AUGER WAGON WITH FOLDING LIFT AUGER AND RETRACTING DELIVERY HOOD

• US 20090110526A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Kinzenbaw, Jon E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,167,527 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 414/523
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/42 mounted on the load-transporting element

Abstract

An agricultural auger wagon includes a horizontal floor auger and a forward lift auger for delivering grain to a transport vehicle. The lift auger is a folding auger which includes a fixed lower auger section and an upper auger section mounted above the lower auger section in use. The upper auger section is moved by an hydraulic cylinder between the upright delivery position for delivering the contents of the wagon to an adjacent transport vehicle, such as a truck, and a folded transport position. The folding upper auger section has a retractable delivery hood. In the use or delivery position, the upper and lower left auger sections are aligned for delivering product. During the movement of the upper auger section to the delivery position, the delivery hood is moved by linkage to the distal upper end of the upper auger section for maximum height and reach in delivering grain to an adjacent vehicle. To place the lift auger assembly in the transport position, an hydraulic cylinder pivots the upper auger section from the raised, delivery position to a horizontal transport position in which the upper, moveable auger section lies immediately in front of the wagon in a generally horizontal disposition with its axis extending transverse of the direction of travel. A linkage is actuated by the folding action of the upper auger section to move the delivery hood along the upper auger housing to reduce the overall length of the upper auger section in transport while increasing its reach in the delivery position.

Claims

1. An agricultural auger wagon comprising:

a grain storage bin supported by wheels;

a lift auger for lifting grain from bin area to an elevated position for delivery, said lift auger including;

a lower auger section fixed to and extending through said bin to a higher elevation in front of and to a side of said bin;

an upper auger section adapted to be received on said lower auger section;

a powered linkage for moving said upper auger section between a delivery position in which said upper auger section is aligned axially with said lower section and receives grain from said lower auger section and a transport position in which said upper auger section extends generally horizontally and transverse of the direction of travel of said wagon.

2. The auger wagon of claim 1 wherein said upper auger section includes an auger housing which extends substantially within lateral sides of said bin in the transport position.

3. The auger wagon of claim 1 wherein said upper auger section includes a delivery hood mounted to said upper auger section for movement in the axial direction thereof and said upper auger section includes an auger flighting for moving product, said auger flighting mounted to said delivery hood, whereby said delivery hood and auger flighting of said upper auger section are moved axially of said upper auger housing when said upper auger section is moved between said delivery and transport positions.

4. The auger wagon of claim 3 wherein said delivery hood is mounted externally of said upper auger tube.

5. The auger wagon of claim 4 further comprising a lock collar mounting said auger flighting of said upper auger section to said delivery hood.

6. The auger wagon of claim 3 wherein said lower auger section includes auger flighting and the auger lighting of said upper and lower auger sections are coupled together in the delivery position by a tapered cone in one of said auger flighting and tapered receptacle in the other auger flighting.

9. The auger wagon of claim 6 wherein said upper auger section extends in a horizontal position transverse of the direction of travel in a transport position.

11. The auger wagon of claim 9 further comprising a lock collar mounting said auger flighting of said upper auger section to said delivery hood.

7. In an agricultural auger wagon, including a lift auger extending upwardly, and to the front and a side of said wagon;

said lift auger including an auger section adapted to be moved between a raised delivery position and a lowered transport position, said auger section including a cylindrical auger housing, and auger flighting in said auger housing; and

a delivery hood slidably mounted to said auger housing whereby when said auger section is moved to a transport position, said delivery hood is moved axially of said auger housing and said auger flighting is moved axially within said auger tube.

8. An auger wagon comprising:

a storage bin supported on wheels;

a floor auger for moving grain in said bin to a transfer location;

a delivery auger having a lower auger section fixed to said storage bin and extending upwardly, forwardly and to a side of said storage bin, and an upper auger section coupled to and axially aligned with said lower section in a delivery mode; and

a powered linkage connected to said upper auger section to move said upper auger section when actuated, away from said lower auger section to uncouple said upper auger section from said lower auger section, and rotate said upper auger section to a transport position in front of said bin and characterized in that said upper auger section lies substantially within the side edges of said storage bin in a transport position.

10. In a mobile auger wagon, the combination comprising:

a bin for storing grain;

a floor auger for moving grain in said wagon to a desired location;

a second auger receiving grain from said floor auger and including a lower auger section having auger fighting and an upper auger section having auger flighting and arranged to couple with said lower auger section in a delivery mode;

a discharge hood slidably received on the outer surface of an exterior auger tube of said second auger section and moveable between a delivery position and a transport position, said hood connect to said auger flighting of said upper auger section;

a powered linkage for moving said upper auger section between a delivery position and a transport position;

and control linkage pivotally connected at one end to a location adjacent the coupling area of said first and second auger sections in the delivery mode, and connected to said delivery hood at a second end,

whereby as said powered linkage rotates said upper auger section to the transport position, said control linkage moves said discharge hood and said auger flighting of said first auger section axially of said first auger section to a transport position.