lifting and shifting the discharge chute for selectively positioning the outer edge of the discharge chute at different elevations.
A wheel supported wagon for transporting a flowable granular material, said wagon comprising a container adapted to receive a volume of the material, said container having side walls and a sloping bottom wall with one of said side walls defining a discharge outlet adjacent said bottom wall, a door supported for movement between a retracted open position and a close position covering said discharge outlet, an inclined discharge chute projecting outwardly from said discharge outlet and having opposite side wall members connected by a bottom wall member, a set of horizontally spaced support members adjacent said side wall members of said chute and rigidly connected to said container, adjustable supports connecting said side wall members of said chute to the corresponding adjacent said support members, and said adjustable supports providing for changing the inclined angle of said discharge chute in response to lifting and shifting said discharge chute relative to said support members.
A wheel supported wagon for transporting a flowable granular material, said wagon comprising a container adapted to receive a volume of the material, said container having side walls and a sloping bottom wall with one of said side walls defining a discharge outlet adjacent said bottom wall, a door supported for movement between a retracted open position and a close position covering said discharge outlet, an inclined discharge chute projecting outwardly from said discharge outlet and having opposite side wall members connected by a bottom wall member, a set of horizontally spaced support members adjacent said side wall members of said chute and rigidly connected to said container, adjustable supports connecting said side wall members of said chute to the corresponding adjacent said support members, said adjustable supports including a set of pivot pins extending through corresponding openings within two of said members, and said openings having spaced recesses for selectively receiving said pivot pins in response to lifting and repositioning said discharge chute for changing the inclined angle of said discharge chute.
A wheel supported wagon for transporting a flowable granular material, said wagon comprising a container adapted to receive a volume of the material, said container having side walls and a sloping bottom wall with one of said side walls defining a discharge outlet adjacent said bottom wall, a door supported for movement between a retracted open position and a close position covering said discharge outlet, an inclined discharge chute projecting outwardly from said discharge outlet and having opposite side walls with parallel spaced end portions and connected by a bottom wall, a set of horizontally spaced vertical support brackets adjacent said end portion of said side walls of said chute and rigidly connected to said container, a set of pivot pins connected to said end portions of said side walls of said chute, said support brackets each having an opening with a series of spaced recesses, and said recesses selectively receive said pivot pins in response to lifting and shifting said discharge chute for changing the inclined angle of said discharge chute.
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