Apparatus for spreading bulk materials
OwnerWolfgang Folgerinventor
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Abstract
A spreading apparatus for hitching to a helicopter includes a hopper suspended from a ring, three tubular legs with upper ends releasably attached to the ring, and a strut between each pair of legs. A plurality of tension cables are provided, each cable having a top end joined to the ring at a leg attachment point and a bottom end joined to a rubber roller inserted between adjacent struts where they attach to a leg with a coupling.
Claims21
Spreading apparatus for discharging bulk materials, said apparatus comprising
- ring means,
- a downwardly tapering hopper having an upper end attached to said ring means and an opposed lower end,
- three legs, each leg having an upper end and an opposed lower end, said upper ends of said legs being releasably attached to said ring means at respective leg attachment points,
- three struts, each strut extending between a pair of legs toward the lower ends thereof, said struts being releasably attached to said legs at respective strut attachment points, and
- a plurality of tension cables, each cable having a top end joined to the ring proximate to a leg attachment point and a bottom end attached at a strut attachment point of an adjacent leg, the bottom of each cable being guided over a leg so that the legs are drawn against the struts.
Apparatus for distributing bulk materials, which is to be carried by cables from a helicopter, and which contains a downwardly tapering hopper with an opening on the bottom end and a remotely controlled shutter for this opening, and with three legs and a scatter disk which when operated rotates underneath the shuttered opening, wherein a shutter plate (24) for the opening is suspended on two cables (25), and an apparatus {(2,} (22, 23, 26) for producing a linear movement is connected fixedly at one end to the shutter plate and to a stationary part (1) of the apparatus by means of at least one joint (point 1a) for pivotal movement, and that the plane of the opening is at such an angle to the hopper axis that the shutter plate (240) when in the closing position lies against the opening.
Apparatus to be carried by a helicopter for discharging bulk materials, said apparatus comprising downwardly tapering hopper with a shuttered opening at the bottom end and with three legs and a scatter disk revolving in operation under the opening, wherein the scatter disk (5) comprises a disk (30) with slots (31) running substantially radially and slingers (32) having lower portions inserted into these slots and upper portions with downward facing shoulders which rest against the disk, said lower portions having openings (33) below the disk and pin means (34) passed through said openings for releasably joining said slingers to said disk.
Apparatus to be carried by helicopter for distributing bulk material, comprising a downward-tapering container with an opening at the bottom end and three legs and also comprising a distributing assembly with essentially radial distributing fins, which rotate underneath the opening during operation, wherein the distributing assembly comprises a concave dish having an open top which faces the opening of the container in concentric manner, the dish being larger than the opening of the container and spaced therefrom so that the bulk material attains its angle of rest without overflowing the dish when the assembly is stationary, thereby preventing the escape of bulk material, the dish providing the sole means for preventing escape of bulk material when the assembly is stationary, the assembly further comprises a flat base disk having radial slots which receive said distributing fins, said fins being detachably connected to said base disk, said dish having a closed end which is received against said base disk and radial slots which receive said fins therethrough.
Apparatus to be carried by a helicopter for distributing bulk material, said apparatus comprising a downward tapering container with a bottom opening three legs, and a distributing assembly with essentially radial distributing fins which rotate underneath the opening during operation, wherein said assembly comprises a flat base disk to which said fins are fixed and a concave dish which is open at the top and faces the bottom opening of the container in a concentric manner, the dish having an inner surface which rests on the flat surface and is fixed to it, and slots which receive said fins therethrough, said dish being larger than the opening of the container and spaced therefrom so that the bulk material attains its angle of rest without overflowing the dish when the assembly is stationary, thereby preventing the escape of bulk material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.