Patent ID: 9380740
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A01C

Claim Text:
1. A handheld broadcast spreader, comprising: a hopper container; a spreader console attached to the hopper container; the spreader console comprising a motor for spinning a spreader plate connected to the motor, a distribution opening through which material is distributed, and an opening above the spreader plate with a closure member that closes and opens the passageway to the distribution opening to feed material from the hopper to the spreader plate; and a spreader control switch that turns on the motor to spin the spreader plate when engaged; said spreader control switch also having a connection to the closure member to move the closure member from the opening above the spreader plate to an open position when engaged to cause material to flow onto the spreader plate and out of the distribution opening to spread material from the distribution opening when the closure member is opened and the spreader plate spins, and to move the closure member to its closed position when the spreader control switch is disengaged; a horizontal track that comprises an opening that aligns with the bottom of the funnel shaped opening when the spreader control switch is pushed upward in order to control the amount of material that flows from the hopper to the spreader plate to be distributed.