Spreader assembly for vehicles and method for spreading granular materials
First Claim
1. A spreader assembly comprising:
- a frame with a longitudinal axis;
at least two bins mounted to the frame, two of the at least two bins being disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis and each including a bin movement imparting assembly, the movement imparting assemblies of the two bins being oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame and configured to advance materials longitudinally and in opposed directions toward adjacent ends of the two bins; and
at least one discharge movement imparting assembly mounted to the frame and being oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the frame and configured to receive the materials conveyed by at least one of the two bin movement imparting assemblies and advance laterally the materials.
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Abstract
A spreader assembly comprising: a frame having a longitudinal axis; at least two bins mounted to the frame, two of the at least two bins being disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis and each including a movement imparting assembly oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame and being configured to advance material lengthwise in opposed directions toward adjacent ends of the two bins; and at least one discharge movement imparting assembly mounted to the frame, oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the frame and being configured to receive material conveyed by at least one of the two bin movement imparting assemblies and advance the material towards a lateral end of the frame.
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Citations
26 Claims
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1. A spreader assembly comprising:
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a frame with a longitudinal axis; at least two bins mounted to the frame, two of the at least two bins being disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis and each including a bin movement imparting assembly, the movement imparting assemblies of the two bins being oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame and configured to advance materials longitudinally and in opposed directions toward adjacent ends of the two bins; and at least one discharge movement imparting assembly mounted to the frame and being oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the frame and configured to receive the materials conveyed by at least one of the two bin movement imparting assemblies and advance laterally the materials. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile trailer comprising a frame with a longitudinal axis, at least one rear wheel, and a spreader assembly mounted thereto, the spreader assembly comprising:
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at least two bins mounted to the frame, disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis and including a bin movement imparting assembly oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the bin movement imparting assemblies of at least two of the sequentially disposed bins being configured to advance material contained in their respective bins longitudinally in opposed directions; and at least one discharge movement imparting assembly mounted to the frame, forwardly to the at least one rear wheel, oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and being configured to receive material conveyed by at least one of the movement imparting assemblies and advance the material laterally, the at least one discharge movement imparting assembly comprising a discharge end substantially aligned laterally with at least one of the at least one rear wheel and a portion of the materials discharged is pressed onto ground by the at least one rear wheel aligned laterally with the discharge end. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A self-propelled vehicle comprising:
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a frame having a longitudinal axis; at least two bins mounted to the frame and disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis, at least two of the sequentially disposed bins including a bin conveyor oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame, the bin conveyors being configured to advance materials lengthwise in opposed directions toward proximal ends of the bins; and a discharge conveyor mounted to the frame, oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the frame and located close to adjacent ends of the bin conveyors and being configured to receive materials from the bin conveyors and to laterally convey the materials. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for spreading materials from a spreader assembly mounted to a frame and including two bins disposed sequentially along a longitudinal axis of the frame, the method comprising:
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conveying rearwardly material contained in a front one of the bins; conveying forwardly material contained in a rear one of the bins; receiving the materials conveyed forwardly and rearwardly from the front one and the rear one of the bins; conveying laterally the materials received; and discharging, at a lateral end of the spreader assembly and forwardly of at least one rear wheel mounted to the frame, the materials conveyed laterally. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A spreader assembly comprising:
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a frame with a longitudinal axis; at least two bins mounted to the frame, two of the at least two bins being disposed sequentially along the longitudinal axis and each including a bin movement imparting assembly, the movement imparting assemblies of the two bins being configured to advance materials longitudinally and in opposed directions toward adjacent ends of the two bins; and at least one discharge movement imparting assembly mounted to the frame and configured to receive the materials conveyed by at least one of the two bin movement imparting assemblies and advance laterally the materials. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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Specification