US 7,500,817 B2Granted

Agricultural seed tender with modular storage containers

AssigneeKSi Conveyors, Inc.

InventorsG. Jason Furrer, Todd W. Kaeb, Steven R. Walder

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Abstract

A trailer having support wheels and a frame adapted to be hitched to a truck, includes a support track extending longitudinally for supporting an unload conveyor. The conveyor is mounted by a turret to the support track and, thus, to the trailer frame, permitting the turret to move in a fore-to-aft direction, as well as to rotate about the vertical for about 180°, providing flexibility in use as well as transport and storage. A support module, carrying at least one storage container is mounted on the trailer frame. The storage containers may be provided in a number of different sizes and they may be arranged in various configurations suiting the user's needs. The turret is positioned along the track beneath a desired seed container, which may then be unloaded by the conveyor to fill a planter seed box or grain drill, or for other seed handling applications.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A seed tender comprising:

a wheeled support vehicle;
a first support module mounted on said vehicle and defining an elongated first thruway, said first thruway opening to at least one side of said support vehicle;
a second support module mounted on said vehicle and defining a second elongated thruway extending longitudinally of said second support module, said first and second thruways forming an opening to a lateral side of said support vehicle and partially through a front side and a rear side of said support vehicle, whereby said conveyor may be positioned to extend in front of said support vehicle, to rear of said support vehicle, or adjusted along a lateral side of said support vehicle;
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a second seed container mounted to said second seed support module;
at least one seed container mounted to said first support module for storing seed;
a track mounted to said support vehicle and extending longitudinally of said first thruway;
a powered conveyor having an input section adapted to receive seed from said seed container for delivering said seed through a discharge end to an outlet;
a turret mounting said conveyor on said track for positioning said conveyor longitudinally of said track and for rotating said conveyor laterally for side adjustment and for adjusting said conveyor vertically for height adjustment of a discharge end.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.