Patent ID: 7121483

Claim:
A liquid manure spreading tool bar for use on a manure spreader comprising: a tank for transporting manure; and a manure pump having an inlet located within the tank and an outlet located outside said tank to supply the manure stored in the tank to said manure spreading tool bar; wherein said manure spreading tool bar comprises: a supporting frame externally mounted onto the tank in such a manner as to be movable up and down with respect to said tank; means for vertically moving the supporting frame up and down between a low position and a high position relative to the tank; a liquid manure distributor mounted onto the supporting frame, said distributor having an inlet for receiving manure and at least one outlet; a vertically extending telescopic conduit made of a rigid material, said telescopic conduit having one end connected to the outlet of the pump and another end connected to the inlet of the distributor so as to feed the manure pumped from the tank to the distributor whatever be the vertical position of the frame relative to the tank; and optionally a manure discharging pipe connected to each of said at least one outlet of the distributor, each of said at least one discharging pipe being made of a rigid material and being vertically movable up and down together with said frame and said distributor.