Device for marking the path along the ground of a rolling wheel
OwnerRichard J. Kadyinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for marking the path along the ground of a rolling wheel, comprising: a container having a perimeter, and a single opening along the perimeter for dispensing a marking substance contained within the container, and a sliding gate covering the opening, the gate slidable from a closed position in which it fully covers the opening, to open positions wherein progressively more of the opening is exposed, to adjust the delivery of the marking substance through the opening. The device is mounted to the outside of the wheel so that it rotates with the wheel, the container thereby dispensing the marking substance by gravity when the container opening is rotated by the wheel rotation to a position in which the substance can fall from the container.
Claims8
A device for marking the path along the ground of a fertilizer spreader having at least one rolling wheel, comprising:
- a container having an outside and a perimeter, and a single relatively large opening along the perimeter for dispensing by gravity a solid marking substance contained within the container;
- a one-piece, flat sliding gate on the outside of the container and covering the opening, the gate slidable from a closed position in which it fully covers the opening, to open positions wherein progressively more of the opening is exposed, to adjust the delivery of the marking substance through the opening;
- a gate support in which the gate is received and slides, the gate support affixed to the outside of the container;
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- means for removably mounting the container to the wheel, so that it rotates with the wheel, the container thereby dispensing the marking substance by gravity when the container opening is rotated by the wheel rotation to a position in which the substance can fall from the container.
A device for marking the path along the ground of a fertilizer spreader having at least one rolling wheel, comprising:
- a container with a round base and an elongated round portion projecting from the base, and tapered to a more narrow diameter at its distal end, the container base having an outside and a perimeter, and a single relatively large opening along the perimeter for dispensing by gravity a solid marking substance contained within the container;
- a one piece, flat sliding gate on the outside of the perimeter of the container and covering the opening, the gate slidable from a closed position in which it fully covers the opening, to open positions wherein progressively more of the opening is exposed, to adjust the delivery of the marking substance through the opening;
- a gate support in which the gate is received and slides, the gate support affixed to the outside of the perimeter of the container;
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- two part hook and loop fastener means for removably mounting the container to the wheel, so that it rotates with the wheel, the container thereby dispensing the marking substance by gravity when the container opening is rotated by the wheel rotation to a position in which the substance can fall from the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.