| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 239159000 | Spray boom or bar type distributor | 45 |
| 20110132996 | ATTACHABLE ENCLOSED SLURRY SPREADER - A device for distributing a slurry to a roadbed or other surface is described herein. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120000991 | Spraying Apparatus And Agricultural Field Sprayer Having The Same - A spraying apparatus ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120091227 | DRIFT SHROUD SYSTEM FOR SPRAY BOOMS OF TURF SPRAYER - A turf sprayer has a truss shaped center boom and a pair of pivotal truss shaped wing booms within which spaced spray nozzles are supported. A drift shroud system comprises three integral and one-piece drift shrouds comprising a center shroud for the center boom and a pair of side shrouds for the wing booms. Each shroud is attached to an underside of the corresponding boom in a manner such that the shrouds project below the booms and not substantially above the booms to leave the truss-shapes of the booms open and unobscured to provide access to the spray nozzles within the booms. The shrouds each have openings in a top wall thereof for receiving the spray exiting from the nozzles with the spray passing downwardly between spaced front and rear walls of the shrouds. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120273590 | ADHESIVELY BONDED FRAME SECTION FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER BOOM - An adhesively bonded frame section for an agricultural sprayer boom is provided. One agricultural sprayer boom section includes a first support member and a second support member disposed adjacent to the first support member. The boom section also includes a side plate adhesively bonded to a first lateral side of the first support member, and to a first lateral side of the second support member to couple the first support member to the second support member. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120273591 | AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER BOOM HAVING ALIGNED MAST AND CENTER SECTION - An agricultural sprayer boom assembly is provided that includes a center section having a first frame configured to support left and right wing sections of the agricultural sprayer boom assembly. The agricultural sprayer boom assembly also includes a mast having a second frame coupled to the first frame, and configured to support the first frame during operation and transport. The first and second frames are aligned with one another along a direction of travel. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130043326 | Liquid dispensing system - A liquid dispensing system that includes a carrier having a storage tank disposed thereon for storing a liquid product. A boom is coupled to the carrier and includes a distribution hose through which the liquid product flows from the storage tank and into a number of liquid placement apparatuses. Each liquid placement apparatus includes a drop assembly coupled to the boom and extending downward. A base assembly is coupled to the lower end of the drop assembly and a hose assembly extends from the distribution hose to the base assembly. A lower hose assembly is protected within the base assembly and includes a pair of dribble hoses extruding from the base assembly. The liquid product is delivered proximate to the ground surface through the dribble hoses. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130062432 | BOOM ASSEMBLY JOINTS - A boom structure for a mobile agricultural implement. The boom structure includes a first transversely extending beam member having a first protrusion. The boom structure includes a second transversely extending beam member having a second protrusion. The second transversely extending beam member is spatially offset from the first transversely extending beam member. A plurality of first coupling members are coupled to the first protrusion and a plurality of second coupling members coupled to the second protrusion. A plurality of connecting members are coupled to the first and second coupling members to connect the first and second transversely extending beam members. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140014737 | SPRAY BAR SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE - A spray bar suspension device for an agricultural vehicle, including a stationary frame, a right bar holder and a left bar holder that are pivotably mounted on said stationary frame, and damping elements inserted between each of said holders and the stationary frame, where the damping elements include:
| 01-16-2014 |
| 20140231543 | BOOM ASSEMBLY JOINTS - A boom structure for a mobile agricultural implement. The boom structure includes a first transversely extending beam member having a first protrusion. The boom structure includes a second transversely extending beam member having a second protrusion. The second transversely extending beam member is spatially offset from the first transversely extending beam member. A plurality of first coupling members are connected to the first protrusion and a plurality of second coupling members connected to the second protrusion. A plurality of connecting members are connected to the first and second coupling members to connect the first and second transversely extending beam members. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140263730 | DROP NOZZLE - The application is generally directed towards a drop nozzle for an agricultural sprayer. The drop nozzle can be used to reduce spray drift as liquids are deposited by the sprayer. The drop nozzle includes a valve assembly including a shutoff valve, a tube operably connected to the valve assembly, and an airfoil connected to the tube. The shutoff valve selectively prevents fluid flow from the valve assembly to the tube and the airfoil directs airflow around one or more portions of the drop nozzle. