ELECTRIC MOVER FOR SWING AWAY CONVEYOR

摘要

An electric drive apparatus for attachment to a swing away auger assembly includes a bracket and drive wheel adapted to be attached to the assembly and configured to pivot an attached swing auger. An electric drive motor rotates the drive wheel, and a control circuit assembly is connected to the electric drive motor by drive wires. The control circuit assembly is operative to activate the electric drive motor in response to forward, stop, and reverse drive signals received from a remote control unit. The control circuit is mounted to a heat sink plate such that heat generated in the control circuit assembly is conducted to the heat sink plate, and the heat sink plate forms an external wall of a circuit housing enclosing the control circuit assembly. The circuit housing is sealed. A bin spill prevention system has a sensor that shuts a discharge gate directing material into the conveyor.

主权项

1. An electric drive apparatus for attachment to a swing away auger assembly, where the swing away auger assembly comprises a swing auger pivotally connected at an upper discharge end thereof to a lower intake end of a main conveyor about a substantially vertical swing axis, and a hopper mounted to a lower intake end of the swing auger, the electric drive apparatus comprising:
a bracket assembly adapted to be attached to the swing away auger assembly, and a drive wheel mounted to the bracket, the bracket assembly and drive wheel configured to pivot an attached swing auger about the swing axis; an electric drive motor connected to rotate the drive wheel; a control circuit assembly adapted to be connected to an electrical power source and connected to the electric drive motor by drive wires, the control circuit assembly operative to activate the electric drive motor in response to forward, stop, and reverse drive signals received from a remote control unit; wherein the control circuit assembly is mounted to a heat sink such that heat generated in the control circuit assembly is conducted to the heat sink; wherein the heat sink forms an external wall of a circuit housing enclosing the control circuit assembly; and wherein the circuit housing is sealed.