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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
May. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd Neil Signer, East Moline, IL (US);
Darryl Francis Cain, Moline, IL (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/42 ;
Abstract
An upper support mechanism for an unloader auger tube of a combine having a ball mechanism fixed atop the unloader auger tube and a bushing having a generally spherical opening for swivellably receiving the ball member. The bushing is slidable up and down within a cylindrical opening formed in a sleeve member fixed with the combine frame. The bushing is made of a material that generally does not require lubrication as it rubs against the ball member or the sleeve member.