US 12,403,431 B2
Coned auger
Jakob Tamminga, East Garafraxa (CA); and Nathan Bouwman, Fergus (CA)
Filed by JAY-LOR INTERNATIONAL INC., East Garafraxa (CA)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,060.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,180, filed on Feb. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256402 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B01F 27/192 (2022.01); B01F 27/1145 (2022.01); B01F 27/117 (2022.01); B01F 27/722 (2022.01); B01F 101/18 (2022.01); B01F 101/33 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 27/192 (2022.01) [B01F 27/1145 (2022.01); B01F 27/117 (2022.01); B01F 27/722 (2022.01); B01F 2101/18 (2022.01); B01F 2101/33 (2022.01); B01F 2215/0422 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coned auger for a horizontal feed mixer, the coned auger comprising:
an auger post having a first end opposite a second end;
flighting extending along and about the auger post, with a first pitch section comprising a pitch oriented to move bulk material generally from the first end toward the second end during operation of the auger;
a coned section along the auger post, the coned section comprising a first cone protruding about the periphery of the auger post, the first cone having a tapered end opposite a wide end;
wherein the flighting comprises ribbon flighting;
wherein the pitch of the flighting is greater than a diameter of the flighting; and
wherein the coned section further comprises a second cone protruding from the auger post comprising a tapered end opposite the wide end of the first cone and wherein the second cone has an orientation opposite to the first cone and wherein a wide end of the second cone abuts or is adjacent to the wide end of the first cone; and
wherein a taper angle of the first cone and a taper angle of the second cone are different.