Patent ID: 7871024
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A manure spreader comprising: a box including a front end, rear end, and sides defining an interior and an opening; a manure transfer mechanism located at least in part within the interior of the box and defining a manure path of travel, the manure transfer mechanism for transferring manure in the interior of the box along the path of travel toward the opening of the box; and a vertical beater assembly located adjacent the opening of the box for engaging and expelling manure from the box, the vertical beater assembly including at least a first vertical beater rotatable about a first fixed axis in a first direction, the first vertical beater including a shaft having a first flighting forming a first helix thereon, and a second flighting forming an oppositely directed helix extending thereon, the first fixed axis generally transverse to the manure path of travel.