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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Highway Equipment Company, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Dwayne Boelter, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Don S. Samuelson, Laurent, IA (US);
Tyler James Schlusemann, North Liberty, IA (US);
Nathan Andrew Marks, North Liberty, IA (US);
Assignee:
Highway Equipment Company, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 17/00 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01C 19/02 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 17/008 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01); A01C 17/001 (2013.01); A01C 19/02 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method for a centrifugal spreader to precisely spread particulate material across an entire field with increased application rate, swath width and driving speed by utilizing a tiered disk spinner arrangement fed by a conveyor and guided by a material divider and an adjustable chute moveable in rotation around the spinner disk to achieve a desired symmetrical or asymmetrical spread pattern.