Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Container for non-fluid material – and scattering means – Convertible or combined
Patent
1994-05-11
1996-01-23
Weldon, Kevin P.
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Container for non-fluid material, and scattering means
Convertible or combined
239 1, 239504, 2395535, 239670, 222623, 56 168, A01C 1500
Patent
active
054859638
ABSTRACT:
A granular fertilizer spreader which may be attached to a lawn mower (1). The spreader includes a hopper (44) which is secured to the mower handle (3), the spreader including drive wheels (9,10) which frictionally engage the rear mower wheels (7,8). An impeller (99) is rotated by the drive wheels (9,10), thereby urging fertilizer or other granular material contained within hopper (44) to exit through a series of orifices (73-84) located along the bottom surface (54) of the hopper (44). A discharge chute (134) entrains the fertilizer as it exits the orifices (73-84) and guides the fertilizer along a series of open channels (138-149), each channel terminating with an outlet orifice (152-163 ) through which the fertilizer is ultimately deposited upon the ground behind the mower deck (2). The drive wheels (9,10) are urged into positive frictional contact with the mower wheels (7,8) by a spring (187) that is secured to the mower handle (3) at a user selected point by a clamp (196).
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Friberg Nathan J.
Niskanen Floyd D.
Walto Joseph J.
Johnson David George
The Toro Company
Weldon Kevin P.
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