Truck spreader apparatus

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A TRUCK, A TRUCK SPREADER APPARATUS COMPRISING, A HOPPER HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING AT THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF, MEANS MOUNTING THE HOPPER ON THE TRUCK, A BROADCAST TYPE SPREADER INCLUDING A SPINNER, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SPINNER BELOW THE HOPPER FOR ROTATION ABOUT A GENERALLY UPRIGHT AXIS OFFSET IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE FRONT-TO-REAR CENTELINE OF THE TRUCK TO ONE SIDE OF THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE HOPPER WHEREBY MATERIAL FROM THE HOPPER IS DEPOSITED ON THE SPINNER SUBSTANTIALLY AT ONE SIDE OF THE CENTER THEREOF, SAID MOUNTING MEANS FOR THE SPINNER INCLUDING SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE MEANS SUPPORTING THE SPINNER FOR SHIFTING MOVEMENT OF THE SPINNER AXIS LATERALLY BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE HOPPER TO PERMIT SHIFTING OF THE SPREAD PATTERN OF THE BROADCAST SPREADER IN A DIRECTION CROSSWISE OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE TRUCK, AND DRIVE MEANS OPERABLE TO ROTATE SAID SPINNER IN ALL SHIFTED POSITIONS THEREOF.