1976-08-18
1978-05-30
Makay, Albert J.
Cutlery
302 56, B65G 6538
Patent
active
040919404
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a silo unloader having in connection with its spout assembly, comprised of its discharge spout and its underlying torque arm, features of improvement including means automatically functioning to not only facilitate raising and lowering movements of the spout assembly but also to alleviate the stress and strain normally imposed on a torque arm in the course of a silo unloading operation. The torque arm is distinguished by a telescoping construction which accommodates most readily the eccentricities which occur in the tracking movement of the auger at the base of the unloader as it moves in both a circular and vertical direction within a silo, even when it is out of round.
The auger motor of the unloader has control means which are mounted on the torque arm. Such control means are conditioned to interrupt the operation of this motor in response to stress being placed on the torque arm by reason of the fact the related auger encounters an obstruction in the path of its movement or is choked by the silage on which it operates.
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Bloom Jerome P.
Makay Albert J.
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