Patent ID: 8511589

Claim:
A material spreader adapted to dispense granular material from a vehicle, the material spreader comprising: a feed chute having a discharge opening; and a discharge disc assembly disposed below the feed chute, the discharge disc assembly including: a spinner disc adapted to receive granular material from the feed chute, a shroud disposed in at least partial covering relation to the spinner disc, and a rotational drive operatively connected to the spinner disc such that the spinner disc is rotatable within the shroud about a rotational axis, wherein the shroud includes a pass-through opening disposed in substantially aligned relation with the discharge opening of the feed chute at a position radially removed from the rotational axis; wherein the discharge disc assembly is rotatably mounted in pivoting relation about a pivot axis extending through the pass-through opening and the discharge opening of the feed chute such that the discharge disc assembly is selectively rotatable through an angle about the pivot axis.