Dirt metering and spreading machine

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING PREDETERMINED METERED QUANTITIES OF BLACK DIRT ONTO A GOLF GREEN OR THE LIKE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOPPER, AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR ASSEMBLY HAVING AN UPPER RUN FORMING THE BOTTOM OF SAID HOPPER, A DOWNWARDLY CURVED DISCHARGED DECK DISPOSED AT THE REAR END OF SAID CONVEYOR AND OVERLYING THE SAME ADJACENT THE TOP THEREOF, SAID HOPPER HAVING THE REAR PORTION WITH THE LOWER END THEREOF TERMINATING IN SPACED RELATION ABOVE THE DISCHARGE DECK TO DEFINE A DISCHARGE OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE DIRT IS MOVED BY SAID CONVEYOR, A ROTARY GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL BRUSH DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF THE DOWNWARDLY CURVED PORTION OF THE DECK WITH THE AXIS THEREOF LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE UPPER RUN OF THE CONVEYOR AND BEING DRIVEN AT A PREDETERMINED RATE WITH A PERIPHERAL PORTION THEREOF DISPOSED IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION TO THE DEPENDING PORTION OF SAID DECK TRAVELLING DOWNWARDLY TO POSITIVELY METER AND SPREAD THE DIRT DELIVERED BY SAID CONVEYOR THROUGH SAID OPENING.