Title:
INNOVATIVE SPRAYING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/145081
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An innovative spraying system, comprising features such as a weather station that senses environmental factors that may affect spraying operations, a system for creating and distributing droplets of a uniform and appropriate size, a flow management system that would allow the sprayer to control nozzle rate and direction individually, a high-rate flow system capable of filling the sprayer at rates of up to at least 400 gallons per minute, a modular chemical cartridge system, in which various chemicals are stored in pre-loaded, easy to install cartridges, a direct injection system, mixing chemicals and water as needed, optionally based on sensed changing conditions, electrostatic application of chemical to optimize the amount of chemical applied to plant matter.
Inventors:
BATCHELLER DAVID C (US)
BATCHELLER BARRY D (US)
BREMER MARSHALL T (US)
THUROW BRADLEY R (US)
BUTTS NICHOLAS L (US)
JOHNSON JEFFREY L (US)
NYSTUEN PAUL A (US)
HEILMAN JOSEPH A (US)
VOLESKY ROBERT J (US)
TOLSTEDT JONATHAN L (US)
BATCHELLER BARRY D (US)
BREMER MARSHALL T (US)
THUROW BRADLEY R (US)
BUTTS NICHOLAS L (US)
JOHNSON JEFFREY L (US)
NYSTUEN PAUL A (US)
HEILMAN JOSEPH A (US)
VOLESKY ROBERT J (US)
TOLSTEDT JONATHAN L (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2016/021563
Publication Date:
November 10, 2016
Filing Date:
March 09, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
APPAREO SYSTEMS LLC (US)
International Classes:
A01M7/00; B05B12/00; B05B15/65
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BROWN, Mark E. (LLC7225 Renner Road, Suite 20, Shawnee KS, US)
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