Patent ID: 6932286

Claim:
An apparatus for distributing a particulate material, the apparatus defining an axial direction and radial direction comprising: a disk rotatable about an axis aligned with the axial direction and having an upper surface extending substantially radially from the axis; a driver operably connected to rotate the disk about the axis; a paddle secured to the upper surface of the disk to extend therefrom in the axial direction and rotate therewith, the paddle having a first end and a second end and being aligned to rotationally engage the particulate material directed thereto and generate a centrifugal acceleration therein; and an adjustment mechanism providing securement of the paddle to the disk, and comprising a pivot pivotably connecting the first end of the paddle to the disk, the adjustment mechanism being adjstable to provide secured alignment of the paddle at a selected angle with respect to a radius of the disk, the angle being selected to slow the centrifugal release of the particulate material from the apparatus.