Patent ID: 8105140

Claim:
A method for spreading a material flow onto a field, comprising the steps of ejecting the material flow from a chopping mechanism of a chopping and spreading device; conveying the material flow to at least one guide element situated transversely to a longitudinal axis of the chopping mechanism; accelerating the material flow by the at least one guide element; conveying the material flow from the at least one guide element to at least one downstream spreading unit by a plane of conveyance in which the material flow enters the at least one guide element onto a spreading plane situated below the plane of conveyance; and distributing the material flow in the spreading plane by the at least one spreading unit onto the field, wherein said accelerating by the at least one guide element includes accelerating the material flow in a direction opposite to an acceleration that occurs in the spreading unit and wherein said guide element and said spreading unit are offset relative to each other in a longitudinal direction of said chopping and spreading device such that the material flow enters said spreading unit tangentially to a wall of said spreading unit.