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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Michael Minnich, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Denver Yoder, Manheim, PA (US);
Ashutosh Tamrakar, Conshohocken, PA (US);
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A clean grain tank for an agricultural harvester includes a grain tank with a sump a vertical auger having an end that is positioned within the sump of the grain tank for removing clean grain from the sump, and at least one cross-auger arranged in a trough and configured to convey the grain into the sump. The sump is partially encompassed by walls, one of the walls including a cross-auger inlet opening facing the cross-auger and being configured to allow the grain to pass therethrough and into the sump. The cross-auger inlet opening includes a rounded segment and at least one straight segment, wherein the at least one straight segment follows a trajectory of a wall of the trough.