WO2020201839A1 - Récipients de stockage de grains ayant des vis sans fin de chargement télescopiques, moissonneuses-batteuses portant de tels récipients, et systèmes et procédés associés - Google Patents

Récipients de stockage de grains ayant des vis sans fin de chargement télescopiques, moissonneuses-batteuses portant de tels récipients, et systèmes et procédés associés Download PDF

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WO2020201839A1
WO2020201839A1 PCT/IB2020/050429 IB2020050429W WO2020201839A1 WO 2020201839 A1 WO2020201839 A1 WO 2020201839A1 IB 2020050429 W IB2020050429 W IB 2020050429W WO 2020201839 A1 WO2020201839 A1 WO 2020201839A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D41/00—Combines, i.e. harvesters or mowers combined with threshing devices
    • A01D41/12—Details of combines
    • A01D41/1208—Tanks for grain or chaff
    • A01D41/1226—Extension mechanisms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01F—PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE
    • A01F12/00—Parts or details of threshing apparatus
    • A01F12/46—Mechanical grain conveyors

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  • Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to material transfer systems for machines. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to grain-container filling augers for combine harvesters.
  • Agricultural harvesting machines such as combine harvesters
  • Various components of such systems may be adjusted to optimize any of various performance criteria.
  • combine harvesters may include one or more threshing and separating rotors, one or more concave grates associated with each of the one or more rotors, a stratification pan, a return pan and a fan for blowing air through the processing system to separate grain from chaff.
  • a combine harvester harvests crop and then unloads the harvested crop, such as grain, from a grain bin secured to a chassis of the combine harvester through an unloader tube and to the bed of a receiving vehicle, such as a truck or grain cart.
  • Unloading systems on combine harvesters are continually being developed to unload grain faster. There are many perceived benefits to faster unloading, and consumers demand shorter times to empty grain bins to transport trucks. A faster unload rate may help the entire harvesting operation run more efficiently because trucks need not wait as long to be filled, which may enable the trucks to return to the field faster so the maximum harvesting uptime is achieved.
  • a grain storage container includes at least one side panel and at least one expansion panel that together at least partially define an interior volume of the grain storage container, and a telescoping loading auger within the grain storage container.
  • the at least one side panel and the at least one expansion panel together at least partially define a first interior volume of the grain storage container when the at least one expansion panel is in a closed position and define a second interior volume of the grain storage container when the at least one expansion panel is in an open position.
  • the telescoping loading auger includes a transport tube comprising a first portion and second portion, an extendible auger shaft within the transport tube, and a plurality of flighting elements coupled to the auger shaft.
  • the telescoping loading auger is structured and adapted to receive grain and deliver the grain into the interior volume of the grain storage container.
  • the first portion of the telescoping loading auger is movable with respect to the second portion along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube.
  • the flighting elements are spaced a first distance apart when the auger shaft is in an extended configuration and the flighting elements are spaced a second distance apart when the auger shaft is in a collapsed configuration. The second distance is less than the first distance.
  • the telescoping loading auger in the extended configuration interferes with the at least one expansion panel in the closed position.
  • a combine harvester includes a machine frame and the grain storage container carried by the machine frame.
  • a method of operating a combine harvester includes harvesting a crop, separating the crop into a grain component and material other than grain, rotating an extendible auger shaft and a plurality of flighting elements within a transport tube of a telescoping loading auger within a grain storage container carried by a combine harvester to transfer the grain component into the grain storage container, moving at least one expansion panel of the grain storage container to change a volume of the grain storage container, moving a first portion of the transport tube with respect to a second portion of the transport tube along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube to change a length of the telescoping loading auger, changing a length of the extendible auger shaft, and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements.
  • a non-transitory computer-readable medium includes processor-executable instructions that when executed are configured to enable a computer processor to perform operations.
