Eric Brian Walker

US Patent:

20190254234, Aug 22, 2019

Filed:

Feb 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/278564

Inventors:

- New Holland PA, US
Herbert M. Farley - Elizabethtown PA, US
Andrews V. Lauwers - Sandusky OH, US
Eric L Walker - Narvon PA, US

International Classification:

A01F 12/46

Abstract:

An agricultural vehicle including at least one threshing rotor and an auger bed located underneath the at least one threshing rotor. The auger bed has a working position and a cleaning position. The auger bed includes a frame, a plurality of augers rotatably coupled to and supported by the frame, and a trough portion moveably connected to the frame. In the working position the bottom surface of the trough portion is positioned underneath the plurality of augers and in the cleaning position the entire trough portion is moved relative to the frame so that the bottom surface of the trough portion is not positioned underneath at least a portion of the plurality of augers, creating an open space underneath the portion of the plurality of augers for allowing an unwanted material to pass therethrough.