Spreader and hopper assemblies with lump eliminator

• US 3,072,290 A
• Filed: 05/26/1959
• Issued: 01/08/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles P De Biasi
• Original Assignee: Charles P De Biasi
• Inventors: DE BIASI CHARLES P
• Application Number:
  US03/815,970
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• US Class Current: 222/23
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/202 solely rotating, e.g. discharging and spreading drums
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 2019/209 with transverse auger
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 2019/2095 by tipping

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH A DUMPABLE LOAD CARRYING BODY HAVING A PIVOTAL CLOSURE GATE AT THE REAR THEREOF FOR NORMALLY CLOSING THE OPEN REAR END OF THE BODY, SAID GATE HAVING PROJECTING PINS ON EACH END THEREOF EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDE EDGES, SAID BODY HAVING A LATCH MEANS ADJACENT THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE REAR OPEN END FOR NORMALLY RECEIVING THE PINS AND HOLDING THE GATE IN CLOSED POSITION, A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING HOPPER HAVING AN OPEN END, MEANS ON THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE OPEN END OF SAID HOPPER FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID LATCH MEANS, MEANS ON THE REAR EDGE OF THE OPEN END OF SAID HOPPER FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PINS ON THE CLOSURE GATE FOR MAINTAINING THE CLOSURE GATE IN OPEN POSITION AND SUPPORTING THE HOPPER FROM THE BODY AND GATE, SAID HOPPER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL LOWER PORTION WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ARCUATE SLOT THEREIN, A DRUM ROTATABLE IN THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF THE HOPPER, SAID DRUM HAVING A PLURALITY OF FINS FOR MOVEMENT CLOSELY ADJACENT THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE HOPPER FOR DISCHARGING MATERIAL THROUGH THE DISCHARGE SLOT, AND MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE DRUM FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING THE DRUM FOR DISCHARGING MATERIAL THROUGH THE SLOT WHEREBY THE HOPPER MAY BE SUPPORTED FROM THE DUMPABLE BODY WITHOUT MODIFICATION OF THE DUMPABLE BODY.