Title: Apparatus for dispensing particulate material

Abstract: Apparatus for spreading particulate material comprises a frame; a hopper supported by the frame, the hopper having a lower gravity-fed outlet aperture; a feed platform at said aperture; means for reciprocating the feed platform at said aperture relatively slowly in one direction and relatively quickly in the opposite direction; and an adjustable gate forming part of the hopper wall; all whereby the particulate material is dispensed from said hopper, beneath said gate when appropriately adjusted, by the feed platform as it reciprocates. Such apparatus may include a driven rotary feed brush for sweeping the fed particulate material in a downward direction, and constitutes a simple and inexpensive means for spreading top dressing and the like in an efficient manner.

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Inventors: Staniforth, Eric (Macclesfield, GB2)

Application Number: 06/193446
Filing Date: 1980-10-03
Publication_date: 1983-07-12
Assignee: Sisis, Equipment Macclesfield (GB)

Primary Class(es): 222/619 222/199
Other Classes: A01C7/16; A01C15/00; E01C19/20; A01C7/08; E01C19/00; B65G27/12
US Patent Ref:

0798001	August, 1905	Wilson	222/199
1343286	June, 1920	Schutter	222/199
1516954	November, 1924	Cole	222/619
1880287	October, 1932	Sifton	222/199
1968161	July, 1934	Nix	222/199
2338882	January, 1944	Todd	222/620
2854172	September, 1958	Buhr et al.	222/612
4288008	September, 1981	Amblard	222/614

Other Refs: GB233659GB273052GB407423GB779764GB858413

September, 1925
June, 1927
March, 1934
July, 1957
January, 1961

Primary Examiner: Tollberg, Stanley H.
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