Patent ID: 8627947

Claim:
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 feed 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; a main auger boot coupled to the inlet end of the main conveyor tube and pivotally supporting the outlet end of the feed auger assembly thereon such that the feed auger assembly is pivotal relative to the main conveyor tube about a generally upright swing axis and about a generally horizontal lift axis; the main auger boot including an inlet opening arranged to receive the particulate material from the feed auger assembly therethrough at the inlet end of the main conveyor tube; a bearing surface supported about the inlet opening of the main auger boot; and at least one extendable lift member extending between a first end pivotally coupled to the feed auger assembly and a second end supported on the bearing surface for rotational movement about the swing axis together with the feed auger assembly.