Abstract: A transportable tank is disclosed for use as a manure spreader or for distributing foodstuff for livestock in a cattle barn. The tank is adapted to be towed by a tractor and connected the tractor power takeoff through a chain and sprocket arrangement. Shallow conveyor screws are provided on the bottom of the tank and carry the substance therein to the front or rear depending on their direction of rotation. A circular plate is fixed to a hollow shaft connected to the chain and sprocket arrangement and has a plurality of ejection fan blades. Several toothed shredding rotors are disposed radially and mounted for rotation about their respective axes and orbitally about the axis of the circular plate. A planetary gear system with a fixed sun gear is arranged between the rotors and the hollow shaft. The circular plate with its fan blades and the rotors are accommodated in a cylindrical drum mounted about its periphery on rollers.

Abstract: An apparatus to be adapted to an agricultural trailer characterized by the fact that it allows the loading and unloading thereof without the need for any other engine or any labor by using only the motive power of the tractor to which it is hitched, the loading being carried out by picking up the product from the ground or from a silo and the unloading being carried out laterally or rearwardly of the trailer. The apparatus comprises a horizontal travelling endless conveyor mounted on the bottom of the trailer and a mechanical feeding and discharging vertical conveyor mounted on the trailer to load the product through its open top on the horizontal conveyor and to receive the product from the horizontal conveyor to discharge it out of the trailer.