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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Germain, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Emhart Industries Inc., Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
222623 ;
Abstract
A spreader for fluent material has a hopper having front, rear, side walls, and a bottom wall connected to the front, rear and side walls. A plurality of discharge openings are formed in the bottom wall and extend therethrough. Each of the discharge openings has a leading end and a trailing end. A guard member is positioned adjacent to and forwardly of the leading end of each discharge opening and extends generally vertically downward from the outer surface of the bottom wall. The guard member extends from the bottom wall within a range of 0.degree.-15.degree. relative to a line defining the vertical axis of the hopper.