Granular chemical bander
OwnerLarry M. Conradinventor
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Abstract
A granular chemical bander including a housing having an upper neck section and a lower body section. The neck section has a top opening for receiving a supply tube, and a horizontally disposed deflector plate having feed openings at each lateral side. The body section is divided into a front compartment in communication with the opening of one lateral side, and a rear compartment in communicaton with the opening at the other lateral side. Granular material flowing into the front and rear compartments is directed laterally away from the respective feed opening by diagonal baffles and is discharged in a band laterally off-set from the feed opening.
Claims13
A granular chemical bander, comprising:
- supply tube means for supplying a quantity of granular material from a storage hopper;
- a housing including an upper neck section and a lower body section;
- said neck section having an opening at the top thereof for receiving the supply tube means, and having a horizontally disposed deflector plate at the bottom thereof, said deflector plate including a first opening at one side thereof and a second opening at another side thereof;
- said body section including a front compartment in communication with said first opening and means for directing granular material laterally away from said first opening to discharge from said front compartment in a band laterally off-set from said first opening in the direction of said second opening, and a rear compartment in communication with said second opening and means for directing granular material laterally away from said second opening to discharge from said rear compartment in a band laterally off-set from said second opening in the direction of said first opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.