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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175103 | Feed dispenser An improved feed dispenser is programmable to allow for a desired feeding schedule. When a feeding interval begins, a dispersion wheel begins operating. A separate spinner plate is used to block feed from the dispersion wheel, and begins operating to allow feed to t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6978952 | Sand/salt spreader An improved spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper. The improved spreader assembly includes a hopper and a retaining arrangement. The hopper has an upper section and a bottom section. The bottom section has a base surface... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932286 | Combination drop and broadcast spreader A spreader for distributing a material on a surface. In certain embodiments, the spreader may include a disk rotatable about an axis and having an upper surface extending substantially radially from the axis. A driver may operably connect to the disk to provide rota... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932287 | Spreader An improved spreader assembly adapted to be mounted on a vehicle having a tailgate and a bumper. The improved spreader assembly includes a hopper and a retaining arrangement. The hopper has an upper section and a bottom section. The bottom section has a base surface... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923389 | Uniform grain spreader A grain spreader includes a vertical shaft, a receiver for receiving the grain and distributing the grain to a diverter that is rotatably mounted on the shaft with an outlet that is eccentrically positioned relative to the shaft, and a spreader pan that receives the... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910646 | Aggregate spreader and methods of use An aggregate spreader having a container, a mounting flange, and a spreading assembly is provided. The container has an aggregate receiving cavity. The mounting flange extends from the container to removably connect the container to a stick of a tractor so that the ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6729557 | Particulate spreader A portable particulate spreader comprising a container having a closed end, an open end and a storage chamber for holding particulate matter therein is disclosed. A first handle is attached to a side of the container proximate the closed end. A second handle is atta... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6715703 | Spreader 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 openi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6637678 | Granular material spreader attachment for mower or other apparatus A granular material spreader for a mower or other apparatus, including a support column, having a support plate attached to it's bottom, for supporting the spreader thereon, the spreader being mounted to the shaft of the motor which when energized, turns ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6422490 | Rear mounted spreader with horizontal auger A rear mounted spreader having a horizontal auger. The spreader is ideally suited to spread bulk salt and sand, but can effectively be used to spread any spreadable material. The spreader is mounted to a vehicle and the auger is generally perpendicular to... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6161784 | Apparatus for conditioning and dispensing a mixture of wet and dry loose fill insulation material An apparatus for conditioning and dispensing a mixture of wet and dry insulation material is provided. The apparatus includes a hopper with a partition disposed in the hopper so as to define a wet material receiving compartment and a dry material receivin... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6149080 | Hopper spreader for a truck box The spreader comprises an elongated hopper which is mountable across the rear end of a truck box in an underslung fashion. When the end-gate of the box is opened, aggregate can spill into the hopper. The hopper forms a discharge slot along its lower end. ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6116526 | Implement for spreading granular and/or pulverulent material An implement for spreading granular material, such as fertilizer, wherein the flow of fertilizer from the hopper is controlled by the position of a metering slide under an outlet opening of the hopper. The metering slide has an indented asymmetric edge wh... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6092746 | Portable particulate spreader A portable particulate spreader comprising a container having a closed end, an open end and a storage chamber for holding particulate materials therein. A first strap handle is affixed to a side of the container adjacent the closed end. A second strap han... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089477 | Backpack spreader A backpack spreader comprising a hopper having an outlet port. The hopper holds chemical materials therein. A mounting means is for mounting the hopper on a back of a person. A flexible feed tube has a first end connected to the outlet port of the hopper.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5860604 | Motorized fertilizer spreader A motorized spreader for dispersing granular and other material, such as fertilizer, seed, and salt, or the like, provides improved uniform control of the flow of the material from the spreader. The motorized spreader includes a frame and drive train supp... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5813613 | Apparatus for spreading material and a dispensing rotor for use in apparatus A spreader wagon (1) comprises a container (10). A dispensing rotor (30) is rotatable in the container (10) for dispensing material through a dispensing outlet (21). A piston plate member (45) is movable within the container (10) for urging material into ... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5603452 | Stationary spreader A stationary spreader (10) which is activated in response to a signal from a sensor (118) indicating a condition of the adjacent ground surface, is described. The stationary spreader includes a bin (12), a spreader housing (34) and a control box (106) whi... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5501405 | Dispenser apparatus for spreading particulate material A dispenser apparatus for spreading granular material such as salt or sand. The dispenser apparatus includes a hopper that funnels the granular material down to a discharge spout for discharge onto a rotating spreader to broadcast the material onto a road... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5435494 | Spreader apparatus for spreading manure A spreader apparatus is disclosed for spreading manure. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the manure. The container also defines an outlet for the discharge therethrough of the manure. A rotatable fee... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5385403 | Mixing apparatus for mixing materials A mixer apparatus is disclosed for mixing materials. