Abstract:
A driving unit supported by a frame for an oscillating spreading pipe of a device for distributing material, for example, fertilizer, said unit mainly comprising a drivable fly-wheel, a holder for the spreading pipe to be oscillated by the fly-wheel through a coupling element eccentrically journalled in said fly-wheel and a dosing mechanism arranged above said holder, wherein a part of the frame thereof extends in dish-shaped fashion on either side of the driving unit, said dish-shaped frame portion not only serves as a protective member during transport, but also operates as a stiffening part.
Abstract:
A spreader for granular or powdery material such as fertilizer having three conveyors extending transversally from each side of a hopper for the material, the hopper having two funnels and two discharge ports, one for each funnel, each discharge port being disposed above the inboard ends of a corresponding group of conveyors with each conveyor in each group having different lengths and terminating outboard in a rotary disc spreading member, such spreading members being spaced apart about 2 meters in the two groups of conveyors which are aligned. The conveyors each comprise an endless belt which, through further belts, rotate the spreader members about vertical axes. Disposed between each spreader and the end of the corresponding conveyor is a guide hood which guides the flow of material to the rotary disc behind its flat ejector blades which are biased 60.degree. from a radial line intercepting the inward edge of the blade, so that at design speed the material is ejected through an arc of about 180.degree.. A dosing aperture for each conveyor is defined by a sliding plate under each discharge port, the apertures being generally triangular and movable as a group in the same direction under both discharge ports to meter equal amounts of material onto each conveyor. A closing plate for each sliding plate has three stepped edges whereby the apertures are closed separately and successively commencing with the aperture for the longest conveyor and concluding with the aperture for the shortest conveyor.
Abstract:
Our invention relates to a wheeled fertilizer spreader which is pushed over the area which is to be fertilized or chemically treated and in which the fertilizer, chemical or other granular material is broadcast by being dropped onto a horizontal impeller which rotates on a vertical axis and throws the material outward horizontally in a frontal direction.
Abstract:
A broadcast spreader having one or more spinners driven by hydraulic motors and a material delivery conveyor or auger driven by a hydraulic motor is provided with a hydraulic system including a flow and pressure-compensated variable displacement pump and pressure-compensated control valves respectively for the spinner and conveyor motors connected so that the volume of fluid delivered by the pump corresponds to the demands of the motors.
Abstract:
Discloses a conveyor-type, hydraulic-powered, material-spreading apparatus comprising a material-storage hopper, a conveyor for conveying material from the hopper for spreading same and a hydraulic, power-transfer system comprising two double-acting, hydraulic cylinders in communication with and operatively connected to valves which control and direct hydraulic fluid under pressure to the hydraulic cylinders to drive the conveyor. Each hydraulic cylinder has two drive strokes per cycle, with each drive stroke approximating 160.degree., each hydraulic cylinder is 90.degree. out of phase with the other, with positive drive resulting throughout the cycle.Also discloses the hydraulic, power-transfer system described above for use in driving a conveyor for use with a material-spreading apparatus having a source of material to be spread, with such conveyor being disposed beneath the material for conveying same for spreading.Also discloses a shock-absorbing device and limit stop for use with a member having a reciprocable element therein. Resilient bumper rings function as shock absorbers and limit stops upon abutment therewith of an end plate carried by the reciprocable element.Also discloses a snap-action device for operative use with a reciprocable element in a member and with a reciprocating rod to reciprocate and slam the reciprocable element in the direction opposite to that being traveled by the reciprocating rod.
Abstract:
A portable hand held device for distributing granular material including a hopper for holding the material, a support base for the hopper, a distributor wheel having circumferentially spaced outwardly opening compartments suspended beneath the base under the discharge of the hopper, a hand crank operated drive assembly mounted on the base coupled with the distributor wheel turning the wheel, an arcuate shield or side wall suspended from the base around the portion of the distributor wheel in the vicinity of the discharge of the hopper into the wheel, and a shutter slide mounted between the distributor wheel and the hopper discharge for adjusting the rate of flow from the hopper into each compartment of the distributor wheel. Granulated materials such as fertilizer, insecticide, grass seed, and the like is distributed by manual support of the device and rotation of the handle to broadcast the material as the distributor wheel is rotated and the material is fed from the hopper through the shutter into the individual compartments of the wheel. The complete isolation of each compartment from the other eliminates the need for a closure plate so that when distribution is stopped the material ceases to flow.
Abstract:
A device adapted for operational mounting upon a ground-level superior, moving, and dirigible platform, which device distributes individualized members of a particulate solid according to a ground pattern selectively controllable with respect to distribution frequency and locational placement of the individualized members.Claimed also is a sequence of operations method for distributing members of a particulate solid according to a ground pattern which ground pattern is selectively controllable with respect to member distribution frequency and locational placement.
Abstract:
A small, compact and lightweight wheeled material spreader unit used in combination with a selectively insertable and removable box of material to be spread. The spreader has structure which receives, opens, and holds a box of material, which is to be applied, e.g., to a lawn. It includes a small chamber, or subsidiary surge or buffer hopper and material directing passage with on-off and discharge rate controls enabling a smooth flow of material to a rotary type distributing mechanism, belt driven by the wheels of the device as it is pushed over the surface being treated. The box of material can be readily removed for storage of undistributed material.
Abstract:
A device which can be secured to the hopper or container of a seed or other fluent material distributor and which serves to regulate the amount of seed or other material which passes from the container to the spreader or broadcaster of the distributor. The metering device includes a mounting plate which is securable to the bottom wall of the fluent material container and which has a discharge opening formed therein. A shiftable door plate is carried by the mounting plate and can be made to selectively cover a portion of the discharge opening in the mounting plate and thus regulate the effective area of the discharge opening.
Abstract:
A compact versatile material spreader for use with salt or other materials has a spinner, which is partially enclosed by a spinner housing and which is located below a hopper discharge outlet and above the bottom of the spreader frame to thus afford convenient mounting of the spreader on the flat bed of a truck, a railroad push car, or a pallet carried by a fork-lift truck. An accessory trailer permits the spreader to be trailed behind a vehicle. Adjustable spinner blades afford various selected horizontal discharge angles. A remotely controlled deflector assembly is hinged to the spinner housing and includes independently adjustable side and rear deflector plates to provide safe control of the discharged material to avoid contact with other vehicles or pedestrians. A metering gate at the hopper discharge outlet provides a variable discharge rate and economy in operation.