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140263731 | SPRAY BOOM DESIGN - A spray boom system is disclosed that provides substantially equal solution paths to a plurality of nozzles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140284400 | GEAR FLOW DIVIDER FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT INJECTION - This application discusses, among other things, agricultural equipment and more particularly agricultural chemical applicators. In an example, an agricultural sprayer system can include a first boom section configured to receive a carrier material and a chemical material and to provide an agricultural chemical mixture, the boom section having a plurality of nozzles for spraying the chemical mixture; and a first rod insert coupled to an end cap of the boom section, the rod insert configured to reduce the volume of the boom section and to provide increased flow velocity of the chemical mixture to each of the plurality of nozzles. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150028127 | SLURRY SPREADER - An apparatus can include a trough configured to be removably attached to a discharge chute and receive a slurry discharged therefrom. The apparatus can include a basin connected to a lower end of the trough, and can include a plurality of drainage nozzles disposed along a bottom of the basin and configured to concurrently distribute the slurry to a plurality of locations where the plurality of drainage nozzles includes an adjustable drainage nozzle. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150053788 | PESTICIDE SPRAYER - An electric pesticide sprayer includes: a wagon type body including a driving wheel formed at a lower portion of the body and a box with an inner space formed at an upper portion of the body; a tank provided inside the box to store a pesticide; an impeller provided inside the box, and connected to the tank to convey the pesticide stored in the tank; a distribution unit provided at an end of the impeller to distribute the conveyed a pesticide in left and right directions; left and right hydraulic units connected to distribution unit and installed at front left and right of the wagon type body; and a sprayer including vertical pipes installed at the left and right hydraulic units, respectively, horizontal pipes connected to lower peripheries of the vertical pipes, respectively, and multiple injection nozzles provided at the vertical pipe and the horizontal pipe, respectively. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150122911 | ADHESIVELY BONDED FRAME SECTION FOR AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER BOOM - An adhesively bonded frame section for an agricultural sprayer boom is provided. One agricultural sprayer boom section includes a first support member and a second support member disposed adjacent to the first support member. The boom section also includes a side plate adhesively bonded to a first lateral side of the first support member, and to a first lateral side of the second support member to couple the first support member to the second support member. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150352603 | Machine For Working A Surface With A High-Pressure Water Jet - A machine for working a surface with a high-pressure water jet, comprising a mobile chassis ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150367358 | HYBRID FLOW NOZZLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150369407 | Air Aspiration Device - Embodiments of the invention provide a removable clamp for coupling an adaptor to a pipe delivering a solution, the removable clamp having a button in order to maintain an angular relationship between the adapter and the pipe. Other embodiments of the invention provide a fluid delivery system having clamps with buttons coupling a tee adaptor to sections of a boom in order to maintain an angular relationship between the sections of the boom. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160000003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METERING AND DISTRIBUTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - An agricultural implement includes a first storage container mounted on a frame of the agricultural implement and configured to store a solid particulate agricultural product and a second storage container mounted on the frame and configured to store a liquid. The agricultural implement also includes at least one arm configured to extend laterally outward from the frame, and each of the at least one arms has at least one first nozzle for distributing the solid particulate agricultural product and at least one second nozzle for distributing the liquid. An air metering system includes an auger assembly configured to meter the solid particulate agricultural product from the first storage container into a pneumatic distribution hose, and an air flow in the pneumatic distribution hose is configured to transfer the solid particulate agricultural product toward the at least one first nozzle as the agricultural implement travels across a field. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160015020 | SPRAY SYSTEM WITH SPEED-BASED PRESSURE CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Spray systems and control systems for use with spray systems are provided. A spray system generally includes a tank configured to hold a product, a conduit in fluid communication with the tank, a pump in fluid communication with the conduit, a flow controller, a plurality of electrically actuated nozzle assemblies in fluid communication with the conduit, and a pressure controller. The flow controller is configured to regulate a flow rate of product through the conduit based on a travel speed of the system. The plurality of nozzle assemblies is configured to dispense the product such that an upstream nozzle pressure is established within the conduit. The pressure controller is configured to control at least one operating parameter of at least one of the nozzle assemblies based at least in part on speed information indicative of the travel speed of the system to maintain a substantially constant upstream nozzle pressure. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160183476 | Mobile Plant Service System and Components Therefor - A mobile plant service system for treating plants in a crop growing area includes a transport device deployed for moving across the crop growing area. A spraying apparatus mounted to the transport device for delivering an atomized liquid to the plants in the crop growing area includes a plurality of spray nozzles, a pressure vessel for storing compressed air, a pressure regulating valve assembly, and a receptacle containing a liquid. A flow controller actuates the pressure regulating valve assembly to allow the flow of a controlled release of compressed air to the plurality of spray nozzles at a spray out pressure. | 06-30-2016 |
