An Iowa farmer is looking to patent technology that would improve grain bin safety.
Caleb Renner of Klemme calls his invention AgriNet.
“I had a pitch competition through my local community college that I applied for, and I kind of just threw around this crackpot idea of cleaning (the grain bin) out with a net and electrical winches. And that idea ended up winning the competition.”
He tells Brownfield a functional prototype could be ready this summer.
“There’s a lot of technical engineering things that we need to figure out, and when it comes to patents it’s very fluid.”
Renner says AgriNet sits on the bottom of the grain bin and is lifted with a series of pulleys and electrical winches, causing the grain to trickle to the center sump, eliminating the need for farmers to enter the bin to sweep and shovel.
