Patent ID: 9313945
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A01C,A01M

Claim Text:
1. A vegetation treatment system comprising a transport for movement over a vegetation treatment area, said transport including a receptacle for vegetation treatment, at least one distribution apparatus, said receptacle having discharge structure to feed the vegetation treatment to said distribution apparatus, at least one connector coupling said distribution apparatus to said transport, said distribution apparatus comprising a housing having a top for receiving the vegetation treatment, said housing having an upper section and a juxtaposed lower section in direct flow communication with each other, a horizontal upper shaft in said upper section, an auger mounted on said upper shaft, a horizontal lower shaft in said lower section, a plurality of vertically disposed metering wheels and a plurality of spacers mounted on said lower shaft, said metering wheels being partially within said housing and partially exposed from said housing, said housing being configures as a split U-trough, said upper section being located between a front distribution wall and a rear distribution wall and side walls of said housing, one of said front wall and said rear wall having an upper section inwardly extending lower wall segment below said top and terminating inwardly of the other of said front wall and said rear wall to form a distribution opening therebetween which communicates directly with said lower section having said metering wheels, said other of said front wall and said rear wall having a lower section inwardly extending lower wall segment extending in an opposite direction from and below said lower wall segment of said upper section, said metering wheels being located in the space between said lower wall segment of said upper section and said lower wall segment of said lower section, and the spacing between said upper section lower wall segment and said lower section lower wall segment comprising a discharge opening whereby vegetation treatment fed from said receptacle to said auger is deposited by said rotating auger directly to said metering wheels from said distribution opening and is discharged by said rotating metering wheels from said discharge opening for application to a vegetation bed.