| 239160000 | With motor means imparting movement to distributor during use | 3 |
| 20080197210 | Self-propelled walking spray boom - A self-propelled and self-contained shrouded walking boom unit including a small tank and pump mounted on the unit. The unit also has a small transmission and DC drive which makes the unit self-propelled. The configuration is such that the operator walks in front of the spray applicator system with the spray being applied behind the operator. The operator steers the applicator and controls the spray from a handle attached to a single front steering wheel. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20130270360 | Liquid Delivery Apparatus - A liquid delivery apparatus includes a base assembly; a vessel into which liquid may be introduced to at least partially fill the vessel and to pressurize the liquid in the vessel; a nozzle including a discharge tube and a nozzle outlet, wherein the nozzle is rotatable with respect to the base assembly, and the nozzle outlet is provided at a distal end of the nozzle via which the liquid may be discharged from the vessel under the pressure of the liquid in the vessel; and a valve between the vessel and the nozzle to control passage of liquid from the vessel to the nozzle outlet; wherein the valve and nozzle discharge tube are substantially in line. A drive system is also disclosed that drives rotation of the nozzle with respect to the base assembly. The drive system may be configured to propel the liquid delivery apparatus along the ground. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20160374327 | SELF PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION MACHINE - A self-propelled agricultural application machine comprising a chassis which carries a storage tank for the material to be applied is provided. The chassis comprises a central longitudinal beam from which at least a pair of wheels is suspended. The narrow chassis allows steerable wheels to be positioned at tolerable track widths whilst permitting a large steering angle and thus small turning radii. | 12-29-2016 |
| 239163000 | Plural diverse bars or booms | 1 |
| 20110168808 | FLAT JET WATER NOZZLES WITH ADJUSTABLE DROPLET SIZE INCLUDING FIXED OR VARIABLE SPRAY ANGLE - A nozzle comprises a lower nozzle plate including a lower impingement surface formed therein, at least one fluid intake port disposed at an inner end of the lower impingement surface, and an upper nozzle plate including an upper impingement surface formed therein and an upper orifice edge disposed along an outer end of the upper impingement surface. The nozzle includes a seal configured for sealing the lower nozzle plate to the upper nozzle plate, such that the lower and upper impingement surfaces are opposed toward one another, thereby forming a fluid channel between the impingement surfaces, directing pressurized fluid from the at least one fluid intake port to a slotted orifice formed between the opposed lower and upper orifice edges. The nozzle includes a droplet size adjustment mechanism configured for attachment to the upper and lower nozzle plates for selectively controlling fluid droplet size ejected from the slotted orifice. | 07-14-2011 |
| 239164000 | Adjustable distributor | 20 |
| 20090173802 | SPRAY BOOM WITH DAMPENING DEVICE - A spray linkage ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20100219264 | SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENT FOR A BOOM LIFT ASSEMBLY OF AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER - A suspension arrangement mounted in support of a boom lift assembly and boom supported thereon on a chassis of an agricultural sprayer is provided. The boom lift assembly is configured to move the boom between a raised, inoperative position and a lowered, operative position. The suspension arrangement includes a pivot linkage pivotally coupling the boom lift assembly and the chassis, and a dampener located between the boom lift assembly and the chassis. During operation of the sprayer, the dampener of the suspension arrangement reduces transfer of an impact force or stress force from transferring between the chassis and the boom lift assembly so as to isolate suspension of the boom lift assembly from the chassis of the sprayer. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110266365 | Spray boom height control system - A boom sprayer and method of adjusting a boom assembly. A camera is attached to the boom assembly and aimed forward of the boom sprayer. The camera collects information associated with the dimensions and location of oncoming structures, such as crops, hills, fences and the like, and relays the information to a controller. The controller uses various actuators to lift, tilt and/or pivot the boom assembly to position the boom assembly at a desired height when the boom assembly passes over the structures. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120043396 | Boom Mounting Assembly for an Agricultural Application Machine - A boom mounting assembly ( | 02-23-2012 |
