Patent ID: 7946416

Claim:
A transfer conveyor comprising: a transfer tube extending in a longitudinal direction between an inlet opening at an inlet end of the transfer tube and an outlet opening at an outlet end of the transfer tube; a transfer auger supported in the transfer tube for rotation about a longitudinal axis extending in the longitudinal direction of the transfer tube; a transfer drive mechanism arranged to drive rotation of the transfer auger about the longitudinal axis relative to the transfer tube so as to convey material from the inlet opening to the outlet opening of the transfer tube responsive to an input rotation; a collector housing comprising a passage extending therethrough from an inlet opening to an outlet opening; the collector housing being supported for relative sliding movement along the transfer tube in the longitudinal direction of the transfer tube between an extended position in which the inlet opening of the collector housing communicates with the outlet opening of the transfer tube and a retracted position in which the collector housing is closer to the inlet end of the transfer tube than in the extended position.