Dispenser for lawn treating materials

• US 3,100,371 A
• Filed: 02/12/1962
• Issued: 08/13/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul C. Redmon
• Original Assignee: Paul C. Redmon
• Inventors: Redmon, Paul C.
• Application Number:
  US04/172,396
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• US Class Current: 56/16.8
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 2101/00 Lawn-mowers
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 43/14 with dispensing apparatus, e.g. for fertilisers, herbicides or preservatives
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 56/05 with material distribution

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION WITH A CONVENTIONAL LAWN MOWER HAVING A CUTTING BLADE AND SUPPORTING WHEELS, THE INVENTION COMPRISING, (1) A BODY MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID MOWER OVER SAID CUTTING BLADE, (2) A HOPPER MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID BODY MEMBER, (3) SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH IN COMMUNICATION AT ONE END WITH SAID HOPPER MEMBER, (4) A SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH AT LEAST ONE WALL OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND ROTATABLE THEREIN, (5) A DISC-LIKE FEEDER MEMBER LOCATED WITHIN SAID BODY AND MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, (6) SAID FEEDER MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE NOTCH FORMED IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, (7) A BAFFLE PLATE EXTENDING ACROSS SAID PASSAGEWAY AND SURROUNDING A PORTION OF SAID FEEDER MEMBER THEREBY PREVENTING THE UPWARD MOVEMENT OF MATERIALS THEREBY WHILE PERMITTING ROTATION OF SAID FEEDER MEMBER, (8) A FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEMBER MOUNTED ON ONE END PORTION OF SAID SHAFT, (9) A DRIVE SHAFT MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEMBER, (10) A WHEEL MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT MEMBER, AND (11) RESILIENT MEANS ADAPTED TO MAINTAIN SAID WHEEL IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF SAID MOWER SUPPORTING WHEELS.