Abstract: A spreader vehicle, particularly for agricultural use in handling farmyard manure and slurry material ranging from free-flowing liquid to solid consistency, includes a body having one or more discharge openings in a lower part and conveniently to one side of the body, with a rotating impeller immediately outside the opening(s) for broadcast distribution of the material and a feed rotor, for example a large diameter auger, within the body and rotating in close proximity to its floor and at least the lower part of an opening for controlled feed of non-free flowing material through that opening. Preferably the impeller and the feed rotor are driven in the same direction of rotation about parallel horizontal axes so that the material is fed beneath both those axes, and the rate of passage of material through the opening(s) is regulated by a sliding door(s) or other closure means.

Abstract: The manure spreader includes a V-shaped hollow body having a longitudinally positioned impeller rotatively carried near its bottom. The impeller blades are arranged in oppositely generated helices to urge the manure both from the rear of the body and from the front of the body toward an outlet gate which is positioned in the body intermediate its ends. A rotary spinner is carried outwardly of the body in position to receive the effluent from the gate and suitable drive mechanism is provided to rotate the spinner at many times the rotative speed of the impeller. The spinner and the impeller are rotated by a common drive and an adjustable deflector may be provided to easily vary the spray pattern from the spinner.

Abstract: A manure spreader that includes a generally V-shaped hollow body having a longitudinally positioned auger conveyor rotatively carried near its bottom which can be raised or lowered to break up manure that may bridge over the auger conveyor. The auger conveyor has a set of individual blades arranged in a helix to force the manure toward an outlet gate which is positioned at one end of the body. A rotary impeller comprised of a set of free swinging manure blades is carried outwardly of the body in a position to receive and propel the manure from the outlet gate while a suitable drive mechanism is provided to rotate the impeller at sufficient speed so the free swinging blades extend radially outward to spread the manure over a wide area.

Abstract: The manure spreader includes a wheeled, V-shaped body having a longitudinally positioned impeller rotatively carried near the bottom of the V-configuration. The impeller blades are positioned on a multi-sided body and are arranged in oppositely generated helices to urge the manure both from the rear of the body and from the front of the body toward an outlet gate which is positioned in the body intermediate its ends. A rotary spinner is carried outwardly of the body in position to receive the effluent from the outlet gate and a suitable drive mechanism is provided to rotate the spinner at many times the rotative speed of the impeller. The spinner and the impeller are simultaneously rotated by a common drive, which may be a tractor PTO, and an adjustable deflector is provided in effluent path from the spinner to easily vary the spray pattern.

Abstract: A material-distributing implement which is mountable to the flat bed of a truck for distributing dry material in one configuration and liquid in a second configuration. The disclosed embodiment includes a frame, a hopper, three auger sections mechanically coupled in line with each other and an arrangement of mechanical components and features for converting the implement from the dry material configuration to the liquid configuration and back to the dry configuration. A first auger section driven by the truck's power take-off is supported between the front and rear walls of the hopper. Dry material in the hopper is transferred through an aperture in the rear wall to a second auger section which is also mounted to the bed of the truck. The final auger section receives the dry material from the second section and transfers this material to a remote location, beyond the rear of the truck, for distribution.

Abstract: A device for automatically closing the fine material pan on a manure spreader is disclosed wherein, after being released to a clean-out position, the motion of the fluid endgate is utilized to return the fine material pan to its normal operating position. A lost motion linkage connects the fine material pan to the arm of the fluid endgate. A retraction of the fluid endgate to a transport position through manipulation of a tractor's hydraulic system effects a closing of the fine material pan without the operator having to dismount the tractor.

Abstract: Apparatus for building up and repairing a refractory lining of an industrial oven or like hot-running vessel comprises a disc rotatable in a horizontal plane in either direction for centrifugally depositing a granular refractory material on a portion of the lining to be built up or repaired, a conduit having an outlet opening above the disc for feeding the granular material thereto, and a drive shaft for the disc and for mixing and conveying elements for the granular material in the conduit, these elements being capable of conveying the granular material to the rotatable disc in either one of the selected directions of rotation of the disc.

Abstract: A manure spreader paddle attachment is disclosed wherein a flexible extension is attached to the trailing face of the manure spreader paddle. This extension covers the outer peripheral toothed edge of the paddle to provide a capability for the paddle to scoop up and discharge liquified material yet deflects when the paddle encounters tough pen-packed material to permit the teeth to engage, shred and discharge the more solidified material.

