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8180560 Apparatus and method for controlling a material flow using a simulated vehicle speed  
A method includes identifying a number of actuators used to release a material, where the identified number of actuators is less than a total number of actuators. The method also includes...
7543765 Self unloading pull-type trailer  
An improved self-unloading spreader has a front end, a back end, and sides defining walls of a container for holding material. The container has at least one opening in one of the walls through...
7540436 Truck bed mounted spreader  
A spreader assembly for spreading a material and for mounting in a bed of a truck is disclosed. The assembly includes a hopper and a frame for supporting the hopper in the bed of the truck. The...
7481384 Flow facilitator for a spreader assembly  
A spreader assembly for spreading a material and for mounting to a bed of a truck is disclosed. The assembly includes a hopper and a frame having an upper rail for supporting the hopper in the bed...
7306174 Broadcast width and location control for a combine spreader  
A work vehicle having a fluent material spreader comprising two counter-rotating variable speed impellers adapted to receive and broadcast fluent material. A right-side impeller broadcasts out to a...
7281675 Portable particle spreader/blower  
A portable, user shoulder supported spreader/blower unit includes an ergonomically configured housing which includes a section defining a storage bin for holding a quantity of salt or like chemical...
7104478 Material spreading device  
A material spreading device for spreading material over a targeted area includes a receiving portion for receiving a plurality of bags of material, a hopper assembly and a material moving device....
7066413 Electric hopper spreader  
A material spreading drive system for a hopper spreader having a conveyor and a spreader separately driven by two electric motors that are powered directly from the electrical system of the...
7045167 Solid particulate material application device  
A device for the application of solid particulate material to a target surface includes one or more containers for storing the solid particulate material and one or more transfer devices for...
6905077 Agricultural spreader  
An agricultural spreader (100) includes material storage means (1) for storing agricultural material (2), at least one material spreading means (4) to spread the agricultural material (2) onto a...
6786435 Twin discharge conveyor for a truck mounted spreader system  
A twin discharge conveyor mounted on a spreader truck is shown including two parallel mounted conveying mechanisms such as augers, belt conveyors and chain conveyors contained within a conveyor...
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...
6347753 Zero velocity spreading system for distributing particulate material  
A vehicle-mounted spreader for distributing material onto a surface while the vehicle is in motion across the surface includes a discharge spout for directing the material being distributed onto...
6262553 Control for material spreaders  
The present invention is a control system for a vehicle that utilizes a powered attachment such as a material spreader. Such a device requires the use of a high current drawing motor, which in turn...
6131818 Composted waste spreading apparatus and method  
A composted waste spreading (distributing) method and apparatus is disclosed. A storage hopper having a floor drag chain is employed to remove the composted material from the bottom of the hopper...
6092973 Dial-in ejector speed control for articulated trucks and the like having ejector type dump mechanism  
A material eject system includes an ejector mounted to a bed of a vehicle which is movable between a rear end and a forward end of the bed for ejecting material from the bed. The ejector is powered...
6089478 Spreader assembly  
A spreader assembly for spreading materials such as, for example, salt seed or fertilizer. The spreader assembly includes a motor and transmission drive assembly which is mounted outside of the...
6068200 Method for depositing snow-ice treatment material on pavement  
Apparatus and method for depositing salt granular materials upon a highway pavement at practical speeds. The deposition forms two narrow bands of the salt through utilization of two impeller-based...
5961040 Material application system with programming security  
A material application system and a method of using a material application system which incorporate both an input mechanism for use by a programmer to program the material application system and a...
5947391 Precision placement spreader  
A truck having a conveyor arrangement and a material spreader and a control mechanism to regulate the speed said conveyor arrangement conveys materials and to regulate the velocity the materials...
5931393 Salt-sand spreader with liquid injector  
A salt-sand spreader for use for spreading materials onto road surfaces primarily where icing or slippery conditions occur. The spreader includes an applicator for coating the particles with a...
5533677 Method and apparatus for spreading material  
A method and apparatus for spreading material including a container for the material to be spread; the container includes an open top for receiving the material, a front wall, a rear wall, a left...
5318226 Deposition of snow-ice treatment material from a vehicle with controlled scatter  
Apparatus and method is described for depositing salt-based materials upon highway pavements at practical speeds in a manner significantly reducing scatter. This is achieved through the expression...
5186396 Apparatus for spreading granular and liquid materials  
A granular and liquid material spreading system mounted on a vehicle. Granular material is moved from a hopper to a delivery system using hydraulic pumps and motors. The hydraulic system also...
5096125 Apparatus for synchronized spreading of granular and liquid material  
A granular and liquid material spreading system mounted on a vehicle. Granular material is moved from a hopper to a delivery means using hydraulic pumps and motors. The hydraulic system also drives...
RE33835 Hydraulic system for use with snow-ice removal vehicles  
A hydraulic system is provided including a hydraulic pump which is continuously coupled with the engine of a utility such as a dump truck utilized for snow-ice removal. When hydraulic implements...
