Collecting trough construction easily accessible for cleaning
US7632183B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01F12/44
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A collecting trough construction for facilitating the clean out of collecting troughs of clean grain and tailings collecting and conveying systems of agricultural combines, such collecting trough construction including a base pan sized and dimensioned to extend longitudinally between first and second cross-pieces of such a collecting and conveying system, one of which cross-pieces may be a clean grain auger trough or a tailings auger trough, and laterally generally between the sidesheets of a combine, with collecting troughs formed in the upper side thereof, which base pan has first and second ends and is positionable between the first and second cross-pieces with the first end of the auger trough base pan adjacent the first cross-piece and the second end of the auger trough base pan adjacent the second cross-piece to be readily complementarily engageable therewith and wholly or partially disengageable therefrom by a user to permit convenient access to the formed collecting troughs for cleaning thereof. Preferably, the base pan is, alternatively, partially detachable to permit access for cleaning by a user in an in-place clean-out position or wholly removable to permit the removal …
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