Bedding machine
AssigneeNuhn Industries Ltd.
InventorIan NUHN
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Abstract
A bedding machine for distributing bedding material has: a frame; wheels rotatably mounted on the frame to permit the bedding machine to travel on the ground; a hopper supported on the frame, the hopper configured to contain bedding material; a tongue mounted on the frame extending longitudinally forward of the hopper in a direction of motion of the bedding machine; and, a distribution conveyor situated below the tongue and pivotably mounted to the frame, to the tongue or to both the frame and the tongue, the distribution conveyor configured to receive the bedding material from the hopper and to distribute the bedding material transversely to the direction of motion of the bedding machine.
Claims15
A bedding machine for distributing bedding material, the bedding machine comprising:
- a frame;
- wheels rotatably mounted on the frame to permit the bedding machine to travel on the ground;
- a hopper supported on the frame, the hopper configured to contain bedding material;
- a tongue mounted on the frame extending longitudinally forward of the hopper in a direction of motion of the bedding machine;
- and,
- a distribution conveyor situated below the tongue and pivotably mounted to the frame, to the tongue or to both the frame and the tongue, the distribution conveyor configured to receive the bedding material from the hopper and to distribute the bedding material transversely to the direction of motion of the bedding machine.
A bedding machine for distributing bedding material comprises:
- a frame;
- wheels rotatably mounted on the frame to permit the bedding machine to travel on the ground;
- a hopper supported on the frame, the hopper configured to contain bedding material, the hopper comprising an inclined live floor sloping downwardly from a front to a rear of the hopper;
- a tongue mounted on the frame extending longitudinally forward of the hopper in a direction of motion of the bedding machine;
- and,
- a distribution conveyor pivotably mounted to the frame, to the tongue or to both the frame and the tongue, the distribution conveyor configured to receive the bedding material from the hopper and to distribute the bedding material transversely to the direction of motion of the bedding machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.