Device for level filling a large container

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR LEVEL FILLING A LARGE CONTAINER, A HOPPER HAVING AN OPEN TOP AND BOTTOM, AN ELONGATED AUGER TUBE HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING IN ONE OF ITS ENDS, A SHROUD ON SAID AUGER TUBE AROUND SAID ACCESS OPENING TO DIRECT MATERIAL FROM THE BOTTOM END OF SAID HOPPER INTO SAID ACCESS OPENING, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SECURED TO SAID SHROUD, AN AUGER UNIT IN SAID AUGER TUBE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR AND SAID AUGER UNIT TO CAUSE ROTATION THEREOF WHEN SAID MOTOR IS ENERGIZED, A HOLLOW CONDUIT HAVING ONE OF ITS ENDS RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID SHROUD, SAID CONDUIT EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID SHROUD AND SAID HOPPER, A BEARING SLEEVE IN SAID HOPPER ROTATABLY RECEIVING SAID CONDUIT, MEANS CONNECTING SAID BEARING SLEEVE AND SAID CONDUIT SO THAT THE WEIGHT OF SAID CONDUIT AND ELEMENTS SECURED THERETO COULD AT LEAST IN PART BE BORNE BY SAID BEARINGS MEANS, A SLIP RING CONDUCTOR UNIT ON THE UPPER END OF SAID CONDUIT AND INCLUDING, TWO RING ELEMENTS, MEANS ROTATABLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID RING ELEMENTS, MEANS ADAPTED TO CONNECT ONE OF SAID RING ELEMENTS TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, AND A LEAD SECURED TO THE OTHER OF SAID RINGS AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID CONDUIT TO BE CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR.