Grain elevator spout holder

Claim 1

IN A GRAIN ELEVATOR SPOUT HOLDER, THE COMBINATION WITH A STORAGE SILO HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLEXIBLE GRAVITY DELIVERY SPOUT EXTENDING FROM AN UPPERMOST OUTLET PORTION THEREOF, OF A HORIZONTALLY PIVOTAL SPOUT-SUPPORTING PLATFORM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON AND FOR HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SILO AND SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW SAID UPPER OUTLET PORTION AND ADAPTED UPON A CERTAIN HORIZONTAL PIVOTING THEREOF TO EXTEND HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE SILO AND UPON ANOTHER HORIZONTAL PIVOTING THEREOF TO EXTEND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SILO, PIVOT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SILO FOR EFFECTING SAID HORIZONTAL PIVOTAL MOUNTING OF THE PLATFORM, LOCKING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PLATFORM PIVOT MEANS FOR EFFECTIVELY LOCKING IT IN ANY SUCH HORIZONTAL PIVOTAL POSITIONING THEREOF ON ITS PIVOT MEANS, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING ROCKABLE YOKE SPOUT HOLDING MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON AND CARRIED BY SAID HORIZONTAL PIVOTAL PLATFORM AND ADAPTED FOR ROCKING THEREOF ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS ON SAID PLATFORM AND FURTHER ADAPTED FOR VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLY CARRYING OF SAID SPOUT THEREBY, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID PLATFORM FOR EFFECTING SAID PIVOTAL MOUNTING OF SAID ROCKABLE YOKE HOLDING MEANS THEREON, OPERABLE RAM-ACTING POWER MEANS CARRIED BY AND EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH OF SAID HORIZONTAL PLATFORM AND SAID ROCKABLE YOKE MEANS FOR EFFECTING A PIVOTAL ROCKING OF THE YOKE MEANS ON THE HORIZONTAL PLATFORM AND ALSO FOR EFFECTING A HOLDING THEREOF IN ANY ROCKING POSITION THEREOF THEREON, OPERABLE WINCH AND PULLEY MEANS CARRIED BY SAID YOKE MEANS FOR EFFECTING A VERTICAL ADJUSTABLE POSITIONING OF THE SPOUT THEREON AND WITH RELATION THERETO AND ALSO FOR EFFECTING A RELEASABLE HOLDING OF ANY SUCH VERTICAL POSITIONING THEREOF THEREON, THE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE SPOUT ADJACENT ITS DELIVERY END BEING CARRIED BY SAID YOKE MEANS BY A FREELY ROTATABLE COLLAR MEANS CARRIED BY THE YOKE MEANS FOR ADAPTING SAID DELIVERY END OF THE SPOUT FOR FREE ROTATIONAL POSITIONING WITH RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MAIN PORTION OF THE SPOUT, MANUALLY OPERABLE AND RELEASABLE LOCKING MEANS CARRIED BY THE YOKE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND TO THE DELIVERY END OF THE SPOUT AND TO BE REMOVABLY SECURED THERETO IN ANY SUCH ROTATIONAL POSITIONING OF SAID DELIVERY END OF THE SPOUT FOR HOLDING THE DELIVERY END IN ANY SUCH ROTATIONAL POSITIONING THEREOF, SAID DELIVERY END OF THE SPOUT BEING ADAPTED TO BE FLEXED LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF INTO AN ARC WITH RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MAIN PORTION OF THE SPOUT, AND PULLEY OPERABLE RELEASABLE AND HOLDING MEANS CARRIED BY THE DELIVERY END OF THE SPOUT AT TWO POINTS THEREOF FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING ANY SUCH ARC ADJUSTMENT POSITIONING THEREOF WITH RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE MAIN PORTION OF THE SPOUT DURING USE THEREOF.