Salt spreader attachable to earth moving equipment
OwnerRandy Strait, Blake Straitinventors
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Abstract
A salt spreader for distributing a material includes a bucket including a front surface, a rear surface, and first and second side surfaces. The front and rear surfaces tend toward one another at a base of the bucket, and the bucket includes first and second ejection ports in the base. The salt spreader further includes a separator positioned in a center of the bucket parallel to the first and second side surfaces, and first and second covers within the bucket extending downwardly from the first and second side surfaces, respectively, toward the separator.
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A salt spreader for distributing a material comprising:
- a bucket including a front surface, a rear surface, and first and second side surfaces, wherein the front and rear surfaces tend toward one another at a base of the bucket, wherein the bucket includes first and second ejection ports in the base;
- a separator positioned between the first and second side surfaces, wherein the separator is positioned between the first and second ejection ports;
- and
- first and second covers within the bucket extending downwardly from the first and second side surfaces, respectively, toward the separator, wherein the first and second ejection ports are located under the first and second covers, respectively.
A method of distributing a material comprising the steps of:
- providing a salt spreader comprising:
- a bucket including a front surface, a rear surface, and first and second side surfaces, wherein the front and rear surfaces tend toward one another at a base of the bucket, wherein the bucket includes first and second ejection ports in the base;
- a separator positioned between the first and second side surfaces, wherein the separator is positioned between the first and second ejection ports;
- and
- first and second covers within the bucket extending downwardly from the first and second side surfaces, respectively, toward the separator, wherein the first and second ejection ports are located under the first and second covers, respectively;
- loading the material into the bucket;
- guiding the material toward at least one of the first and second ejection ports.
A salt spreader for distributing a material comprising:
- a bucket including:
- a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front and rear surfaces tend toward one another at a base of the bucket;
- first and second side surfaces;
- and
- the base including first and second ejection ports;
- first and second covers within the bucket extending downwardly from the first and second side surfaces, respectively, wherein the first and second ejection ports are located under the first and second covers, respectively, and
- a plurality of gussets, each gusset extending along a height of an external side of the front surface.
A salt spreader for distributing a material comprising:
- a bucket including:
- a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the front and rear surfaces tend toward one another at a base of the bucket;
- first and second side surfaces;
- and
- the base including first and second ejection ports;
- first and second covers within the bucket extending downwardly from the first and second side surfaces, respectively, wherein the first and second ejection ports are located under the first and second covers, respectively, and
- one or more gussets, each gusset extending along a height of an external side of the front surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.