Abstract: A spray device is disclosed that is mountable to a truck for movement therewith along a roadway for the purpose of spraying seeds, fertilizer or other solids or liquids onto the roadside. The device includes pivotably interconnected frames that permit pivotal movement of the device about horizontal and vertical axes. The frames releasably mount a portable blower and spray discharge mechanism at their opposite longitudinal ends. A duct interconnects the blower and spray discharge. It provides air for driving a spray discharge mechanism to eject a spray outwardly at a selected trajectory along a roadside area. Various modifications are shown for adapting the structure to spray a liquid mist or for spraying seeds or fertilizer along a roadside area. The device makes use of a portable blower that can be mounted to the frame or removed therefrom without modification.

Abstract: A dual purpose sprayer and spreader device capable of selectively distributing either granular or liquid material upon the ground being traversed. The device includes a hopper supported for travel over the ground, the hopper having a discharge opening in the bottom thereof through which granular material from the hopper falls by gravity onto a rotary impeller which throws the material laterally, the impeller being driven by the ground wheels. To distribute a liquid, a container of liquid, (such as a flexible bag) is inserted in the hopper, the bag having a dispensing tube extending from the lower end thereof, which tube extends through the discharge opening at the bottom of the hopper. The hopper is also provided with a slidable gate which controls the size of the discharge opening from fully open to fully closed and when the tube extends therethrough, the gate functions as a valve for opening and closing the tube.

Abstract: A liquid manure spreader uses a centrifugal pump to propel a slurry like product through a discharge assembly outward in a broad swath behind the spreader. The discharge assembly includes a plain nozzle having a contracting bore, a shaped deflector plate positioned in front of but at an angle with the end of the nozzle, and a guard plate for restricting the product discharge angle to less than 180 degrees. Structure is provided for evenly distributing the liquid manure in a swath about ten yards wide.

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: A vehicle has an upwardly opening bed mounted thereon within which manure can be stored. A manure spreader device is located at the trailing end of the vehicle, and a conveyor means moves manure from the interior of the bed into contact with the spreader device, whereupon the manure is uniformly spread over the terrain in the usual manner.A plurality of heated panels are attached to the underside of the floor of the bed. Each heated panel includes electrical heating elements therein which are arranged so that the floor of the bed is heated to a temperature which prevents the manure from freezing thereto.The panels are individually affixed to the floor of the bed in such a manner that they can be replaced.

Abstract: An apparatus for building up and repairing a refractory lining of an industrial oven or like hot-running vessel comprises a disc rotatable in a horizontal plane for centrifugally depositing a granular refractory material on a portion of the lining to be built up or repaired. A conduit feeds the material to the disc and a stationary cover is mounted over the outlet opening of the conduit and has outlet ports distributed about its circumference. The ports may be selectively closed.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing liquid manure including a mobile spreader tank to contain the liquid manure and adapted to be drawn by a tractor. A frame is supported by the three-point hitch of the tractor, and a series of soil working elements are mounted on the frame and are adapted to penetrate the soil when the frame is lowered. A delivery tube for the liquid manure is positioned behind each soil working element, and a flexible conduit connects each delivery tube with a valve controlled outlet in the tank. The liquid manure is delivered through the conduit system to the delivery tubes by an auger located within the tank, or alternately, by pressurizing the spreader tank.

Abstract: A liquid manure transport implement is provided with a vertically retractable loader and a spreader which are arranged to fit neatly within the general width and height dimensions of the manure tank on the rear end of the latter. An internally carried conveyor unit, associated with the loader and the spreader, has a pair of parallel, opposite lead augers mounted over the tank bottom in juxtaposition to the latter for swirling and agitating the manure within the tank and for concurrently functioning as conveyors during loading and unloading. The externally disposed spreader has a sump which extends slightly below the bottom of the tank to facilitate delivery of manure to the spreader by the conveyor unit during unloading of the tank.

Abstract: A liquid manure spreader having a tank for carrying liquid manure. An auger assembly driven by a power take-off from a tractor extends longitudinally along the bottom of the tank and delivers liquid manure to an impeller mounted on the back wall of the tank. The center section of the auger assembly is carried by a bearing mounted on the transverse baffle. The impeller discharges the liquid manure under pressure through a valve to a spreader structure. The spreader structure has a generally horizontal spreader plate which directs the liquid manure in a wide, relatively low spread pattern. A gate adjustably mounted on the spreader structure varies the density of the manure in the spread pattern.

Abstract: A spreader for liquid or solid farmyard manure. The spreader comprises a manure container, an unloading rotor and a manure pusher. The rotor is spaced above the level of the bottom of the container and discharges over the rear wall of the container. The pusher keeps the rotor immersed in manure to the correct depth. In this way both solid and liquid manure can be spread. The rear wall of the container slopes up to the rotor to guide solid manure to the rotor.