Claims
- 1. An apparatus for use in transporting bulk crops from a production area to a transportation center comprising a vehicle having road wheels by which the vehicle can be transported to a bulk crop storage container in the production area, extracting means mounted on said vehicle for movement relative to the vehicle to said storage container of said bulk crop for extracting said bulk crop from said container, said extracting means comprising a screw auger having an auger tube and an auger flight mounted therein and means mounting the auger tube for movement relative to the vehicle from a storage position to a collection position projecting outwardly from the vehicle for engaging said bulk crop and a vacuum suction system including a hose separate from said auger tube and movable separately therefrom and relative to the vehicle so as to engage said bulk crop, and fan means for generating an air flow in said suction hose, crop weighing means mounted on said vehicle and comprising a first and a second weigh hopper, duct means for transporting said collected crop from said auger tube and from said suction hose for transportation of said crop to one or other of said weigh hoppers, means in said duct means for controlling feed of said crop to a chosen one of said hoppers, means for measuring the weight of material in each of said hoppers, each of said hoppers having air lock means at a bottom thereof operable to discharge crop in said hopper therefrom into a discharge duct, cleaning means for receiving said crop from said discharge duct and for extracting dockage therefrom, and a discharge assembly comprising a duct member pivotal about a vertical axis such that it is movable to one side of the vehicle and including a cyclone for discharging the crop downwardly into a bulk transport trailer for transportation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application constitutes a continuation application of my application, Ser. No. 683,029, filed Dec. 18th, 1984, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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