Patent ID: 6350197
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A01F

Abstract:
An offset auger feed assembly for use with a grain harvesting combine, wherein said offset auger feed assembly comprises:a) a grain elevator for lifting grain into a storage tank on said combine, said grain elevator comprising a plurality of paddles connected to a continuous chain, said continuous chain being supported by an upper sprocket and a lower sprocket, said upper sprocket being supported by an upper sprocket shaft connected to a head portion of said grain elevator, said lower sprocket being supported by a lower sprocket shaft connected to a boot portion of the grain elevator, said boot portion comprising an interior side and an exterior side; and b) an auger assembly for collecting and moving said grain into said clean grain elevator, said auger assembly comprising an auger positioned in a trough, said trough being connected to the interior side of said boot portion, said auger comprising auger flighting spirally affixed about a centrally located auger shaft, said auger shaft projecting through an opening in the interior side of said boot portion and comprising an end rotatably supported by said boot portion of said grain elevator, wherein said auger shaft is offset from said lower sprocket shaft, and further wherein said boot portion comprises a tapered area between said interior side and said exterior side for directing the flow of grain towards said paddles, said tapered area being formed by a wall connected between said interior side and said exterior side, said wall being disposed at an angle relative to said auger shaft.