Material conveying and scattering implement

Claim 1

A SELF-LOADING MATERIAL CONVEYING AND SCATTERING IMPLEMENT COMPRISING: A MAIN FRAME HAVING TRANSVERSELY SPACED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDE ELEMENTS; A PAIR OF WHEELS RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID SIDE FRAME ELEMENTS ON AN AXIS TRANSVERSE WITH RESPECT THERETO FOR SUPPORTING SAID FRAME UPON THE GROUND FOR MOVEMENT IN FORWARD AND REVERSE DIRECTIONS, SAID WHEELS BEING RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF SAID FRAME ELEMENTS; A PAIR OF UPSTANDING SUPPORTS RESPECTIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ELEMENTS AND SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF SAID MOVEMENT; A PART-CYLINDRICAL MATERIAL CONTAINER HAVING A SIDE WALL JOINED TO SPACED, PARALLEL OPPOSITE END WALLS, SAID END WALLS AND SIDE WALL MUTUALLY DEFINING AN OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A MAJOR AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID END WALLS, SCOOP MEANS JOINED TO SAID SIDE WALL AT ONE SIDE OF SAID OPENING; A SHAFT ROTATABLY JOURNALED IN SAID END WALLS AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID CONTAINER ON A FIRST AXIS ADJACENT SAID MAJOR AXIS; A PLURALITY OF FLAIL ELEMENTS SECURED TO SAID SHAFT IN SAID CONTAINER AT SPACED INTERVALS THEREALONG AND NORMALLY HANGING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM; MEANS RESPECTIVELY ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID END WALLS ON SAID SUPPORTS ON A SECOND AXIS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID END WALLS AND CONTAINER PARALLEL AND ECCENTRIC WITH RESPECT TO SAID MAJOR AXIS, SAID CONTAINER BEING TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTS, SAID SIDE FRAME ELEMENTS AND SAID WHEELS, SAID SECOND AXIS BEING POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST AXIS SO THAT SAID CONTAINER HAS A FIRST ROTATIONAL POSITION WITH SAID OPENING FACING GENERALLY REARWARDLY AND WITH SAID SCOOP MEANS INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY ADJACENT THE GROUND FOR LOADING MATERIAL THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO SID CONTAINER WHEN SAID IMPLEMENT IS MOVED REARWARDLY, AND A SECOND ROTATIONAL POSITION WITH SAID OPENING FACING GENERALLY UPWARDLY AND SAID SIDE WALL SPACED FROM THE GROUND THEREBY TO DISTRIBUTE SCOOP MATERIAL AROUND SAID FLAIL ELEMENTS AND TO CONVEY SAID MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ROTATING SAID CONTAINER BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS THEREOF; AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ROTATING SAID SHAFT WHEREBY AID FLAIL ELEMENTS SCATTER SAID MATERIAL CONTAINED IN SAID CONTAINER IN SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENING DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID IMPLEMENT IN SAID FORWARD DIRECTION; SAID AXIS OF SAID WHEELS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID END WALLS AND SAID CONTAINER WHEN IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREOF.