Conveyor

Claim 1

A SCREW CONVEYOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, AN AUGER HOUSING HAVING AN INLET AT ONE END AND AN OUTLET AT AN OPPOSITE END, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN INTERIOR WALL AND AN EXTERIOR WALL, AN AUGER OPERABLE IN SAID HOUSING, SAID AUGER HAVING A CENTRAL SHAFT AND A HELICAL AUGER FLIGHT THEREON, DRIVE MEANS IN OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID AUGER SHAFT AT SAID ONE END FOR ROTATING SAID AUGER, SAID AUGER SHAFT BEING UNSUPPORTED AT SAID OPPOSITE END, SAID AUGER FLIGHT HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE WHICH MOVES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID INTERIOR WALL, SAID AUGER FLIGHT HAVING A LEADING FACE WHICH PUSHES MATERIAL TOWARD SAID OUTLET AND A TRAILING FACE OPPOSITE FROM SAID LEADING FACE, SAID AUGER HAVING A DISCHARGE END ADJACENT SAID OUTLET, A PLURALITY OF WEAR STRIPS ON SAID FLIGHT ADJACENT SAID DISCHARGE END, SAID WEAR STRIPS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID FLIGHT TRAILING FACE, EACH OF SAID WEAR STRIPS HAVING PORTIONS AT LEAST SPACED AXIALLY FROM THE OTHER AND HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE RADIALLY OUTWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID FLIGHT OUTER PERIPHERAL EDGE, SAID OUTER SURFACE BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID INTERIOR WALL TO PROVIDE A BEARING SUPPORT FOR SAID AUGER OPPOSITE END WHEN SAID AUGER IS ROTATED, EACH OF SAID WEAR STRIPS BEING FORMED FROM A RELATIVELY STIFF NONFLEXIBLE MATERIAL, EACH OF SAID WEAR STRIPS BEING CONTOURED AND A SEGMENT OF A HELIX TO CLOSELY FIT AGAINST THE HELICAL AUGER FLIGHT, AND AT LEAST ONE THREADED FASTENER EXTENDING THROUGH EACH OF SAID WEAR STRIPS AND THROUGH SLOT MEANS IN SAID FLIGHT TO HOLD SAID WEAR STRIP TO SAID FLIGHT AND TO PROVIDE FOR RADIAL ADJUSTMENT OF SAID WEAR STRIP RELATIVE TO SAID FLIGHT.