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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Alamo Group Inc., Seguin, TX (US);
Spencer J. Null, Peoria, IL (US);
Vladimir Feldman, Overland Park, KS (US);
Douglas E. Metcalf, Olathe, KS (US);
Robert W. Wood, Shawnee, KS (US);
Randal M. Wolf, Tonganoxie, KS (US);
Allen T. Joyce, Olathe, KS (US);
Alamo Group Inc., Seguin, TX (US);
Abstract
A spreader assembly may include a hopper configured for receiving a spreadable material, a removable cartridge configured for sliding engagement with the hopper and having a material transportation mechanism configured for receiving the spreadable material from the hopper, and a spreader configured for receiving the spreadable material from the material transportation mechanism and spreading the spreadable material onto a target surface. One of the hopper and the cartridge may include a roller having a roller surface, and the other of the hopper and the cartridge may include a bearing surface configured for rolling engagement with the roller surface. The cartridge may have one or more pull bars to facilitate removal of the cartridge from the hopper. Related methods are described.