Patent ID: 11865570
Assignee: SALFORD GROUP INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  E | IPC A  B  E

Claim 16:
17. A flow divider for a particulate material spreading apparatus, the flow divider comprising:
a base;
immovable walls extending upwardly from the base;
and an immovable splitter extending upwardly from the base, the immovable walls and the immovable splitter defining first and second channels, the first and second channels immovable and laterally situated with respect to each other in relation to a longitudinal axis of the spreading apparatus,
each channel comprising a funnel at a top of the channel for receiving particulate material from a conveyor of the apparatus and a discharge opening in the base at a bottom of the channel for discharging the particulate material on to a same rotatable disc of the apparatus, the discharge openings of the first and second channels being laterally spaced apart,
the first and second channels each further comprising a particulate material receiving surface, the receiving surface downwardly sloped at a non-90-degree angle from the top toward the bottom of the channel.