Spreader

Claim 1

A PADDLE FOR MANURE SPREADERS AND THE LIKE MOUNTABLE ON A ROTATABLE SHAFT TO EXTEND RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND COMPRISING, A BLADE HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT BODY AN INNER END OF WHICH IS ATTACHABLE TO THE SHAFT AND AN OUTER END OF WHICH IS GENERALLY ARCUATE, SAID BLADE HAVING A RADIAL LEADING END AND A RADIAL TRAILING END AND THE BLADE BEING MOUNTABLE IN A PLANE OBLIQUE TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT TO PROVIDE A MATERIAL DISTRIBUTING SURFACE AT ONE OF BLADE, SAID BLADE OUTER END HAVING RADIALLY INWARDLY EXTENDIING ANGULARLY SPACED CUTS FORMING A SERIES OF BLADE SEGMENTS BETWEEN SAID LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES, SOME OF SAID SEGMENTS BEING BENT FROM ADJACENT AN OUTER CORNER OF THE SEGMENT ALONG THE BLADE OUTER END AND TOWARD SAID LEADING EDGE TO ADJACENT AN INNER CORNER OF THE SEGMENT TOWARD SAID TRAILING EDGE TO FORM RAKER ELEMENTS PROJECTING FROM THE PLANE OF THE BLADE BEYOND SAID ONE DISTRIBUTING FROM THE PLANE OF THE MENT PROVIDING A LEADING MATERIAL ENGAGING RADIAL EDGE IN THE PLANE OF THE BLADE, EACH RAKER ELEMENT HAVING A NARROW LEADING END AND A RELATIVELY WIDE TRAILING END BOTH WITHIN THE ARCUATE OUTER END OF THE BLADE, THE LAST SEGMENT IN SAID SERIES ADJACENT SAID TRAILING EDGE OF THE BLADE BEING CUT OFF ALONG A LINE HAVING A FORWARD END ADJACENT THE FORWARD END OF THE SEGMENT AND ADJACENT THE BLADE ARCUATE OUTER END TO A REARWARD END SPACED RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID ARCUATE END AND AT THE BLADE TRAILING EDGE, AND SAID LAST SEGMENT LYING IN THE SAME PLANE AS SAID GENERALLY FLAT BODY TO FORM A SMOOTH CUTTING ELEMENT WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE FREE DISCHARGE OF MATERIAL FROM THE PADDLE.