Patent ID: 6330767
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: A01F,B65G

Abstract:
A grain storage compartment having opposite end walls, opposite side walls and a sloping bottom extending downwardly and away from a bottom edge of one side wall to a bottom edge of the other side wall and forming a horizontal arcuate channel;a first horizontal auger in the arcuate channel having a single discharge end and being connected to a first motor, and being normally in a inoperative mode;a second auger being inclined and having a single intake end adjacent the discharge end of the first auger and being connected to a second motor; anda proximity sensor mounted within the grain storage compartment adjacent the discharge end of the first horizontal auger and the intake end of the second auger and being operatively connected to the first motor to operate the first horizontal auger when the sensor detects an absence of grain at the location of the sensor;the position of the sensor being such that it is normally directly submerged in grain within the grain storage compartment when the first motor is in an inoperative mode.