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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Brent J. Bloemendaal, Zionsville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Brent J. Bloemendaal, Zionsville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/48 (2006.01); A01F 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/4845 (2013.01); A01F 25/2018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A grain bin sweep apparatus includes a plurality of elongated grain impellers positioned adjacent a floor of a bin and having an inner ends rotatably supported at a central area of the bin and having an outer ends connected to an endless drive chain mounted in a guide track extending about an outer periphery of the bin and a drive motor engaged with the chain and operable to cause the chain to angularly sweep the impellers about the bin floor to thereby move the grain toward a grain exit of the bin.