Patent ID: 7367881
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. In a combine harvester, the improvement comprising: a clean grain holding bin including a front, a rear, and a discharge side extending between said front and rear; an inclined unloading conveyor having a lower intake end disposed at a low point within the bin spaced from said discharge side and extending laterally upwardly and outwardly from said low point in a straight line and on an incline to an upper discharge end located laterally outwardly beyond the discharge side; and a cross conveyor in said bin operable to feed grain in a first direction generally away from said discharge side to said lower intake end of the unloading conveyor, said unloading conveyor being operable to move grain out of the bin in a second direction generally opposite to the first direction generally toward the discharge side of the bin and including an outer conveyor section that is foldable relative to an inner section of the conveyor from an unloading position in which the outer section is axially aligned with the inner section to a transport position in which the outer section is transverse to the inner section, said outer conveyor section being adapted to separate from the inner conveyor section at a point outboard of said discharge side of the bin when the outer conveyor section is folded toward said transport position, further comprising a catch basin disposed to receive grain spilled from the point of separation of the inner and outer sections of the unloading conveyor and to direct such spilled grain to the cross conveyor.