  • the operations include rotating an extendible auger shaft and a plurality of flighting elements within a transport tube of a telescoping loading auger within a grain storage container carried by a combine harvester to transfer a grain component of a harvested crop into the grain storage container, moving at least one expansion panel of the grain storage container to change a volume of the grain storage container, moving a first portion of the transport tube with respect to a second portion of the transport tube along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube to change a length of the telescoping loading auger, changing a length of the extendible auger shaft; and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified front perspective view of an example combine harvester
  • FIG. 2 is a simplified rear overhead perspective view illustrating the combine harvester of FIG. 1 with its grain tank in a closed configuration
  • FIG. 3 is a simplified view illustrating a telescoping loading auger that may be used in the combine harvester shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a simplified view illustrating the telescoping loading auger of FIG. 3 in a collapsed configuration
  • FIG. 5 is a simplified flow chart illustrating an example method of operating the combine harvester shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 6 is an illustration of an example computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to embody one or more of the methods of operating the combine harvester shown in FIG. 1.
  • the term“may” with respect to a material, structure, feature, or method act indicates that such is contemplated for use in implementation of an embodiment of the disclosure, and such term is used in preference to the more restrictive term“is” so as to avoid any implication that other, compatible materials, structures, features, and methods usable in combination therewith should or must be excluded.
  • the term“configured” refers to a size, shape, material composition, and arrangement of one or more of at least one structure and at least one apparatus facilitating operation of one or more of the structure and the apparatus in a predetermined way.
  • the term“and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
  • spatially relative terms such as“beneath,”“below,”“lower,” “bottom,”“above,”“upper,”“top,”“front,”“rear,”“left,”“right,” and the like, may be used for ease of description to describe one element’s or feature’s relationship to another element(s) or feature(s) as illustrated in the figures. Unless otherwise specified, the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the materials in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures.
  • the term“substantially” in reference to a given parameter, property, or condition means and includes to a degree that one of ordinary skill in the art would understand that the given parameter, property, or condition is met with a degree of variance, such as within acceptable manufacturing tolerances.
  • the parameter, property, or condition may be at least 90.0% met, at least 95.0% met, at least 99.0% met, or even at least 99.9% met.
  • the term“about” used in reference to a given parameter is inclusive of the stated value and has the meaning dictated by the context (e.g., it includes the degree of error associated with measurement of the given parameter).
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified view illustrating an example host machine for an embodiment of a grain tank, the host machine embodied as a combine harvester 10 (hereinafter, simply referred to also as a combine 10).
  • a combine harvester 10 hereinafter, simply referred to also as a combine 10
  • combines of other designs or other machines may be used as hosts for grain tanks disclosed herein.
  • the combine 10 is shown in FIG. 1 with a portion of a cab 14 mounted to a machine frame 16. Coupled to the machine frame 16 are wheels 18 that enable travel along a road or field. In some embodiments, tracks may be used at least in part in place of some or all the wheels 18.
  • the frame 16 also supports a grain storage container (or grain tank) 12.
  • An unloading spout 20 is shown in a transport position, and may be extended outward from the frame 16 to unload grain from the grain tank 12.
  • FIG. 2 is a simplified overhead perspective view illustrating the grain storage container 12.
  • the grain storage container 12 has a fixed front panel 22, side panels 24 and 26, rear panel 28, and a bottom 30.
  • the grain storage container 12 may also include expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and/or 38 coupled to the fixed front panel 22, the side panels 24 and 26, and/or the rear panel 28 by hinges 40 or another connection mechanism that allows the expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and 38 to pivot with respect to the fixed front panel 22, the side panels 24 and 26, and the rear panel 28.
  • the grain storage container 12 may include folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and/or 48 connecting the expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and 38 to one another.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may include one or more materials that can withstand the force exerted by the stored grain (or other bulk material) while still being elastically deformable.
  • the materials of the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may be selected to be capable of folding during the closing of the grain storage container 12, and then returning to the same form depicted in FIG. 2, in the expanded position of the grain storage container 12.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 include an elastomeric material, such as EPDM rubber, though in some embodiments, the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may include a textile material or a combination of elastomeric material and textile material, among other materials.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may fold and bend without significant stretching.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and/or 48 may include rigid portions rotatably connected to one another, such as by hinges or pivot points.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may be attached to the expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and 38 via any known fastening mechanisms, such as tacks, pins, screws, bolts, stitching, adhesives, etc.
  • the fixed front panel 22, the side panels 24 and 26, the rear panel 28, the expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and 38 the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may each be referred to separately or together as“side panels” and together with the bottom 30 define an interior volume of the grain storage container 12.
