Vehicle-mountable particle spreader
OwnerPerry Saulsinventor
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Abstract
A spreader device for distributing particles over a large area of ground includes: (a) a hollow, barrel-shaped body including a distribution door covering an opening at a front, lower end of the barrel-shaped body, and a fill door covering an opening in an upper, rear portion of the barrel-shaped body; (b) a frame on which the barrel-shaped body is mounted at a forward angle, with the front portion of the barrel-shaped body being substantially lower than the rear portion; (c) a remote-operated door opening mechanism attached to the barrel-shaped body for periodically opening and closing the door; and (d) a remote switch mechanism for activating the door opening mechanism.
Claims12
A spreader device for distributing particles over a substantial area of ground, the spreader device comprising:
- (a) a hollow, barrel-shaped body comprising a distribution door covering an opening at a front, lower end of the barrel-shaped body, and a fill door covering an opening in an upper, rear portion of the barrel-shaped body;
- (b) a frame on which the barrel-shaped body is mounted at a forward angle, with the front portion of the barrel-shaped body being substantially lower than the rear portion;
- (c) a remote-operated door opening mechanism attached to the barrel-shaped body for periodically opening and closing the distribution door;
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- (d) a remote switch mechanism for activating the door opening mechanism;
- wherein the spreader device is mounted on a bed of a two-wheeled cart, with a front face of the barrel-shaped body facing forward on the cart;
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- wherein the cart is detachably coupleable to the rear of an all-terrain vehicle, and the switch mechanism is attachable to a handle bar of the all-terrain vehicle.
A spreader device for distributing particles over a substantial area of ground, the spreader device comprising:
- (a) a hollow, barrel-shaped body comprising a distribution door covering an opening at a front lower end of the barrel-shaped body, and a fill door covering an opening in an upper, rear portion of the barrel-shaped body;
- (b) a frame on which the barrel-shaped body is mounted at a forward angle, with the front portion of the barrel-shaped body being substantially lower than the rear portion;
- (c) a remote-operated door opening mechanism attached to the barrel-shaped body for periodically opening and closing the distribution door;
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- (d) a remote switch mechanism for activating the door opening mechanism;
- wherein the frame comprises at least two cables suspended from a horizontally oriented end portion of a beam;
- the cables being strapped to the front and rear portions of the barrel-shaped body;
- the barrel-shaped body being suspended from the beam in an angled position wherein the front portion of the barrel-shaped body is in a substantially lower position than the rear portion of the barrel-shaped body;
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- wherein the spreader device further comprises a central rod attached at an upper end to the beam and at a lower end to the barrel-shaped body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.