| 20130161413 | SPRAYER PULSING NOZZLE FLOW CONTROL USING ROTATIONAL STEP POSITIONS - An agricultural sprayer spray head is adapted for being mounted to a spray boom together with a plurality of like, equally spaced spray heads. Each spray head includes a body containing a flow control member mounted for rotation about an axis and including a fluid control passage arrangement located for effecting an intermittent connection between a fluid inlet leading to, and an outlet leading from the body as the control member is oscillated or rotated by a powered motor so as to effect a pulsing flow through said control. passage arrangement. The powered motor operates at a speed controlled by various input parameters including vehicle speed and field and crop conditions so as to maintain a desired spray application rate. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130248619 | APPLICATOR BOOM TILT FRAME - A tilting boom applicator broadly includes a laterally-extending applicator boom a lift, and a tilt frame. The lift includes upper and lower lift arms that support the applicator boom and are operable to vertically shift the applicator boom. The tilt frame interconnects the applicator boom and lift and includes a fixed section mounted to upper lift arms and a swinging section mounted to the applicator boom. The frame sections are attached to each other at a frame pivot joint that defines a longitudinal tilt axis, with the frame pivot joint permitting tilting movement of the applicator boom relative to the lift about the longitudinal tilt axis. Lower lift arms are directly attached to the swinging section to limit movement of the applicator boom relative to the lift about a lateral pitch axis while permitting the tilting movement. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20150034736 | HIGH CLEARANCE ADJUSTABLE SPRAYER - An agricultural sprayer assembly includes a wheeled carriage, a chassis, and a spray delivery system. The wheeled carriage has a number of adjustable support legs (e.g., four), each formed of hydraulically coupled and actuated upper and lower leg sections or members. The chassis is supported on the wheeled carriage, at an adjustable clearance height defined by the operational height of the support legs. The spray delivery system includes a spray boom coupled to a boom support, and an actuator coupled to the boom support and the chassis. The actuator is configured to adjust the height of the spray boom with respect to the clearance height of the chassis. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150305232 | Field Sprayer - A field sprayer, with a longitudinal axis oriented in a direction of travel, includes a rod assembly extending substantially transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis, and an actuator. An acceleration sensor attached to the rod assembly is configured to determine undesired tilt movement of the rod assembly, and the actuator enables the rod assembly to swivel about a swivel axis in order to compensate for the undesired tilt movement. The field sprayer further includes a control unit configured to operate the actuator so as to produce a counter tilt in order to compensate for disturbance variables affecting a tilt of the rod assembly which act on the rod assembly other than via a frame of the field sprayer. The control unit is further configured to operate the actuator during, and preferably at the start of an undesired tilt movement. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160120117 | AGRICULTURAL CROP APPLICATION SYSTEM - A movable agricultural product applicator system for dispensing various agricultural-related products along the ground surface of agricultural crops is provided. The application system provides a hose assembly interconnecting a supporting boom and an applicator, wherein the applicator drags along the ground surface dispensing product as the supporting boom moves by a carrier. The application system may include a swivel connection facilitating a rotational and pivotal connection of the hose assembly to the supporting boom, wherein a mounting assembly removably mounts the application system to the supporting boom. The hose assembly is designed with bending properties that enable the applicator to self-center and locate rows between crops as it is being dragged along the ground surface, as well as enable the applicator to surf above obstacles. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121355 | SPRAYER APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - Sprayer apparatus for use with an elongate boom may be configured to spray a liquid onto foliage on a ground surface. The sprayer apparatus may include a spray boom, a spray hood coupled to the spray boom, an extension member coupled to the spray boom, and a mounting apparatus coupled to the extension member. The mounting apparatus may be couplable to the elongate boom to support the spray boom and the spray hood above the ground surface. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20170231148 | WORK VEHICLE | 08-17-2017 |
| 239165000 | Extensible or telescoping boom | 3 |
| 20100320288 | Method for adjusting telescopic water pipe and structure thereof - A method for adjusting telescopic water pipe and its structure comprise assembling an internal pipe and an external pipe to form a first water passage and a second external water passage, and an independent second internal water passage. A water passage control switch is disposed to an end of the external pipe and has a channel seal cap that divided into a first channel and a first through hole to connect the first water passage. A water stop plug ring is fit to the first through hole. A second and third through holes corresponding to a second and third channels can be connected to the second internal water passage. A rotary switch is connected to the channel seal cap. A penetration hole is disposed to a partition attached to the channel seal cap. An interconnection groove and an arc plane are disposed to the partition. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120012673 | SPRAYER BOOM FOR A FIELD SPRAYING DEVICE - The invention states a sprayer boom and a field spraying device comprising a liquid container attached to a portable frame and with at least one sprayer boom. Said sprayer boom comprises a number of sprayer nozzles as well as a number of downward directed air nozzles supplied with air from a central fan. Said sprayer boom is telescopic and displays a number of air nozzles arranged on one or more pipe sections. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20130048752 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARRANGING, MAINTAINING, OR OPERATING HELIOSTATS IN A SOLAR FIELD - A maintenance vehicle for heliostats as well as heliostats within a solar field of a solar tower system can be controlled to reduce the likelihood of damage to an indigenous animal or its habitat. At least some of the heliostats can be arranged and operated in such a manner that the maintenance vehicle can pass through the solar field along conditional pathways. The arrangement and control of the heliostats to allow access to heliostats by a maintenance vehicle can enable different heliostat patterns as compared with conventional arrangements. In particular, heliostats in one section of the solar field can be arranged in a more ordered and high density pattern while heliostats in another section of the solar field can be arranged in a more disordered pattern. The density and arrangement of heliostats in various sections of the field can be optimized to improve and/or maximize solar energy production and/or revenue generation. | 02-28-2013 |
