The cartridge spreader system includes a mobile cartridge spreader with a cartridge station configured to engage a cartridge and includes a locking controller for locking the cartridge securely into the cartridge station. The cartridge station includes an activator mechanism for activating and deact
The cartridge spreader system includes a mobile cartridge spreader with a cartridge station configured to engage a cartridge and includes a locking controller for locking the cartridge securely into the cartridge station. The cartridge station includes an activator mechanism for activating and deactivating an engaged cartridge. The cartridge spreader includes an activation controller for activating and deactivating the cartridge. Activation of the cartridge allows the granular product contained in the cartridge to flow out of the container, through a granular chute on the cartridge station, and onto a granular product launcher which launches or impels the granular product over terrain or other surface. When the cartridge is deactivated, the flow path is sealed stopping the flow of granular product. The cartridge itself includes a fitment that engages with the cartridge station. The cartridge fitment includes an appropriately sized metering gate.
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1. A system for distributing granular product, comprising: a spreader device comprising: at least one wheel to propel the spreader device over terrain or other surface;a particle launcher;a cartridge station configured to engage with a cartridge, comprising: a particle conveyor configured to facilit
1. A system for distributing granular product, comprising: a spreader device comprising: at least one wheel to propel the spreader device over terrain or other surface;a particle launcher;a cartridge station configured to engage with a cartridge, comprising: a particle conveyor configured to facilitate the flow of granules from the cartridge to the particle launcher;a cartridge activator, configured to activate and deactivate the flow of granular product out of a cartridge;an activation controller configured to control the cartridge activator and thereby control the activation and deactivation of an engaged cartridge;and a cartridge comprising: a container containing granular product;a fitment, functionally joined to the container, configured to engage with the cartridge station comprising: a fitment shell that mechanically engages with the cartridge station;a flow metering gate, comprising an aperture, allowing a flow of a granular material, the flow metering gate configured to mate with a granular chute on the spreading device; andan activator to activate and deactivate the flow of the granular material using a moveable shutoff plate that is mechanically actuated through an interface with the spreading device, the interface comprising a slide engager that mates with a knob on the cartridge engager. 2. The system of claim 1, the cartridge station further comprising: a locking mechanism configured to stabilize the cartridge after engagement with the cartridge station through engagement with complementary locking structures on the cartridge fitment when in a first position,the locking mechanism being further configured to release the cartridge in a second position and wherein further the locking mechanism is configured to be actuated a plurality of times between the first and second positions. 3. The system of claim 1, the knob on the cartridge activator comprising an engaging abutment that is configured to shift about an activation channel to actuate the sliding shutoff plate between an open activated position and a closed deactivated position when the cartridge is engaged with the cartridge station. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the spreader, when coupled with the cartridge, is configured to allow the granular product to flow at a predetermined, constant rate through the flow metering gate. 5. The system of claim 1, the spreader further comprising a frame with handlebars and an upright stand, the upright stand configured to allow the spreader to stand upright when not in motion. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the handlebars comprise the activation controller. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the granular product comprises ice melting granules, fertilizer, pesticides, granular soil amendment material, granular oil absorbent material, dusting products, granular floor cleaning product, grass seed, or combinations thereof. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the particle launcher is configured to distribute the granular product in a pattern over the terrain or other surface. 9. The system of claim 1, the spreading device further comprising: a rotatable arcuate plate that is configured, when in a first position, to alter a pattern of a distribution of granular product from the particle launcher. 10. The system of claim 9, further comprising: a second position wherein the pattern is not altered. 11. The system of claim 10, further comprising: a visual indicator that the rotatable arcuate plate is in the first position, the visual indicator being mounted to a radially extending arm portion connected to the rotatable arcuate plate. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the cartridge is prefilled with the granular product prior to engagement with the cartridge station. 13. The system of claim 1, the cartridge station further comprising: an agitator drive shaft that mechanically couples to an agitator driver on the fitment. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the agitator drive shaft, through the mechanical coupling to the agitator driver, causes an agitator to rotate within the cartridge when the spreader device is in motion. 15. The system of claim 1, wherein the fitment and the container comprise a single entity forming the cartridge. 16. The system of claim 1, wherein the aperture is sized based on a type of the granular material. 17. The system of claim 1, wherein the spreading device is an agricultural device. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the agricultural device is a lawn and garden device.
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