APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

• US 20150258926A1
• Filed: 03/11/2014
• Published: 09/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wick Construction, LLC
• Original Assignee: Wick Construction, LLC
• Inventors: Wick, Marcel
• Application Number:
  US14/204,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20150258926A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 13/0262 Mulches, i.e. covering material not-pre-formed in mats or sheets A01G13/0281 takes precedence; composition of mulches C09K17/52
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/42 mounted on the load-transporting element
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/182 solely for depositing

Abstract

An apparatus for distributing construction material, including a bucket having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a bottom, an aperture arranged proximate the front wall, and an auger arranged within the bucket between the left side wall and the right side wall, a conveyor positioned below the bucket, the conveyor having a first end and a second end, the first end proximate the aperture in the bucket and operatively arranged to receive materials from the bucket and direct the materials toward the second end, and a front end loader operatively arranged to support and control the bucket and conveyor.

Claims

1. An apparatus for distributing construction material, comprising:

a bucket having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, a bottom, an aperture arranged proximate said front wall, and an auger arranged within said bucket between said left side wall and said right side wall;

a conveyor positioned below said bucket, said conveyor having a first end and a second end, said first end proximate said aperture in said bucket and operatively arranged to receive said materials from said bucket and direct said materials toward said second end; and

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a front end loader operatively arranged to support and control said bucket and conveyor.

2. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 1, further comprising a housing secured below said bucket.

3. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 2, wherein said housing includes a motor operatively arranged to drive said auger with said bucket.

4. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 2, wherein said housing includes a motor operatively arranged to drive said conveyor.

5. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 1, wherein said aperture is arranged substantially halfway between said left side wall and said right side wall of said bucket.

6. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 1, further comprising a door slidably arranged proximate said aperture.

7. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 2, wherein said housing further comprises an actuator operatively arranged to move said conveyor.

8. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 7, wherein said conveyor is moveable about a pivot point proximate said first end of said conveyor.

9. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 7, wherein said second end of said conveyor is moveable along an arcuate path in relation to a pivot point proximate said first end of said conveyor.

10. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 1, further comprising an attachable chute for directing distributed construction materials.

11. An apparatus for distributing construction material, comprising:

a hydraulically driven control box;

a first motor connected to said control box;

a bucket including a bi-directional auger and an aperture, said bucket driven by said first motor and said bi-directional auger operatively arranged to move a material from within said bucket;

a second motor connected to said control box; and

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a conveyor driven by said second motor, where said conveyor is operatively arranged to receive said material from said bucket through said aperture.

12. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 11, further comprising an actuator connected to said control box.

13. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 12, wherein said conveyor is actuated by said actuator.

14. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 11, wherein said bucket comprises a first end, a second end, and a front end proximate said conveyor.

15. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 14, wherein said aperture is arranged approximately halfway between said first end and said second end and proximate said front end.

16. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 11, further comprising a door slidably arranged proximate said aperture.

17. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 11, wherein said conveyor is pivotable.

18. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 15, wherein said auger includes a first blade portion operatively arranged to move material from said first end to said aperture and a second blade portion operatively arranged to move material from said second end to said aperture.

19. The apparatus for distributing construction material recited in claim 18, wherein said first and second blade portions are co-linear.

20. An apparatus for distributing construction material, comprising:

a bucket having a front, a rear, a first side connecting said front and rear of said bucket, a second side opposite said first side and connecting said front and rear of said bucket, a bottom, and an aperture;

a hydraulically driven auger arranged within said bucket extending between said first and second sides, said auger having;

a first blade portion operatively arranged to move material from said first side to said aperture; and

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a second blade portion operatively arranged to move material from said second side to said aperture;

wherein said first and second blade portions are co-linear.