Granular material applicator

• US 3,074,727 A
• Filed: 09/28/1960
• Issued: 01/22/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Emil A. Madison, Harry L. Sosalla, Raymond E. Coats
• Original Assignee: Emil A. Madison, Harry L. Sosalla, Raymond E. Coats
• Inventors: Sosalla, Harry L., Madison, Emil A., Coats, Raymond E.
• Application Number:
  US04/058,924
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• US Class Current: 239/590.5
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 15/00 Fertiliser distributors combined with seeders A01C7/06

Claims

1. AN APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING GRANULAR MATERIAL OVER THE GROUND COMPRISING A TRIANGULAR SHAPED CASING HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT PARALLEL END WALLS, DOWNWARDLY DIVERGED SIDE WALLS, AN INLET OPENING AT THE APEX THEREOF AND AN OUTLET OPENING COEXTENSIVE WITH THE BASE THEREOF, A DEFLECTOR MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING, COMPRISING A V-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING AN APEX PORTION AND A PAIR OF LEGS, SAID APEX PORTION BEING BELOW SAID INLET OPENING, AND SAID LEGS HAVING PERFORATIONS THEREIN AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID APEX PORTION, AND DISTRIBUTION MEANS COMPRISING AN INVERTED V-SHAPED PERFORATED MEMBER MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING AND EXTENDED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS AT SAID OUTLET OPENING, WITH SAID PERFORATED MEMBER HAVING AN APEX PORTION LOCATED BELOW THE APEX PORTION OF SAID DEFLECTOR MEANS.