Silage distributor

Claim 1

A SILAGE DISTRIBUTOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION AN ELONGATED FEED CONDUIT ADAPTED TO EXTEND VERTICALLY ALONGSIDE A SILO AND HAVING A LOWER END ADJACENT GROUND LEVEL THROUGH WHICH FEED MATERIAL IS RECEIVED FROM A FORAGE BLOWER OR OTHER MECHANISM AND AN UPPER END ADJACENT THE TOP OF SILO, A CHUTE CARRIED ON SAID CONDUIT AT THE UPPER END THEREOF FOR DIRECTING FEED MATERIAL FROM SAID CONDUIT INTO SAID SILO, DRIVE MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID CONDUIT AND THE CHUTE THEREON ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID DRIVE MEANS MOVING SAID CHUTE IN A FIRST DIRECTION FROM ONE SIDE OF THE SILO TO THE OTHER SIDE AND IN A SECOND DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION, MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID CHUTE ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TO CHANGE THE VERTICAL POSITION OF SAID CHUTE AS IT IS BEING OSCILLATED SO THAT SAID MATERIAL IS DISTRIBUTED IN A CLOSED CURVE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE SILO, SAID MATERIAL BEING DISTRIBUTED IN A FIRST PORTION OF SAID CURVE WHEN SAID CHUTE IS OSCILLATED IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION AND IN A SECOND PORTION OF SAID CURVE WHEN SAID CHUTE IS OSCILLATED IN SAID SECOND DIRECTION, SAID FIRST PORTION OF THE CURVE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN SAID SECOND PORTION OF THE CURVE, SAID FIRST PORTION OF THE CURVE BEING OPPOSITE SAID CONDUIT AND SAID SECOND PORTION BEING ADJACENT SAID CONDUIT, SAID DRIVE MEANS OSCILLATING SAID CHUTE AT A FIRST RATE OF SPEED IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION AND AT A FASTER RATE OF SPEED RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST RATE IN SAID SECOND DIRECTION, AND SAID RATES OF SPEED BEING PROPORTIONAL TO THE LENGTHS OF SAID CURVE PORTIONS.