A metering device for applying casing soil on compost for raising mushrooms or the like.

摘要

A metering device for applying casing soil on compost for raising mushrooms or the like, said device being provided with a hopper (1) for accommodating casing soil supplied by transport means (32), for example, and with spreading means, whereby a shaft (7) provided with blades (13), which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, is disposed inside the hopper (1), under an inlet opening (6) located at the upper side of the hopper, the pitch of the blades on the one part of the shaft being opposed to the pitch of the blades on the other part of the shaft, whilst a further shaft (8), which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, is disposed under said shaft (7), above a trough-shaped bottom (3) of the hopper, near a substantially horizontally extending ejection slot (22), said further shaft (8) being provided with ejection means (17), by which the casing soil can be discharged from the hopper (1) via the ejection slot (22), whilst means (10,11,12) are provided for rotating both shafts (7,8).