Patent ID: 7461737

Claim:
A safety guard arrangement for an auger of the type including an elongate tubular casing, an auger flight on a main auger shaft joumalled for rotation in said tubular casing, said flight having an intake end flight portion, characterised by: a fixed elongate support secured to said tubular casing at one end thereof and arranged to extend longitudinally therefrom beneath said intake end flight portion of said auger flight, said support including longitudinally extending engagement surfaces on opposed sides of said intake end flight portion, and a pliable substantially partially circular protective collar secured to said elongate tubular casing and which extends circumferentially around said intake end flight portion, said partially circular collar forming a co-axial extension of said elongate tubular casing at said one end thereof, wherein said collar has transversely spaced apart axially extending edges which engage and are supported by said longitudinally extending engagement surfaces.