Pesticide volume meter
AssigneeB & G Equipment Company
InventorsMark Allen Gregory, Gary Keith Gentry
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Abstract
A pesticide volume meter for a pesticide spray system comprises a flow sensor, which measures a flow rate of a pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system. The pesticide volume meter also comprises a memory and a control unit. The control unit determines a volume of pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system based on the measured flow rate, and stores the determined volume in the memory.
Claims14
A pesticide volume meter for a hand-pressurized pesticide spray system, comprising:
- a flow sensor configured to measure a flow rate of a pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system;
- a memory;
- and
- a control unit configured to determine a volume of pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system based on the measured flow rate, and store the determined volume in the memory,
- wherein the pesticide volume meter is configured to be disposed between a tank and a spraying wand of the pesticide spray system,
- wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether the measured flow rate detected by the flow sensor is caused by pesticide being dispensed by the pesticide spray system, and
- wherein the flow sensor is a tube including a sensing element for detecting the rate at which pesticide passes through the tube.
A hand-pressurized pesticide spraying system, comprising:
- a tank for storing a pesticide;
- a pump for pressurising the tank by hand;
- a spray applicator in fluid communication with the tank;
- and
- a pesticide volume meter disposed on a fluid flowpath between the tank and the spray applicator, the pesticide volume meter including
- a flow sensor configured to measure a flow rate of the pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system,
- a memory, and
- a control unit configured to determine a volume of pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spraying system based on the measured flow rate, and store the determined volume in the memory,
- wherein the pesticide volume meter is configured to be disposed between the tank and the spray applicator of the pesticide spraying system,
- wherein the control unit is configured to determine whether the measured flow rate detected by the flow sensor is caused by the pesticide being dispensed by the pesticide spraying system, and
- wherein the flow sensor is a tube including a sensing element for detecting the rate at which pesticide passes through the tube.
A method of measuring a volume of pesticide dispensed by a hand-pressurized pesticide spray system, comprising:
- measuring a flow rate of a pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system between a tank and a spraying wand of the pesticide spraying system;
- determining a volume of pesticide dispensed by the pesticide spray system based on the measured flow rate;
- and
- storing the determined volume of pesticide in a memory,
- determining whether the measured flow rate is caused by pesticide being dispensed by the pesticide spray system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.