US Patent Issued to CTB on March 18 for "Grain bin unload trough conveyor auger hanger assembly and method" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,349, issued on March 18, was assigned to CTB Inc. (Milford, Ind.).

"Grain bin unload trough conveyor auger hanger assembly and method" was invented by Jeffrey E. Walker (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Adam K. Gutwein (Goshen, Ind.) and Mark S. Dingeldein (Milford, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of positioning a grain bin unload conveyor auger within a grain bin unload conveyor trough includes positioning an auger hanger on a pair of hanger support shelves at an open exterior end of the grain bin unload conveyor trough to support the grain bin unload conveyor auger away from adjacent interior surfaces of the grain bin unload convey...