Patent ID: 6206177
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
A auger drive mechanism for an upward inclined grain auger device having a center shaft with an auger surrounding the center shaft and a cylindrical sleeve surrounding the auger, said mechanism comprising a bearing drive housing mounted at the lower end of the auger shaft and a housing shaft in the housing detachably mounted at its upper end to the auger shaft, said housing shaft having its lower end adapted to be mounted to one joint of a universal connection with the other joint of the universal connection mounted to the power take off of a tractor, a dual pair of tapered bearings mounted in the housing on the housing shaft with one tapered bearing having rollers angled downward and outward to withstand the axial downward thrust load of the auger and the weight of the grain and other particles being augered upward by the auger in the auger sleeve, said other tapered bearing being at the lower end of the baring housing acting to hold the mechanism together.