Patent ID: 6502689
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An apparatus for dispersing a bulk material over a selected area, comprising:a support means; a first housing mounted on said support means; a second housing; a pair of conduits interconnecting said first and second housings to provide a circuitous path; a sprocket rotatably mounted in each of said housings; a rope assembly including a rope disposed in said housing and said conduits, along said circuitous path and reeved about said sprockets, and a plurality of discs secured to and spaced along said rope; said sprocket disposed in said second housing having an axis of rotation disposed substantially vertically; said second housing having an opening disposed arcuately about a portion of the periphery of said sprocket disposed therein; said first housing having an inlet for feeding bulk material therein; and means for driving one of said sprockets, causing material fed into said first housing to be conveyed to said second housing and disposed therefrom tangentially relative to said sprocket disposed therein through said opening in said second housing.