Patent ID: 7198450

Claim:
A system for unloading grain from a grain tank of an agricultural combine, comprising: a) an unloading conduit assembly for unloading grain from the combine into a grain truck displaced horizontally from the grain tank, the combine having a longitudinal axis parallel with a combine direction of travel; b) said unloading conduit assembly including a vertical conduit and a horizontal conduit mounted on top of said vertical conduit, said horizontal conduit having an extent greater than an extent of said vertical conduit; c) said vertical conduit being mounted on the combine for rotational movement of at least a portion of the vertical conduit about its vertical axis; d) said vertical conduit also being mounted on the combine for sideways pivoting of at least a first portion of the vertical conduit about a horizontal pivot axis to permit retracting said horizontal conduit into a storage position, wherein the horizontal pivot axis is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the combine and the horizontal conduit extends along the longitudinal axis; and e) said unloading conduit assembly configured to unload grain through the horizontal conduit to the grain truck located anywhere along an entire radial circumference of the unloading assembly relative to the vertical axis of the vertical conduit.