  • the expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and 38 are extended to enable an increased storage capacity of the grain storage container 12, facilitated by the elastic deformability or foldability of the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48.
  • the maximum width of the grain storage container 12 is increased relative to the closed position, enabling an increase in volume without a concomitant rise in the center of gravity of the stored grain in the grain storage container 12.
  • Expandable grain storage containers are described in more detail in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2015/0148112, “Expandable Grain Tank,” published May 28, 2015, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. [0030] To close the grain storage container 12, the expansion panels 32 and 38 may swing inward and downward, followed by the expansion panels 34 and 36.
  • the expansion panels 32 and 38 may lie underneath the side panels 34 and 36.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48 may fold as the expansion panels 32, 34, 36, and 38 are rotated.
  • the folding corner panels 42, 44, 46, and 48, as well as the interior of the grain storage container 12, may be protected from the environment when the grain storage container 12 is in the closed configuration.
  • a telescoping loading auger 50 is depicted in FIG. 2 inside the grain storage container 12.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 is structured to receive clean grain from lower regions of the combine 10 and deliver the grain into the grain storage container 12.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 may be disposed partly or entirely within the grain storage container 12.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 may be connected to the grain storage container 12 by bolts, welds, a hinge, clips, or any other selected devices.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 may be hinged as described in U.S. Patent 7,494,409,“Foldable Unloading Auger Assembly for the Grain Bin of a Combine Harvester,” issued February 24, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 includes a transport tube 52 having a first portion 54 and a second portion 56.
  • the first portion 54 is movable with respect to the second portion 56 along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube 52. That is, the first portion 54 may slide along the second portion 56 to change the length of the telescoping loading auger 50.
  • the first portion 54 is depicted as having a larger diameter than the second portion 56, but the second portion 56 may alternatively have a larger diameter than the first portion 54, or the portions 54, 56 may be designed in any other way that allows one to slide along the other.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 includes an extendible auger shaft 58 within the transport tube 52.
  • the extendible auger shaft 58 may include a first portion 60 and a second portion 62 structured to slide with respect to one another.
  • the first portion 60 may include a hollow section into which a part of the second portion 62 may slide.
  • the extendible auger shaft 58 may include any number of portions, or may include any other mechanism to change its length.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 includes a plurality of flighting elements 64 coupled to the extendible auger shaft 58 such that rotation of the extendible auger shaft 58 drives rotation of the flighting elements 64 (i.e., 64a, 64b, 64c, and 64d).
  • the flighting elements 64 may have a helical shape to drive material through the transport tube 52 when the extendible auger shaft 58 rotates the flighting elements 64.
  • At least some of the flighting elements 64 are structured to move along the longitudinal axis of the auger 50 as the extendible auger shaft 58 extends and collapses. That is, when the extendible auger shaft 58 is in an extended position, as shown in FIG.
  • the flighting elements 64 are a first distance apart, for example as measured between one complete turn of the flighting elements 64 (e.g., indicated by 64b and 64c). In some embodiments, the flighting elements 64 may be uniformly spaced when the extendible auger shaft 58 is in the extended configuration. At least one of the flighting elements 64 may be fixed with respect to the extendible auger shaft 58. Others of the flighting elements 64 may move (e.g., slide) along a longitudinal axis of the extendible auger shaft 58 as the extendible auger shaft 58 extends and collapses.
  • the flighting elements 64 are configured to rotate when the auger shaft rotates. Typically, the flighting elements 64 rotate at the same rate as the extendible auger shaft 58, and are driven by the extendible auger shaft 58.
  • the extendible auger shaft 58 may have a hexagonal cross-section, and the flighting elements 64 may have a center orifice having a matching hexagonal cross-section.
  • the extendible auger shaft 58 and the flighting elements 64 may have corresponding keyways, slots, etc.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the telescoping loading auger 50 in a collapsed configuration.
  • some of the flighting elements 64 may be a second distance apart (less than the first distance), as indicated by the stacking of the flighting element 64b adjacent the flighting element 64c in FIG. 4.
  • certain flighting elements 64a and 64b may be a unitary structure with the first portion 60 of the extendible auger shaft 58
  • other flighting elements 64c and 64d may be a unitary structure with the second portion 62 of the extendible auger shaft 58.
