Spreader
AssigneeGVM, Inc.
InventorsMark W. Anderson, Larry L. Hoover
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Abstract
A spreader for spreading a material including at least one pair of rotating discs having a plurality of generally radially oriented blades attached thereon for disbursing the material in a pre-selected pattern. The discs are rotatably positioned below an end of a funnel unit to receive material passing through the funnel units. The material, as it passes through the funnel units, is directed to a predetermined impact region on each of the rotating discs by a corresponding pair of deflecting vanes integrally fit and movably attached within each funnel of the pair of funnel units. Each deflecting vane is selectably movable by a corresponding actuator from a first position to a second position while the spreader is operating.
Claims10
A spreader for spreading a material, comprising:
- at least one pair of funnel units, each funnel unit having a first end and an opposed second end, each funnel unit having a pair of first deflecting vanes positioned therein between the first end and the second end, each first deflecting vane of the pair of first deflecting vanes movably connected to a first actuator;
- a baffle selectively insertable in at least one funnel unit for dividing the at least one funnel unit into funnel compartments having a first end and a second end;
- at least one pair of adjacent rotating discs having a plurality of radially oriented blades attached thereon for disbursing the material in a predetermined pattern;
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- each of a first disc and a second disc of the at least one pair of adjacent rotating discs rotatably positioned below the second end of at least one funnel unit of the at least one pair of funnel units or below the second end of at least the funnel compartments to receive the material passing through the at least one pair of funnel units;
- wherein the material as it passes through at least the at least one pair of funnel units or at least the funnel compartments is directed to a predetermined impact region on each of the rotating discs by a pair of second deflecting vanes integrally fit and movably attached within each funnel of the at least one pair of funnel units;
- wherein each second deflecting vane of the pair of second deflecting vanes is selectably movable by a corresponding second actuator from a first position to a second position while the spreader is operating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.