Patent ID: 8272494
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: A01C,B65G

Abstract:
1. An agricultural conveyor assembly comprising: a main conveyor comprising a main conveyor tube and a main conveying member in the main conveyor tube which is arranged to convey particulate material from an inlet end to an outlet end of the main conveyor tube; a frame supporting the main conveyor tube at an upward incline from the inlet end to the outlet end in a working position of the main conveyor; a loading hopper having a loading opening arranged to load the particulate material therein; a swing auger assembly extending in a longitudinal direction from an inlet end in communication with the loading hopper so as to be arranged to receive the loaded particulate material from the loading hopper to an outlet end in communication with the inlet end of the main conveyor so as to be arranged to discharge the loaded particulate material into the inlet end of the main conveyor; the swing auger assembly being pivotally coupled to the main conveyor such that the swing auger is pivotal relative to the main conveyor tube about a generally upright swing axis at the inlet end of the main conveyor; a swing auger support member supported above the inlet end of the main conveyor; a pivot member supported on the swing auger support member at a location spaced above the outlet end of the swing auger assembly for pivotal movement relative to swing auger support member about the swing axis; and a suspension arm suspending the swing auger assembly from the pivot member for pivotal movement together with the pivot member about the swing axis.