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the materials. The container also defines an outlet for the discharge therethrough of the materials. A rotatable ... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5381967 | Hopper which is vibrated so as to dispense product A flexible hopper made of rubber or other suitable flexible material which is driven by a motor through an eccentric drive so as to cause the hopper and a drive auger to vibrate to more readily dispense product in the hopper. One or more flexible fingers ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5379940 | Spreader apparatus for spreading manure A spreader apparatus is disclosed for spreading manure. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the manure. The container has a first and a second end zone with the first end zone defining an outlet for the... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5361711 | Apparatus for seeding, mulching, and fertilizing soil An apparatus for seeding, mulching, and fertilizing soil is described. The apparatus includes: a mixing tank adapted for mounting upon a motorized land vehicle for containing an aqueous mixture of seed and other soil conditioning materials; an agitator po... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5288028 | Apparatus for enhancing the feeding of particles from a hopper Apparatus for enhancing the feeding of particles includes a hopper having a central axis, walls of the hopper being concentric with the hopper axis above an outlet of the hopper; a sensor for sensing a desired flow of particles from the hopper; a shaft ro... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5275335 | Spreader apparatus for spreading manure A spreader apparatus is disclosed for spreading manure. The apparatus includes a container which defines an opening for the reception therein of the manure. The container has a first and a second end zone with the first end zone defining an outlet for the... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5123598 | Portable spreading devices A hand held spreading device is disclosed for broadcast spreading material via a rotating impeller. The device has an actuating assemly including an actuating member and a dual spring arrangement interconnected with the actuating member. One of the spring... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5046664 | Spreader A spreader for granular and/or powdery material such as fertilizer comprises a hopper having two delivery parts. Distribution members are provided under the delivery parts for broadcasting material fed to them from the hopper. The distribution members are... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5031546 | Hopper car discharge system A hopper discharge outlet unit for railroad hopper cars useful for breaking up large chunks of agglomerated material and permits continuous off-loading of the railroad hopper cars including a delumper mounted inside of a pneumatic hopper discharge outlet ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4949906 | Convertible dispensing system The present invention contemplates a convertible dispensing system for selectively dispensing liquids and particulate solids. The dispensing system includes a tank structure, with selectable particulate solids dispenser and a liquid dispenser, both positi... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4776519 | Device for spreading granular and/or powdery material Device for spreading granular and/or powdery material provided with a frame and a drivable spreader supported by the frame and during operation rotatable about an upwardly extending axis of rotation and a metering structure arranged above the spreader, th... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4765772 | Method and apparatus for filling voids in recycled asphalt Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for filling voids in recycled asphalt. When asphalt has been recycled through the use of a heater-scarifier-screed apparatus, inherently, the pavement surface has voids therein which render the surface porous. Th... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4609151 | Material spreader having multiple compartments and mixer Apparatus for spreading dry or granular materials such as lawn seed and/or lawn treatment chemicals that includes a support frame 18 rollingly supported by a pair of wheels 14 and a hopper 12 attached to the support frame that defines four substantially i... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4580730 | Rotary spreader A rotary spreader for particulate material having a hopper for the particulate material and an impeller adapted to broadcast the material as it is discharged from the hopper. The impeller has a ridge enclosing the central portion of the impeller and the i... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4532885 | Apparatus for applying internal coatings in hot vessels The present invention provides an apparatus for distributing a stream of solidifiable, finely divided, vitreous coating material onto a heated internal surface of a concave article, such as a tank or a reaction vessel, to form a smooth, uniform, continuou... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4408720 | Demountable wheeled liquid sprayer A demountable wheeled liquid sprayer comprised of an elongated handle having an angulated forward end portion supporting a battery driven electric motor with a depending drive shaft rotatably mounting a cup having inwardly and upwardly extending sidewalls... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4351481 | Centrifugal spreader, especially for granulated fertilizers A centrifugal spreader (FIG. 1) for spreading granulated fertilizers has a funnel-shaped hopper, a discharge outlet in the lower portion of the hopper, and adjustor means for adjusting the size of and shutting off the outlet. A drivable agitator is dispos... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4216914 | Material spreader The spreader assembly is located below the central fill opening in the roof of a circular grain or storage bin for evenly distributing the grain over the floor area of the bin. Grain is directed downwardly into a rotatable funnel shaped hopper, the bottom... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4205793 | Spreader A spreader which is for fertilizer or seed is adapted to be carried by a three-point hitch of a tractor, the spreader having two side-by-side hopper portions, each hopper portion having eight triangular-shaped wall parts terminating in a circular flat par... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4199108 | Apparatus for building up and repairing a refractory lining Apparatus for building up and repairing a refractory lining of an industrial oven or like hot-running vessel comprises a disc rotatable in a horizontal plane in either direction for centrifugally depositing a granular refractory material on a portion of t... | 04/22/1980 |