  • each of the flighting elements 64 may encircle approximately 360° of an arc around the extendible auger shaft 58 (i.e., one entire rotation around the extendible auger shaft 58).
  • the flighting elements 64 may encircle multiple rotations around the extendible auger shaft 58.
  • Extendible augers including flighting elements are described in Japanese Patent Publication 2010-130973,“Telescopic Grain Unloading Auger for Combine Harvester,” published June 17, 2010; Japanese Patent Publication 2000-300052,“Telescopic Auger Equipment of Combine Harvester,” published October 31, 2000; and U.S. Patent 5,980,153,“Telescoping Auger Shaft and Method of Manufacture,” issued November 9, 1999; the entire disclosures of each of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
  • a conventional loading auger pushes grain upward within a pile of grain.
  • the weight of the grain over the end of the loading auger increases the load required to operate the loading auger, and therefore decreases the efficiency of the combine.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 described herein may enable filling the grain storage container 12 with a lower power draw than conventional augers because as the grain storage container 12 fills, the telescoping loading auger 50 may change where the grain is delivered. That is, the telescoping loading auger 50 may deliver the grain nearer the top of a grain pile, or even above the top of the grain pile in the grain storage container 12.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 may be operated in a collapsed configuration to enable operation of the combine 10 while the grain storage container 12 is closed. This may be beneficial for harvesting in inclement weather (e.g., rain that is expected to stop after harvesting begins).
  • inclement weather e.g., rain that is expected to stop after harvesting begins.
  • a combine 10 as described may have higher energy efficiency and may be used in a wider range of conditions than conventional combines.
  • FIG. 5 is a simplified flow chart illustrating an example method 300 of operating the combine harvester 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and having the telescoping loading auger 50 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Some operations shown in FIG. 5 are optional, and a person having ordinary skill in the art could select the order of operations to fit operational needs. The operations shown in FIG. 5 may be performed at substantially the same time, and may be performed continuously while operating the combine 10. The flow chart in FIG. 5 is not intended to be limiting. [0039] The method 300 depicted includes, as shown in element 302, harvesting a crop. The harvesting may be performed via a harvesting header attached to the combine 10 shown in FIG. 1. The harvesting may include cutting and collecting plant material and transferring the material into the combine 10.
  • the combine harvester 10 cuts crop materials (e.g., using a header), wherein the cut crop materials are delivered to the front end of a feeder house carried by machine frame 16.
  • the cut crop materials are moved upwardly and rearwardly within and beyond the feeder house (e.g., by a conveyer) until reaching a processor, typically including a thresher rotor.
  • the method 300 also includes, as shown in element 304, separating the crop into a grain component and material other than grain (MOG).
  • the separating may include, for example, threshing the crop in one or more separating rotors, followed by stratification of the crop in one or more pans.
  • the thresher rotor may comprise a single, transverse rotor, such as that found in a Gleaner® Super Series Combine by AGCO Corporation.
  • Other designs may be used, such as axial-based, twin rotor, or hybrid designs.
  • the thresher rotor processes the crop materials in known manner and passes a portion of the crop material (e.g., heavier chaff, corn stalks, etc.) toward the rear of the combine harvester 10 and another portion (e.g., grain and possibly light chaff) through a cleaning process in known manner.
  • the crop materials undergo threshing and separating operations.
  • the crop materials are threshed and separated by the thresher rotor operating in cooperation with well-known foraminous processing members in the form of threshing concave assemblies and separator grate assemblies, with the grain (and possibly light chaff) escaping through the concave assemblies and the grate assemblies and to a cleaning system located beneath the processor to facilitate the cleaning of the heavier crop material.
  • Bulkier stalk and leaf materials are generally retained by the concave assemblies and the grate assemblies and are discharged out from the processor and ultimately out of the rear of the combine harvester 10. Any remaining chaff and partially threshed or unthreshed grain is recirculated through the processor via a tailings return conveying mechanism.
  • combine processing is known to those having ordinary skill in the art, further discussion thereof is omitted here for brevity.
  • the grain component may be transferred into the grain storage container 12 (FIG. 1) by rotating the extendible auger shaft 58 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) and the plurality of flighting elements 64 within the transport tube 52 of the telescoping loading auger 50.
  • the telescoping loading auger 50 may be disposed entirely or partially within the grain storage container 12.
