Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coated brass metal coated with a corrosion resistant alloy. The corrosion resistant alloy is a tin metal alloy or a tin and zinc metal alloy. The corrosion resistant metal alloy may also include one or more metal additives to improve the coating process and/or to alter the properties of the tin or tin and zinc metal alloy.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 26, 2004
Publication date:
October 28, 2004
Applicant:
The Louis Berkman Company, a corporation of Ohio
Inventors:
Jay F. Carey, Mehrooz Zamanzadeh, Nicholas R. Hesske
Abstract: The dump body of a dump truck includes an opening in the bottom of the dump body through which material in the receptacle can be deposited onto an endless conveyor below the dump body. A spreader is removably mounted on the conveyor whereby material moved by the conveyor onto the spreader is discharged rearwardly of the dump truck. The conveyor and spreader unit can be extended and retracted relative to the dump body and can be completely removed from the dump body and the opening in the bottom of the dump body covered when using the dump truck in a dumping mode of operation.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 19, 2002
Publication date:
August 21, 2003
Applicant:
The Louis Berkman Company, a corporation of Ohio
Abstract: A shield for a vehicle mounted spreader device having a hopper and a rotating spreader element beneath the hopper to broadcast particulate material flowing from the hopper onto the spreader element comprises a top wall having an opening for material flowing from the hopper and a side wall extending downwardly from the top wall and circumferentially thereabout between opposite ends spaced apart to provide a discharge opening, and the side wall is arcuate between the opposite ends thereof and eccentric with respect to the opening in the top wall.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 8, 2002
Publication date:
August 29, 2002
Applicant:
The Louis Berkman Company, a corporation of Ohio