Patent ID: 8820515

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 main auger boot coupled to the inlet end of the main conveyor tube; a support assembly pivotally supported on the main auger boot for pivotal movement relative to the main conveyor tube about a generally upright swing axis; 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 coupled to the support assembly so as to be arranged for communication with the inlet end of the main conveyor for discharging the loaded particulate material into the inlet end of the main conveyor; the support assembly pivotally supporting the outlet end of the feed auger assembly thereon such that the feed auger assembly is pivotal relative to the feed auger support assembly and the main conveyor tube about a generally horizontal lift axis; and an extendable lift member extending between a first end pivotally coupled to the feed auger assembly and a second end pivotally coupled to the support assembly such that the extendable lift member controls pivotal movement of the feed auger assembly about the lift axis while being movable together with the feed auger assembly about the swing axis.