Implements and application units for placement of applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsJason Stoller, Ian Radtke
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Abstract
Described herein are implements and applicators for placement of fluid applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a fluid applicator for applying fluid to plants in rows in a field includes a frame, at least one applicator arm disposed in a rhizosphere of plants during fluid flow through the applicator, and a fluid conduit connected to the frame and disposed in the row between plants to deliver fluid to the row between plants.
Claims31
A fluid applicator for applying fluid to plants in rows having a row between first and second directly adjacent rows of plants in a field comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one applicator arm having a fluid line disposed to apply the fluid to a rhizosphere of the first row of plants during fluid flow through the fluid line;
- an actuator to actuate the at least one applicator arm to laterally move and rotate from a first position for no fluid application to a second position for fluid application with an outward bias by the rhizosphere of the first row of plants;
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- a fluid apparatus connected to the frame and disposed in the row between the first and second directly adjacent rows of plants to deliver the fluid to a middle of the row between the first and second directly adjacent rows of plants, wherein the fluid apparatus has a first portion descending downward from the frame and a second portion extending rearwardly from the first portion into the row between the first and second directly adjacent rows of plants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.