Agricultural conveyor with carriage roller attachment

摘要

In an agricultural conveyor, an auger housing is formed of modular tube sections and an inline drive assembly for driving rotation of the auger member relative to the auger housing which is connected in series between the modular tube sections. The auger housing is supported on an adjustable carriage frame for transport. The auger housing is supported on a portion of the carriage frame by a roller assembly having rollers engaging diametrically opposed top and bottom sides of the auger housing for rolling movement along the auger housing. The connection between at least one adjacent pair of modular tube sections is arranged to allow the roller assembly to roll across the connection along the length of the assembled auger housing.

主权项

1. An agricultural conveyor comprising:
an auger housing which is tubular and elongate in a longitudinal direction from an inlet end to an outlet end of the auger housing; an auger member rotatably supported within the auger housing so as to be arranged to convey particulate material in the longitudinal direction from the inlet end to the outlet end of the auger housing; and a carriage frame supporting the auger housing on wheels such that the auger housing extends at an upward inclination from the inlet end to the outlet end and such that the auger housing is arranged for rolling movement along the ground, the carriage frame comprising:
a first frame portion coupled to the auger housing at a first location;a second frame portion coupled to the auger housing at a second location spaced from first location; anda roller assembly coupling the second frame portion to the auger housing such that the second location of the second frame portion coupled to the auger housing is movable along the auger housing in the longitudinal direction relative to the first location of the first frame portion so as to vary an elevation of the outlet end of the auger housing relative to the ground;the roller assembly including a top roller in rolling engagement with a top side of the auger housing and at least one bottom roller in rolling engagement with a bottom side of the auger housing such that the rollers are displaced in the longitudinal direction in rolling movement along the auger housing together with movement of the second frame portion along the auger housing as the elevation of the outlet end of the auger housing is varied.