  • the method may include moving the first portion 54 of the transport tube 52 (see FIGS. 3-4) with respect to the second portion 56 of the transport tube 52 along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube 52 to change a length of the telescoping loading auger 50.
  • the first portion 54 may be moved to extend the telescoping loading auger 50 after a certain period of time, such that the grain component is carried higher in the grain storage container 12 (FIG. 1).
  • the method may also include changing a length of the extendible auger shaft 58, indicated in element 310, and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements 64, indicated in element 312.
  • the flighting elements 64 may be moved along a longitudinal axis of the extendible auger shaft 58. Moving the first portion 54 of the transport tube 52 with respect to a second portion 54 of the transport tube 52, changing the length of the extendible auger shaft 58, and changing the spacing between adjacent flighting elements 64 may each be performed simultaneously while the grain component passes through the telescoping loading auger 50.
  • harvesting operations of the combine 10 need not stop to change the length of the telescoping loading auger 50.
  • the method may include at least partially filling the grain storage container 12 with the grain component while the grain storage container 12 is closed.
  • the grain storage container 12 may be opened after partially filling the grain storage container 12.
  • Still other embodiments involve a computer-readable medium having processor- executable instructions configured to implement one or more of the techniques presented herein.
  • An example computer-readable medium that may be devised in these ways is illustrated in FIG.
  • an implementation 400 includes a computer-readable medium 402 (e.g ., a flash drive, CD-R, DVD-R, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a platter of a hard disk drive, etc.), on which is encoded computer-readable data 404
  • This computer-readable data 404 in turn includes a set of processor-executable instructions 406 configured to operate according to one or more of the principles set forth herein.
  • the processor-executable instructions 406 may be configured to perform operations 408 when executed via a processing unit, such as at least some of the example method 300 depicted in FIG.
  • the processor-executable instructions 406 may be configured to implement a system, such as at least some of the example combine harvester 10 of FIG. 1 or the example telescoping loading auger 50 of FIGS. 3 and 4 Many such computer- readable media may be devised by those of ordinary skill in the art that are configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the techniques presented herein.
  • the computer-readable medium 402 may be configured to enable the computer processor to change a length of the telescoping loading auger 50 in response to the amount or distribution of grain material in the grain storage container 12.
  • Embodiment 1 A grain storage container comprising at least one side panel and at least one expansion panel and a telescoping loading auger within the grain storage container.
  • the at least one side panel and the at least one expansion panel together at least partially define a first interior volume of the grain storage container when the at least one expansion panel is in a closed position and wherein the at least one side panel and the at least one expansion panel together at least partially define a second interior volume of the grain storage container when the at least one expansion panel is in an open position.
  • the telescoping loading auger comprises a transport tube comprising a first portion and second portion, an extendible auger shaft within the transport tube, and a plurality of flighting elements.
  • the first portion of the transport tube is movable with respect to the second portion along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube.
  • the flighting elements are coupled to the auger shaft such that the flighting elements are spaced a first distance apart when the auger shaft is in an extended configuration and the flighting elements are spaced a second distance apart when the auger shaft is in a collapsed configuration, the second distance less than the first distance.
  • the telescoping loading auger is structured and adapted to receive grain and deliver the grain into the interior volume of the grain storage container. In the extended configuration, the telescoping loading auger interferes with the at least one expansion panel in the closed position.
  • Embodiment 2 The grain storage container of Embodiment 1, wherein the plurality of flighting elements are uniformly spaced when the auger shaft is in the extended configuration.
  • Embodiment 3 The grain storage container of Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2, wherein at least one of the flighting elements is fixed with respect to auger shaft.
  • Embodiment 4 The grain storage container of any one of Embodiments 1 through 3, wherein the plurality of flighting elements are configured to rotate when the auger shaft rotates.
  • Embodiment 5 The grain storage container of any one Embodiments 1 through 4, wherein at least some of the plurality of flighting elements are configured to move along a longitudinal axis of the auger shaft when the auger shaft extends.
  • Embodiment 6 The grain storage container of any one of Embodiments 1 through 5, wherein the plurality of flighting elements each encircle approximately 360° of an arc around the auger shaft.
  • Embodiment 7 The grain storage container of any one of Embodiments 1 through 6, further comprising at least one folding panel coupled to the at least one expansion panel.
