Broadcast spreader apparatus

A broadcast spreader apparatus, comprising,

• a vertically aligned hopper, the hopper including a hopper forward wall, a hopper bottom wall, and a plurality of side walls, the side walls including a left side wall, and
• the hopper bottom wall defining an acute included angle between the left side wall and the bottom wall, and
• the hopper including a bottom wall opening directed through the bottom wall at a junction defined by an intersection of the left side wall and the bottom wall, and
• a blower motor, the blower motor mounted within a blower housing, and the blower housing including feed conduit to direct pneumatic pressure through the feed conduit from the blower housing, and
• valve means positioned within the hopper for directing selective flow of granular material through the bottom wall opening, and
• the feed conduit includes a rigid tubular first leg in pneumatic communication with the blower housing, with the rigid tubular first leg positioned below the hopper and below the junction, and the feed conduit including a tubular second leg, with the tubular second leg in pneumatic communication with the tubular first leg to include a flexible tubular junction to permit pivotment of the tubular second leg relative to the tubular first leg, and
• a material metering conduit, the metering conduit mounted in communication interiorly of the hopper through the bottom wall opening and projecting diametrically through the tubular first leg, the metering conduit including a matrix of apertures directed therethrough to direct granular material from the hopper through the metering conduit and the apertures.