Spraying device for liquid means of chemical treatment with replaceable liquid subsystem and spraying systems on the basis thereof
AssigneeRobotopia Uab
InventorsSergey Odinokov, Linas Samuolis
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Abstract
The invention is intended for the organization of an automated process for spraying of liquid means of chemical treatment from unmanned vehicles, for example, in precise farming systems. The use of a replaceable, marked and hermetically sealed liquid subsystem in the spray device of the invention, along with an integrated self-diagnosis system, using compressed gas energy and a pressure regulator instead of standard pumps, reduces the weight of the spraying device, improves spraying accuracy, ensures personnel safety and accounting of the accumulated life resource of the main units of spraying devices. All this in combination enables to create fully automated spraying systems.
Claims20
A liquid subsystem for use in a spraying device for liquid means of chemical treatment, mounted on an unmanned vehicle, the liquid subsystem comprising:
- a reservoir for liquid means of chemical treatment, made in a form of a bag, suitable for extruding liquid therefrom under an external overpressure, wherein the reservoir is provided with an outlet channel, at least one liquid hose connected to the reservoir and a corresponding lock valve,
- wherein the liquid subsystem is designed as an entirely replaceable device, further comprising:
- a gasbag capable of transferring said external overpressure to the liquid in the reservoir, wherein said external overpressure is adjustable;
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- a manifold with one or more outlet ports, which is connected to the outlet channel of the reservoir through a manifold channel,
- wherein each liquid hose at one end is hermetically connected to one of the manifold outlet ports, and having its corresponding lock valve at the other end, which is closed in a disconnected state,
- wherein a special purging check valve is installed on a common surface shared by the reservoir and the gasbag,
- wherein said special purging check valve prevents passing of liquid from the reservoir into the gasbag, and
- wherein said special purging check valve allows gas to pass from the gasbag into the reservoir if gas pressure in the gasbag exceeds a pressure of the liquid in the reservoir by a certain threshold value.
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