Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Grain bin powersweep with sump shaft aperture sealing cover plate assembly
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Application No.: US16810723Application Date: 2020-03-05
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Publication No.: US11066256B2Publication Date: 2021-07-20
- Inventor: Jeffrey E. Walker , Adam K. Gutwein , Mark S. Dingeldein
- Applicant: CTB, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Milford
- Assignee: CTB, Inc.
- Current Assignee: CTB, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Milford
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: B65G65/46
- IPC: B65G65/46 ; B65G33/32 ; B65G33/10

Abstract:
An unload conveyor and a sweep conveyor can be positioned below and above a floor of the grain bin, respectively. A below floor gearbox and an above floor gearbox can be positioned below and above a sloped wall, respectively, of a sump. The sloped wall can be designed to shed grain toward a sump basin. A coupling shaft can extend through a non-circular sump shaft aperture in the sloped wall to couple the below floor gearbox to the above-floor gearbox. The coupling shaft can extend vertically. A pair of seal cover plates can form a horizontal wall extending perpendicular to the coupling shaft. The horizontal wall can have a circular sealing aperture therein and through which the coupling shaft extends. A washer can be provided adjacent the circular sealing aperture that can be free to move laterally with wobbling of the coupling shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200290827A1 GRAIN BIN POWERSWEEP WITH SUMP SHAFT APERTURE SEALING COVER PLATE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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