ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,563, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to EXTRON COMPANY (Minneapolis).
"Grain spreader for loading grain bin" was invented by Randall G. Honeck (Maple Grove, Minn.), Dustin D. Paloranta (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and Greggory C. Phelps (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus to facilitate the loading of a grain bin such that the level in the grain bin increases generally uniformly and the distribution of grain size in the grain bin is generally uniform as well. The method includes redirecting the flow of the grain from the conveyer as it flows into the grain bin. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an ...