Patent ID: 8336704
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. An auger apparatus for moving in a forward operating travel direction into a quantity of granular material to convey the granular material to a discharge location, the apparatus comprising: an enclosed housing having a substantially horizontal main floor and right and left inclined floors sloping downward and outward from corresponding right and left ends of the main floor, and right and left walls extending upward from lower ends of the corresponding right and left inclined floors; right and left feed auger tubes extending laterally from the corresponding right and left walls, and right and left feed augers mounted in the feed auger tubes, wherein outer front portions of the feed auger tubes are open to expose outer portions of the feed augers; a main auger tube extending upward from a top of the housing, and a main auger extending from the main floor upward through the main auger tube to a discharge end of the main auger tube; a middle material moving apparatus mounted forward of the housing and operative to move grain laterally right and left to the exposed outer portions of the right and left feed augers as the housing moves forward into the granular material; and a drive assembly connectable to a power source to rotate the feed augers and main auger.