Patent ID: 11952218
Assignee: CTB, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B  F

Claim 0:
1. A grain bin unload trough conveyor auger hanger assembly comprising:
a grain bin unload conveyor trough having a wall profile including a lowermost wall portion having a curved shape, a pair of side walls extending upwardly from the lowermost wall portion with lower portions of the side walls spaced laterally from each other at a first interior lateral width, upper portions of the side walls spaced laterally from each other at a second interior lateral width that is greater than the first interior lateral width, and a shelf portion of each of the side walls that extends laterally outwardly from the lower portion to the upper portion of each of the side walls;
a grain bin unload conveyor auger having an auger shaft; and
an auger hanger extending laterally across the conveyor trough and supported on the shelf portions of the side walls and the auger hanger extending down to hold the auger shaft in the conveyor trough centrally within the first interior lateral width between the lower portions of the side walls.