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Knight Manufacturing Corp

Kuhn Knight, Inc.

William S Knight

William M Saunders

Ric S Joranlien

Stanley W Knight

An auger for vertical mixers includes a forward angled leading edge. The leading edge includes an inner portion, which may or may not be aligned with a radial line extending from the axis of rotation of the auger. The leading edge also includes an outer portion adjacent to the inner portion, which is angled forward of the radial line and extends forward of the inner portion.

Auger with forward angled leading edge

A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. The mixer apparatus further includes a further auger which is disposed within the enclosure, the further auger having a rotational axis disposed approximately parallel and spaced from the axis of rotation of the auger. The mixer also has a drive wheel which is common to the auger and the further auger, the drive wheel having a further axis of rotation which is disposed spaced and approximately parallel relative to the axis of rotation of the auger and the rotational axis of the further auger.

Mixer apparatus

A mixer apparatus for mixing materials such as feed is disclosed. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the materials. The container has a base and a wall extending away from the base, the wall defining an opening disposed remote from the base for the reception therethrough of the materials. The arrangement is such that the base and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the materials received through the opening. An auger is rotatably disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation extending through the base. A driven wheel is drivingly connected to the auger, the driven wheel being disposed on an opposite side of the base relative to the auger. A drive connected to a main source of power, the drive being drivingly connected to the driven wheel so that when the drive rotates, the auger is rotated within the enclosure for mixing the materials. An auxiliary driver is drivingly connected to the driven wheel for augmenting rotation of the auger particularly during a commencement of a mixing operation when additional power is required to rotate the auger and towards the end of the discharge operation so that removal of a residue of the materials disposed on the auger is facilitated. The apparatus includes an over running device associated with the main source of power and the auxiliary driver for enabling the overrun of the main source of power when the auxiliary driver is engaged and for enabling the overrun of the auxiliary driver when the auger is being rotated by the main source of power only.

Mixer apparatus for mixing materials such as feed

A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing livestock feed and the like. The apparatus includes a container for the reception therein of the feed. The container includes a housing and a wall extending away from the housing. The wall defines an opening which is disposed remote from the housing for the reception therethrough of the feed. The arrangement is such that the housing and the wall define therebetween an enclosure for the feed received through the opening. An auger is disposed within the enclosure, the auger having an axis of rotation which extends through the housing. A final driven wheel is disposed within the housing, the final driven wheel being rotatable about the axis of rotation. The final driven wheel is drivingly connected to the auger so that when the final driven wheel is rotated within the housing, the auger is rotated therewith within the enclosure. The final driven wheel and the auger together as a unit are removable and replaceable relative to the housing and enclosure respectively. The arrangement is such that when the final driven wheel and the auger are together as the unit removed, direct access to the final driven wheel is permitted.

A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing materials. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the materials. The container also defines an outlet for the discharge therethrough of the materials. A rotatable feed auger is disposed within and co-operates with the container for feeding the materials through the container. The feed auger has an axis of rotation which extends through the container. A rotatable mixing auger is disposed within the container and co-operates with the container and the feed auger for mixing the materials within the container. The mixing auger has a further axis of rotation which extends through the container. The further axis of rotation is disposed spaced and parallel relative to the axis of rotation of the feed auger. The container also includes a base which has a first portion which co-operates with the feed auger and a second portion which co-operates with the mixing auger. The second portion is disposed at a lower elevation relative to the first portion. The arrangement is such that when the feed auger and the mixing auger are rotating, all the materials within the container are fed at a substantially constant flow rate within the container.

Mixing apparatus for mixing materials

An improved auger is used for conveying flowable materials, such as liquid and semi-solid manure, through a bed of a container such as a manure spreader and out through a discharge opening. The auger has a shaft with a back end and a front end, a continuous blade, and paddles for discharging the manure. The continuous blade extends radially outwardly from the shaft and includes helical portions and at least one plate portion which is substantially perpendicular to an axis of the auger. The plate portions extend between the helical portions of the blade to make the blade substantially continuous. The rotation of the auger causes helical portions of the blade to accelerate the manure in a direction of the front end wall and causes the plate portions to slow the movement of manure so that the rate of flow of manure is controlled and boiling action of manure against the front end wall of the container is inhibited. Additionally, the rotation causes the plate portions to create turbulence within the manure as it contacts the plates to disrupt bridging of manure over the auger.

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Brodhead, WI, United States of America

William S Knight