  • Embodiment 8 The grain storage container of Embodiment 7, wherein the at least one expansion panel is connected to the at least one side panel by at least one hinge.
  • Embodiment 9 A combine harvester, comprising a machine frame and the grain storage container of any one of Embodiments 1 through 8 carried by the machine frame.
  • Embodiment 10 The combine harvester of Embodiment 9, further comprising a cab carried by the machine frame and wheels coupled to the machine frame.
  • Embodiment 11 A method of operating a combine harvester, the method comprising harvesting a crop, separating the crop into a grain component and material other than grain, rotating an extendible auger shaft and a plurality of flighting elements within a transport tube of a telescoping loading auger within a grain storage container carried by a combine harvester to transfer the grain component into the grain storage container, moving at least one expansion panel of the grain storage container to change a volume of the grain storage container, moving a first portion of the transport tube with respect to a second portion of the transport tube along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube to change a length of the telescoping loading auger, changing a length of the extendible auger shaft, and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements.
  • Embodiment 12 The method of Embodiment 11, wherein rotating an extendible auger shaft and a plurality of flighting elements within a transport tube of a telescoping loading auger within a grain storage container to transfer the grain component into the grain storage container comprises at least partially filling the grain storage container with the grain component while the grain storage container is closed.
  • Embodiment 13 The method of Embodiment 12, further comprising opening the grain storage container after partially filling the grain storage container.
  • Embodiment 14 The method of any one of Embodiments 11 through 13, further comprising moving at least some of the flighting elements along a longitudinal axis of the auger shaft.
  • Embodiment 15 The method of any one of Embodiments 11 through 14, wherein moving a first portion of the transport tube with respect to a second portion of the transport tube, changing a length of the extendible auger shaft, and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements are each performed while the grain component passes through the telescoping loading auger.
  • Embodiment 16 The method of any one of Embodiments 11 through 15, wherein moving a first portion of the transport tube with respect to a second portion of the transport tube, changing a length of the extendible auger shaft, and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements are each performed simultaneously.
  • Embodiment 17 A non-transitory computer- readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed are configured to enable a computer processor to perform operations.
  • the operations comprise rotating an extendible auger shaft and a plurality of flighting elements within a transport tube of a telescoping loading auger within a grain storage container carried by a combine harvester to transfer a grain component of a harvested crop into the grain storage container, moving at least one expansion panel of a grain storage container to change a volume of the grain storage container, moving a first portion of the transport tube with respect to a second portion of the transport tube along a longitudinal axis of the transport tube to change a length of the telescoping loading auger, changing a length of the extendible auger shaft, and changing a spacing between adjacent flighting elements.
  • Embodiment 18 The non-transitory computer-readable medium of Embodiment 17, further comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed are configured to enable the computer processor to perform operations comprising harvesting the crop and separating the crop into the grain component and material other than grain.
  • Embodiment 19 The non-transitory computer-readable medium of Embodiment 17 or Embodiment 18, further comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed are configured to enable the computer processor to perform operations comprising opening the grain storage container after partially filling the grain storage container.

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L'invention concerne un récipient de stockage de grains (12), lequel récipient comprend un panneau latéral (24, 26) et un panneau d'extension (32, 34, 36, 38) définissant au moins partiellement un volume intérieur du récipient et une vis sans fin de chargement télescopique (50) à l'intérieur du récipient. La vis sans fin de chargement télescopique comprend un tube de transport (52) comprenant une première partie (54) et une seconde partie (56), un arbre de vis sans fin extensible (58) à l'intérieur du tube de transport, et une pluralité d'éléments de vis sans fin (64) couplés à l'arbre de vis sans fin. La vis sans fin de chargement télescopique est structurée et conçue de façon à recevoir des grains et à distribuer les grains dans le volume intérieur du récipient. La première partie de la vis sans fin de chargement télescopique est mobile par rapport à la seconde partie le long d'un axe longitudinal du tube de transport. Les éléments de vis sans fin sont espacés d'une première distance les uns des autres quand l'arbre de vis sans fin est dans une configuration étendue et les éléments de vis sans fin sont espacés d'une seconde distance les uns des autres quand l'arbre de vis sans fin est dans une configuration rétractée.
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