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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph M. Biggerstaff, Garden Plain, KS (US);
Frederic Ducroquet, Châteaubriand, FR;
Assignee:
AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/12 (2006.01); A01D 90/10 (2006.01); B65G 33/14 (2006.01); B65G 67/24 (2006.01); B65G 33/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/1217 (2013.01); A01D 90/10 (2013.01); B65G 33/14 (2013.01); B65G 33/22 (2013.01); B65G 67/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
An unloading system for a combine harvester having a belt-driven unloading auger assembly and a spill saver door mounted proximate to a discharge end of the unloading auger assembly. Engagement of the belt drive is controlled by a first hydraulic cylinder. Opening of the spill saver door is controlled by a second hydraulic actuator. The first and second hydraulic cylinders are hydraulically connected in parallel.