Material receiving, storing and discharging apparatus

Claim 1

A MOVABLE MATERIAL HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED BODY DEFINING A DISHED STORAGE COMPARTMENT HAVING A BOTTOM SURFACE AND ONE PORTION THEREOF FOR RECEIVING AND GRAVITATIONALLY DELIVERING MATERIAL ONTO SAID BOTTOM SURFACE OF SAID COMPARTMENT FOR STORAGE THEREIN; SAID BODY BEING SUPPORTED BY GROUND ENGAGING PROPELLING MEANS; DISTRIBUTING MEANS IN SAID COMPARTMENT ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS OF ROTATION EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM SURFACE, SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS COMPRISING A HUB MEMBER AND A PLURLITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ARM PORTIONS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID HUB AND SAID ARM PORTIONS HAVING AXIALLY ELONGATED SURFACES THEREON, RESPECTIVELY, AT LEAST SAID ARM PORTIONS BEING MOVABLE OVER AND ADJACENT A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF SAID BOTTOM SURFACE TO DISTRIBUTE MATERIAL THROUGHOUT SAID COMPARTMENT; AND AN ELONGATED MATERIAL TRANSPORTING MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT ANOTHER PORTION OF SAID COMPARTMENT AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID COMPARTMENT TO DISCHARGE MATERIAL THEREFROM.