Patent ID: 7712233
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A01C,E01C

Abstract:
1. A dispensing apparatus for particulate material comprising: (a) a vessel configured to retainably hold a charge of particulate material to be dispensed, said vessel comprising: (b) an auger having an axis of rotation and mounted within the vessel such that the auger axis of rotation is generally parallel to the inner surface of said back wall, said auger having a plurality of flights being configured and operable to move said particulate material within said vessel toward and through said outlet port; and (c) operator apparatus connected to rotate the auger about said axis of rotation and to longitudinally move the auger along the inner surface of the back wall from substantially the vessel upper edge to said bottom wall and such that the auger flights are maintained in close operative proximity to the inner surface as the auger dispenses said particulate material through said outlet port; and (d) wherein said auger moves the particulate material through said outlet port at substantially any longitudinal position along said inner surface of the back wall while removing the charge of material from the vessel from an upper surface of the charge.