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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
The Gsi Group, Llc, Assumption, IL (US);
Alan C. Hogan, Assumption, IL (US);
The GSI Group, LLC, Assumption, IL (US);
Abstract
A feed supply system used in distributing feed grain from a feed tank includes a boot unloader coupled to an upstream end of at least one conveyor tube in fluid communication with a downwardly opening aperture of the feed tank. The boot unloader includes an unloader body formed of a front panel and a rear panel to form a receiving portion into which feed grain flows from the feed tank. At least one auger is partially received in the unloader body and extends from the unloader body into a respective conveyor tube. The auger is secured to the rear panel with an end bearing and has a helical flighting configured to rotate about an auger axis. An auger retention mechanism extends between the front panel and the rear panel of the boot unloader and positioned above the auger axis so that the auger retention mechanism prevents the flighting from deforming upwards within the boot unloader.