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Crop unloading spouts

  • US 9,815,398 B2
  • Filed: 04/01/2016
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A harvesting machine crop unloading spout assembly comprisingan unloading tube elbow terminating at a first end in a first flange configured to be secured to an outlet of a harvesting machine crop tank,the first flange comprising one or more bearings permitting the unloading tube elbow to swivel about a swivel axis andthe unloading tube elbow comprising a cranked portion terminating the unloading tube elbow at a second end in an opening,a fixed member adjacent the unloading tube elbow;

  • wherein the unloading tube elbow is connected to the fixed member by a pivot, the pivot having a pivot axis which coincides with the swivel axis,a rotatable drive gear and a motor drivingly engaged therewith for causing rotation of the unloading tube elbow about the swivel axis, wherein a drive gear axis of rotation of the drive gear also coincides with the swivel axis; and

    wherein the pivot comprises a pivot shaft fixed to the unloading tube elbow and the pivot shaft is journalled relative to the fixed member; and

    wherein the drive gear is a pinion that is fixed to the pivot shaft.

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