Patent ID: 7654292

Claim:
An erosion control device for constructing an erosion control wall comprising: a loading box for holding a filler material, the loading box having a material hopper, a filling chute and an implement attachment interface; the loading box further including a rotatable beater assembly and a rotatable auger assembly driven by a drive assembly wherein the rotatable beater assembly rotates through the filler material so as to allow the filler material to flow into the rotatable auger assembly; the rotatable auger assembly including a first auger portion that operably resides within the material hopper and a second auger portion that operably resides within the filling chute; the filling chute further including a compaction space defined between the second auger portion and a discharge end of the filling chute; wherein the compaction space is sized so as to compact the filler material before exiting the filling chute discharge end; and wherein the discharge end includes a flared collar with a tension member and is shaped to couple with erosion control bags that receive compact filler material from the filling chute and to directly deploy the erosion control bags along an operator directed path at a desired point of use or transport.