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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6471431 | Spreader apparatus A spreader apparatus that is used in dropping a powdery cleaning mixture on a contaminated concrete surface. The apparatus is of a material dropping hopper type that will drop a predetermined amount and layer on a surface. A horizontal brush is attached t... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6321954 | Manure grinding fertilizer spreader A manure-grinding fertilizer spreader has a spiral-bladed cylinder (1) as a preferred progressively bladed cylinder (17) at a bottom of a funneled mobile hopper (11) with a grinder base (12) proximate a discharge aperture (13). In a small, few-animal embo... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6135036 | Broadcast spreader with replaceable spinner A broadcast spreader includes a perforated, dished spinner defining a concave upper surface which is particularly adapted to spreading pelletized mulch. The shaft upon which the spinner is mounted is jointed to permit sections of the shaft to be disconnec... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5706592 | Snow removal device A snow removal push board and snow barrow. More specifically, the invention is a snow push board made up of a generally rectangular board with handles on one side and a scraping edge directly opposite the handles. The push board is operated by grasping th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5485963 | Granular fertilizer spreader A granular fertilizer spreader which may be attached to a lawn mower (1). The spreader includes a hopper (44) which is secured to the mower handle (3), the spreader including drive wheels (9,10) which frictionally engage the rear mower wheels (7,8). An im... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5035352 | Adjustable apparatus for spreading mortar and method therefor This invention discloses an adjustable apparatus for spreading mortar onto bricks or blocks. The apparatus utilizes augers and is readily adjusted to extrude beads of mortar onto the proper portions of bricks/blocks having different widths. A trowel membe... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4884724 | Screw auger chemical applicator This screw auger chemical applicator is designed to evenly and non-cloggingly feed chemical or small seed onto a ground surface. Primarily, it consists of a pulley and belt train driven by a wheel in engagement with a trailing wheel of a pair of wheels mo... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4779776 | Seeding device A seeding device to dispense seed suspended in a gel or other carrier medium in either a continuous stream or discrete pulses. A coulter opens a furrow of earth to the proper depth and seed carried in a gel or other suspension medium is delivered in a pul... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4763819 | Spreader hopper with moisture guard A spreader for fluent material has a hopper having front, rear, side walls, and a bottom wall connected to the front, rear and side walls. A plurality of discharge openings are formed in the bottom wall and extend therethrough. Each of the discharge openi... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4650090 | Manual sowing apparatus for fine and coarse seed In a manual sowing apparatus a cell wheel 132 is provided which is drivable by a wheel disk 116 directly or via a reduction gear and which conveys the grain seeds from a receiving chamber via pockets disposed in the wheel to a discharge station. A plurali... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4632284 | Seeding device A seeding device to dispense seed suspended in a gel or other carrier medium in either a continuous stream or discrete pulses. A coulter opens a furrow of earth to the proper depth and seed carried in a gel or other suspension medium is delivered in a pul... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4630965 | Apparatus for sealing pavement seams Apparatus for sealing pavement joints or seams are disclosed. The apparatus includes a wheeled support platform which serves to mount a cylindrical storage container suitable for holding a selected amount of an asphaltic emulsion sealing composition. An a... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4508248 | Wheeled applicator for liquids An applicator for spraying material such as fertilizer on a vegetative surface for use in domestic horticultural purposes. The applicator has a pump for supplying liquid to spray nozzles, which pump is driven on rotation of the applicator wheels. The appl... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4449648 | Mobile spreader unit A mobile spreader unit comprises a tractor and a detachable hopper. The latter is defined by tapering front and rear walls and has a breadth permitting it to fit in between the rear wheels of the tractor. There is an elongate spreader opening in the botto... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4288008 | Agricultural spreader device of modular design for pulverulent material An agricultural spreader device for spreading seed and other granular material, the spreader being constituted by modular assemblies which are attachable to a central carrier assembly mountable on an agricultural machine such as a tractor. Each modular as... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4283014 | Mobile spreader apparatus drive system A mobile wheel mounted spreader apparatus has a material feed conveyor and a broadcast spreading impeller fan. A wheel driven drive train operates through a gear reducer to drive the conveyor at a speed proportional to the towed speed of the spreader appa... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4281780 | Herbicide spray system A herbicide spray system comprising a rotary lawn spreader in combination with a spray system comprising a fluid reservoir, pumping means and means for coupling said pumping means to said rotary spreader. The fluid reservoir is removable from the spreader... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4254897 | Seed and fertilizer metering mechanism for agricultural drilling machines A device for discharging particulate material, such as agricultural seed at a uniform rate comprises a hopper having a rectangular slot in the base, a driven roller having a compressible surface which contacts one side of the slot and a transparent glass ... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4251014 | Variably positionable transmission and drive assembly for a planter A transmission and drive assembly for a planter that can be transversely positioned on and selectively clamped on the planter frame at desired locations out of interfering relationship with the planting units. The transmission is at the end of the frame o... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4234105 | Hopper and feed wheel assembly for a fertilizer spreader A hopper and feed wheel assembly for a fertilizer or pesticide spreader is described. This assembly includes an open topped storage bin or hopper having a concave or "V"-shaped bottom with a flat center plat being disposed along the center or lower most p... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4202474 | Machine for spreading fertilizer and seed A machine for spreading fertilizer and seed in which the width of the machine with respect to its working direction of travel is greater than its length with respect to the working direction of travel. The machine comprises at least two individual machine... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4122974 | Variable speed planter seed drive An electrically adjusted and mechanically driven variable speed pulley transmission provides immediate and accurate changes to the seed dispensing rate of a planter. The variable speed pulley transmission is driven by a ground-engaging wheel and adjusted ... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4080911 | Fertilizer distributor attachment for a transplanter The present invention relates to a fertilizer distributor attachment that is adapted to be mounted to a conventional transplanter and powered thereby through a frictional drive system that includes a friction drive wheel associated with said fertilizer di... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4032074 | Material spreader A material spreader for the uniform distribution to the soil or to vegetation of particulate material such as fertilizers, pesticides or seeds. The material spreader comprises a hopper for particulate material adapted to be advanced along a given directio... | 06/28/1977 |
