Patent ID: 7497388
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A distributor for distributing a liquid medium on a ground surface, the distributor being adapted to be used with a spreader including a frame adapted to ride on the ground and carrying a reservoir connected to a pump feeding the liquid medium from the reservoir to a feed pipe, the distributor comprising: a hollow elongated beam adapted to extend transversally horizontally at a rear bottom end of the spreader, the hollow elongated beam defining an enclosure; an inlet in the hollow elongated beam adapted to be connected in fluid flow communication with the feed pipe; and a plurality of discharged holes distributed along said hollow elongated beam for distributing the liquid medium from the hollow elongated beam onto the ground surfaces, and wherein said hollow elongated beam defines a central distribution chamber, the liquid medium flowing into said distribution chamber through said inlet, said central distribution chamber having a plurality of outlets in fluid flow communication with distinct fluid passages, each of which leads to a respective one of said discharged holes, wherein said hollow elongated beam has a central section and two lateral sections extending in opposite directions from the central section, and wherein the lateral sections are internally divided in at least two elongated fluid passages, the distribution chamber being provided in said central section.