Spreader
AssigneeThe Louis Berkman Company
InventorsJames A. Kost, Josh Vyrostek
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Abstract
A spreader assembly is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper. The spreader includes a hopper having an upper section and a bottom section, the bottom section having a lower material discharge chamber terminating in a lower discharge opening; a broadcast spreader positioned beneath said discharge opening; and a spill plate to at least partially regulate the flow of particulate material through the discharge opening.
Claims34
An improved spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper, the improvement comprising a hopper having an upper section and a bottom section, said bottom section having a lower material discharge chamber terminating in a lower discharge opening;
- a motor;
- a motor shaft driven by said motor;
- a broadcast spreader positioned beneath said discharge opening;
- and a spill plate including a mounting portion that receives said motor shaft such that said spill plate is adjustable along said motor shaft, said spill plate adapted to at least partially regulate the flow of particulate material through said discharge opening.
A spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper, the spreader comprising a hopper having an upper section and a bottom section, said bottom section having a lower material discharge chamber terminating in a lower discharge opening and a bottom surface adapted to rest directly on the bumper;
- a broadcast spreader positioned beneath said discharge opening;
- and a spill plate to at least partially regulate the flow of particulate material through said discharge opening.
A spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper, the spreader comprising a hopper having an upper section and a bottom section, said bottom section having a lower discharge chamber terminating in a lower discharge opening;
- a motor shaft adapted to engage a motor;
- a broadcast spreader positioned beneath said discharge opening;
- and a spill plate receiving a portion of said motor shaft, wherein said spill plate is adapted to adjustably mounted to said motor shaft at a plurality of axial locations along said motor shaft;
- said spill plate adapted to at least partially regulate the flow of particulate material through said discharge opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.