Silo distributor

Claim 1

A SILAGE DISTRIBUTOR ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SILAGE FROM A SILO DISCHARGE SPOUT COMPRISING A HOPPER SLEEVE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED IN THE UPPER END OF A SILO BENEATH A SILO DISCHARGE SPOUT, SAID SLEEVE HAVING A LOWER CYLINDRICAL PORTION TERMINATING IN AN ANNULAR OUTWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE AND LOWER BALL BEARING RACEWAY, AN ANNULAR Z SECTION MEMBER AFFIXED EXTERNALLY TO SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION IN UNIFORMLY SPACED RELATION FROM SAID FLANGE, SAID Z MEMBER HAVING AN ANNULAR INTERMEDIATE PORTION EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND FORMING AN UPPER BALL BEARING RACEWAY, AND ITS OUTER ANNULAR PORTION DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY TO FORM A BALL RETAINING SKIRT, AN ANNULAR BEARING PLATE HAVING ITS INNER PERIPHERAL PORTION DISPOSED MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID FLANGE AND RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID Z MEMBER, AND UPPER AND LOWER ANNULAR ROWS OF BEARING BALLS DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLATE AND ROLLING ON SAID UPPER AND LOWER BALL BEARING RACEWAYS RESPECTIVELY, A CYLINDRICAL DISCHARGE SLEEVE HAVING AN UPPER OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE AFFIXED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID PLATE, AND SURROUNDING SAID LOWER RACEWAY AND ACTING TO CONFINE THE LOWER ROW OF BEARING BALLS AND ENTER SAID PLATE WITH RESPECT TO SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION, SAID PLATE HAVING GEAR TEETH FORMED IN ITS OUTER PERIPHERY, A MOTOR AND REDUCTION GEAR MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF SAID HOPPER SLEEVE AND HAVING A DEPENDING DRIVE SHAFT AND DEPENDING PIN WHEEL IN MESHING RELATION WITH SAID GEAR TEETH, A DISTRIBUTOR DISCHARGE SPOUT AFFIXED TO ONE SIDE OF THE LOWER END OF SAID DISCHARGE SLEEVE HAVING A LOWER TRANSVERSE LIP, DISTRIBUTOR CHUTE MEANS SUPPORTED FROM SAID SPOUT AND PIVOTED IN RESPECT TO SAID DISTRIBUTOR SPOUT ON A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS ADJACENT SAID LIP, AND MEANS FOR VARYING THE ANGULAR RELATION OF SAID CHUTE MEANS IN REFERENCE TO SAID DISTRIBUTOR SPOUT.