Auger wagon with folding lift auger and retracting delivery hood

• US 8,167,527 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Issued: 05/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing Incorporated
• Inventors: Kinzenbaw, Jon E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rodriguez, Saul J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Myers, Glenn
• Application Number:
  US12/261,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20090110526A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• Field of Search: 414/345, 414/523, 414/502, 414/526
• 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 said grain storage bin to an elevated position for delivery, said lift auger including;

a lower auger section fixed to and extending through said grain storage bin to a higher elevation in front of and to a side of said grain storage 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 auger 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, wherein said upper auger section includes an auger housing, auger flighting and a delivery hood which extend substantially within lateral sides of said grain storage bin in the transport position, and wherein said auger flighting is mounted to said delivery hood, whereby said delivery hood and auger flighting of said upper auger section are moved telescopically of said upper auger housing when said upper auger section is moved between said delivery and transport positions.

2. The auger wagon of claim 1 wherein said delivery hood is mounted externally of said upper auger section.

3. The auger wagon of claim 2 further comprising a lock collar mounting said auger flighting of said upper auger section to said delivery hood.

4. The auger wagon of claim 1 wherein said lower and upper auger sections include auger flighting and the auger flighting of said upper and lower auger sections are coupled together in the delivery position by a tapered cone in one of said auger flightings and a tapered receptacle in the other auger flighting.

7. The auger wagon of claim 4 wherein said upper auger section extends in a horizontal position transverse of the direction of travel in the transport position.

9. The auger wagon of claim 7 further comprising a lock collar mounting said auger flighting of said upper auger section to said delivery hood.

5. 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 disposed in said auger housing; and

a delivery hood coupled to said auger flighting and slidably mounted to said auger housing whereby when said auger section is moved to the lowered transport position, said delivery hood is moved telescopically of said auger housing and said auger flighting is moved telescopically within said auger housing.

6. An auger wagon comprising:

a storage bin supported on wheels;

a floor auger for moving grain in said storage 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 including an auger housing, auger flighting and a delivery hood coupled to and axially aligned with said lower auger section in a delivery mode, and wherein a lower end portion of said lower auger section is disposed within said storage bin and is coupled to said floor auger; 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 storage bin and characterized in that said upper auger section lies substantially within the side edges of said storage bin in the transport position and said delivery hood and auger flighting of said upper auger section are moved telescopically of said upper auger housing when said upper auger section is moved between a delivery position and said transport position.

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

a bin for storing grain;

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

a second auger receiving grain from said floor auger and including a lower auger section having auger flighting 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 upper auger section and moveable between a delivery position and a transport position, said hood connected to said auger flighting of said upper auger section;

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

and control linkage pivotally connected at one end to a location adjacent the coupling area of said lower and upper auger sections in the delivery position, 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 upper auger section telescopically of said upper auger section.