Patent ID: 8585343
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A01D,B60P

Abstract:
1. A grain cart adapted to be pulled by a tow tractor for transferring grain from a combine in a field to an open-top semi-trailer, said cart comprising a frame supported by a set of wheels and having a front hitch adapted to be pivotally connected to the tractor, a container supported by the said frame for receiving a volume of grain and having a front wall portion, a left side wall portion and a right side wall portion, said grain cart having only a single auger conveyor including an inclined lower conveyor section and an upper conveyor section having an outer end portion with a grain discharge outlet, each said conveyor section including a power driven auger having a helical flight and rotatable on an axis, said inclined lower conveyor section being located proximate said front wall portion and having an inlet positioned within said container to receive grain from said container, said upper conveyor section supported by a hinge adjacent a front left corner portion of said container for folding movement on a pivot axis between a retracted stored position and an inclined grain discharge position projecting upwardly, laterally outwardly and forwardly with respect to said front left corner portion, said upper conveyor section including said outer end portion with said grain discharge outlet having a length causing said outer end portion with said discharge outlet to extend beyond said right side wall portion of said container when said upper conveyor section moves on said pivot axis between said discharge position and said storage position, said hinge connecting said upper conveyor section to said lower conveyor section and providing for pivoting said upper conveyor section on said pivot axis, said pivot axis being askewed at an acute angle relative to a plane perpendicular to said axis of said auger in said lower conveyor section and also being askewed at an acute angle relative to a plane perpendicular to said axis of said auger in said upper conveyor section, a power actuator connected to move said upper conveyor section between said stored position and said grain discharge position, and said upper conveyor section of said single auger conveyor in said stored position extending downwardly forward of said front wall portion and at an angle greater than thirty-five degrees relative to a horizontal reference plane while remaining substantially between said left side wall portion and said right side wall portion to facilitate transporting said grain cart.