5069392 Synchronized granular material and liquid spreading device with full hydraulic control  
A granular and liquid material spreading system mounted on a vehicle is disclosed. Granular material is moved from a hopper to delivery means by a hydraulic system. The hydraulic system for a...
4819880 Manure spreader drive system  
In a manure spreader for handling slurry material, an auger is mounted in the bottom of a tank and an expeller is disposed at an opening in the tank to discharge material therefrom. A drive system...
4732330 Drive gearbox and spreader implement  
A spreader implement and drive gearbox therefor are provided that incorporate a single gearbox for driving both a distributor assembly for throwing manure and the like out of the spreader implement...
4700895 Hydraulic metering control  
An apparatus for field application of particulate solids from an elongated boom carried on a self-propelled vehicle wherein the discharge rate of the particulate solids is accomplished through the...
4510883 Apparatus for distributing powdered material  
Apparatus and method for distributing powdered material uniformly in a generally vertical plane through an arc of about 180°, having particular utility for rock dusting underground coal mine ...
4498630 Drive mechanism for a manure spreader  
A manure spreader including a rotary distributor at the rear end and an endless apron having a span movable along the bottom of the body is powered from a p.t.o. or the like from a tractor to drive...
4480735 Cam actuated control for material unloader  
A material unloader is presented having a cargo box structure with front and side walls. There is a beater mechanism rotatively mounted transversely at the rear of the cargo box and an endless...
4442979 Spreader vehicle for solid and liquid thawing materials  
A spreader of granulated and liquid material, for a vehicle comprises, a granulated material vessel having three feed troughs extending substantially along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A...
4383536 Straw spreader  
Straw spreaders are normally controlled manually by the operator and it is therefore extremely difficulty to continually adjust the speed of the spreader so that the straw layer is reasonably even...
4373668 Spreader control  
A computer control technique controls a chemical spreading operation such as the spreading of a salt-sand composition from a truck hopper. The vehicle has a spinner motor controlled by the vehicle...
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...
4277022 Mobile material distribution system  
Apparatus for controlling the delivery of material from a moving vehicle using a "closed loop" feedback control. The error signal to close the loop is derived from a continuous measurement of the...
4266731 Dump spreader  
A dump spreader achieves both slow speed spreading and high speed dumping of material from truck body 10 having a bottom conveyor 11 and hopper-shaped side walls. A fixed rear wall 12 secured to...
4241879 Drive system for a manure spreader  
A novel drive system for a manure spreader is disclosed wherein an infinitely adjustable variable speed drive mechanism transfers power from the power input shaft to the apron assembly and a...
4230280 Vehicular spreader with digital electronic ground speed link  
In a system for spreading material from a vehicle, the ground speed of the vehicle is sensed by a low torque transducer which generates a train of electrical pulses or digital signal having a...
4212428 Hydraulic power and control system for granular fertilizer spreaders  
A trailer-type vehicle for transporting and dispensing solid materials over the ground includes a self-contained, hydraulic power and control system driven by one of the vehicle's ground engaging...
4196859 Spreader control  
A material unloader having a conveyor and a distributing unit includes a control assembly operative from the tractor or towing vehicle by a single hydraulic control. A jaw clutch is provided for...
4106703 Compact lawn spreader capable of mixing and widely spreading multiple lawn treatment materials  
A lawn treating spreader cart is provided capable of carrying, measuring, mixing, and spreading multiple lawn treatment materials while, at the same time, being compact enough for hand operation....
4098433 Hydraulic system for broadcast spreader  
A broadcast spreader having one or more spinners driven by hydraulic motors and a material delivery conveyor or auger driven by a hydraulic motor is provided with a hydraulic system including a...
4002272 Material unloading implements  
Spreader for farmyard manure has a moving wall to push manure to a discharge rotor. The wall is moved by a hydraulic ram located at the side of the spreader. The ram is coupled to the wall by...
3792709 SPREAD RATE CONTROLLER  
Apparatus for sensing the rotational speed of a shaft and positioning a control device in a position predetermined relative to the speed of the shaft, the apparatus being particularly suited for...
3776431 MATERIAL SPREADER SYSTEM WITH HYDRAULIC DRIVE AND SPEED CONTROL MEANS  
This invention relates to material spreaders of the type including: a hopper, a prime mover for propelling the hopper at predetermined speeds, a movable unloading assembly for spreading the...
3768737 GRANULAR MATERIAL SPREADER  
A quick-change granular-material spreader adapted to fit standard dump truck bodies through the chute openings in their tail gates, and including an auger feed and spinner plate rotated by an...
3722306 APRON DRIVE FOR A MANURE SPREADER  
A main drive for a manure spreader including a pair of sheaves adapted to be conveniently interchanged between an input shaft and a propeller or output shaft for maintaining a relatively constant...
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