Patent ID: 9637037
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60P

Claim:
1. A seed cart for transporting bulk seed containers and for transferring seed from the bulk seed containers to a seed planting machine, the seed cart comprising: a frame; a plurality of bulk seed container supports attached to the frame, each of the plurality of bulk seed container supports being adapted to support a bulk seed container of said bulk seed containers; a feed tube connected to each of the plurality of bulk seed container supports, each feed tube being configured to engage a bulk seed container of said bulk seed containers when the container is supported on a corresponding bulk seed container support of said plurality of bulk seed container supports; a delivery tube connected to each feed tube; a funnel connected to the plurality of delivery tubes to receive seed from the delivery tubes; and an auger tube having a first end connected to the funnel and a second end, the auger tube further comprises a first section connected to the funnel and a second section pivotally connected to the first section so that the second section is pivotable between an operational position in which interiors of the first and second sections are in fluid communication with each other, and a transport position in which a gap is formed between the first and second sections; an auger positioned in the first section of the auger tube; and a motor connected to rotate the auger so that the auger is operable in a first rotational direction and in a second rotational direction.