| 239166000 | Plural sections articulated or pivotally mounted | 6 |
| 20110139895 | APPLICATOR BOOM TILT FRAME - A tilting boom applicator broadly includes a laterally-extending applicator boom a lift, and a tilt frame. The lift includes upper and lower lift arms that support the applicator boom and are operable to vertically shift the applicator boom. The tilt frame interconnects the applicator boom and lift and includes a fixed section mounted to upper lift arms and a swinging section mounted to the applicator boom. The frame sections are attached to each other at a frame pivot joint that defines a longitudinal tilt axis, with the frame pivot joint permitting tilting movement of the applicator boom relative to the lift about the longitudinal tilt axis. Lower lift arms are directly attached to the swinging section to limit movement of the applicator boom relative to the lift about a lateral pitch axis while permitting the tilting movement. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20150014438 | AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER BREAKAWAY BOOM ASSEMBLY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a breakaway hinge for an expandable boom on an agricultural vehicle. The boom includes of a first and a second section combined in a manner to allow the second section to move with respect to the first section when the second section encounters an obstruction. A breakaway hinge is provided between the first and the second section, and includes a first pivot member attached to the first section at an angle α with respect to a vertical line and a second pivot member attached to the second section at an angle θ with respect to the vertical line. A connecting member holds the first pivot member with respect to the second pivot member. | 01-15-2015 |
| 239167000 | Symmetrically disposed outboard of carrier | 4 |
| 20110147487 | HORIZONTALLY PIVOTABLE AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER WITH VERTICALLY PIVOTABLE SEGMENTS - The invention concerns an agricultural sprayer with an arm comprising multiple segments, which are pivotable relative to each other, whereby the arm is pivotable out of a transport position into an operating position and/or back into a transport position, whereby the complete arm is attachable to a drawing vehicle, such as a tractor, and pivotable around a first horizontal swiveling axis, whereby at least one of the segments of the arm is pivotable around a second swiveling axis, which is in general vertically aligned in the transport position and whereby the discrete segments comprise units, which are arranged relative to each other per segment such, that a work plane through those units is in general vertically aligned in the transport position, wherein the complete arm is pivoted out of the transport position in the operating position around the first swiveling axis, such that the work plane is generally horizontally aligned. The invention concerns further a system with a tractor and such an agricultural sprayer, wherein a middle segment of the arm is positioned in the operating position on a support surface on the tractor. The invention concerns further a method for pivoting an arm comprising of a multitude of segments, whereby the arm is fully pivoted out of horizontally oriented operation position in a vertically oriented intermediate position and thereafter the discrete enlarging segments, sticking away from the middle segment ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 239168000 | With central section | 3 |
| 20080223954 | Control Handle for a Crop Sprayer - A crop sprayer, including: a chassis; a number of wheels which support the chassis; an engine for driving at least one of the number of wheels so as to propel said chassis; a chemical receptacle, supported by the chassis, for receiving and holding a chemical solution therein; a boom arm mounted to the chassis including a plurality of nozzles operable for dispersing chemicals; a control handle for controlling the position of the boom arm and the dispersion of the chemicals through at least a portion of the plurality of nozzles, wherein the control handle has an adjustable position to accommodate various size operators. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100032496 | BOOM CRADLE SLIDE SYSTEM - A boom cradle slide system for use with an agricultural sprayer vehicle is provided. The boom cradle slide system includes a boom cradle that holds a sprayer boom in a stowed position. A slide assembly connects the boom cradle to the sprayer vehicle and allows the boom cradle to move transversely or laterally nearer to or further from the sprayer vehicle. An actuator provides the mechanism for driving the slide assembly and correspondingly moving the boom cradle and sprayer boom. The actuator is operated from outside a cab of the sprayer vehicle. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20160038961 | FOLDING LIGHTWEIGHT SPRAYER BOOM SYSTEM - An example embodiment includes an agricultural sprayer having a boom that supports the fluid distribution pipes and spray nozzles. The boom is sectioned and folds in such a way to comply with transport dimension requirements or to facilitate storage. The spray nozzles are alternatively mounted underneath the boom or behind the boom in a way to avoid damage if the boom encounters obstacles; the mounting configurations do not hamper the boom folding for transport. | 02-11-2016 |
