Apparatus for producing a fertilizing mixture

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A FERTILIZING MIXTURE OF A RAW CARRIER MATERIAL AND NUTRIENTS COMPRISING, MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY REDUCING THE RAW MATERIAL TO CARRIER PARTICLES OF RANDOM SIZES, OUTPUT FLOW INDICATING MEANS FOR PASSING CARRIER PARTICLES OF BELOW A PREDETERMINED SIZE SUITABLE FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW, VARIABLE CONVEYOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE MATERIAL REDUCING MEANS TO THE FLOW INDICATING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY VARYING DELIVERY OF CARRIER PARTICLES TO THE FLOW INDICATING MEANS TO MAINTAIN A CONTINUOUS OUTPUT FLOW THEREFROM, FLOW METERING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FLOW INDICATING MEANS FOR METERING FLOW OF THE CARRIER PARTICLES BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED SIZE AT A CONSTANT VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE METERING MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SOLID NUTRIENTS AT A CONSTANT FLOW RATE TO THE METERED CARRIER PARTICLES UNDER CONSTANT FLOW CONDITIONS, MEANS FOR COLLECTING A UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED MIXTURE OF SAID CARRIER PARTICLES AND SOLID NUTRIENTS FOR INTERMITTENT WITHDRAWAL OF QUNATITIES OF SAID MIXTURE, AND CONTROLLABLE LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE METERING MEANS FOR DELIVERY OF LIQUID AT A CONSTANT FLOW RATE TO THE METERED CARRIER PARTICLES UNDER CONSTANT FLOW CONDITIONS PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SOLID NUTRIENTS.