Abstract: A hydraulic fluid manifold system for a spreader, the spreader including at least one bin for holding dry bulk material for distribution to at least one conveyor associated with the bin for receiving the dry bulk material from the at least one bin and transporting the dry bulk material to at least one spinner associated with the spreader.

Abstract: A hydraulic fluid manifold system for a spreader, the spreader including at least one bin for holding dry bulk material for distribution to at least one conveyor associated with the bin for receiving the dry bulk material from the at least one bin and transporting the dry bulk material to at least one spinner associated with the spreader.

Abstract: A plural bin metering system for broadcasting material ingredients contained therein over a ground surface. The system includes at least two material ingredient hoppers, each of the hoppers having a material ingredient discharge port. At least one of the material ingredient hoppers includes a variably controllable metering unit associated therewith for variably controlling the discharge of material ingredients therefrom independently from the rate of discharge of material ingredients from the other material ingredient hopper. A conveyor is disposed below the hoppers for receiving material ingredients discharged from the hoppers, and a material ingredient broadcasting device disposed off of one end of the conveyor for receiving material ingredients conveyed thereon, received from the hoppers, for broadcasting the material ingredients over a ground surface. The metering unit is capable of metering material ingredients from its associated hopper at ultra low rates.

Abstract: A method (600) is disclosed of generating a representation of a page (1500) to be rendered to a raster image (1600) of pixels. The page (1500) comprises one or more graphical objects (1520 and 1530), arranged in a rendering order. Each the object (1520 and 1530) comprises one or more edges and an associated fill. The method (600) comprises decomposing the objects (1520 and 1530) into a plurality of fillmap edges (1750, 1755, 1760, 1765, and 1770). The method (600) further comprises setting a reference from at least one fillmap edge (1750, 1755, 1760, 1765, and 1770) to a sequence of the fills to be composited to generate the colours for a span of contiguous pixels between the fillmap edge (1750, 1755, 1760, 1765, and 1770) and another the fillmap edge (1750, 1755, 1760, 1765, and 1770), or between the fillmap edge (1750, 1755, 1760, 1765, and 1770) and a boundary of the raster image (1600), along a scanline.

Abstract: A plural bin metering system for broadcasting material ingredients contained therein over a ground surface. The system includes at least two material ingredient hoppers, each of the hoppers having a material ingredient discharge port. At least one of the material ingredient hoppers includes a variably controllable metering unit associated therewith for variably controlling the discharge of material ingredients therefrom independently from the rate of discharge of material ingredients from the other material ingredient hopper. A conveyor is disposed below the hoppers for receiving material ingredients discharged from the hoppers, and a material ingredient broadcasting device disposed off of one end of the conveyor for receiving material ingredients conveyed thereon, received from the hoppers, for broadcasting the material ingredients over a ground surface. The metering unit is capable of metering material ingredients from its associated hopper at ultra low rates.