Agricultural vehicle having an improved application boom for supporting an application system

An agricultural vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• wheels supporting the chassis for moving the agricultural vehicle;
• an application boom coupled to the chassis and configured to deliver agricultural product to an agricultural field, the application boom including,
• a boom center section supported on the chassis;
• a first boom arm and a second boom arm, each of the first boom arm and the second boom arm including, respectively,
• a longitudinal composite tube including a first boom section and a second boom section, the first boom section being coupled to the chassis via the boom center section, the second boom section being pivotally coupled to the first boom section by a hinge, the second boom section being supported relative to the chassis by the first boom section,
• a non-composite chase supported relative to the chassis by the longitudinal composite tube, the non-composite chase defining a channel and including a mounting structure outside of the channel, the mounting structure including a respective rail, and
• a cover for the channel, the cover at least partially enclosing the channel when installed, the cover being removable from the channel while the non-composite chase is supported relative to the chassis;
• and
• an application system including
• a product tank supported by the chassis and storing a volume of the agricultural product for delivery onto an agricultural field,
• a plurality of nozzle bodies, each nozzle body of the plurality of nozzle bodies includes a respective clamp coupling the nozzle body to one of the mounting structures and having a product dispensing nozzle,
• a piping system delivering the agricultural product to the plurality of nozzle bodies, and
• one or more control lines coupled to the plurality of nozzle bodies and for controlling the plurality of nozzle bodies, the one or more control lines supported by at least one of the channels.

An application boom for an agricultural vehicle for delivering agricultural product to an agricultural field, the application boom being supportable by a chassis of the agricultural vehicle, the application boom comprising:

• a boom center section supported on the chassis;
• a longitudinal composite tube including a first boom section and a second boom section, the first boom section being couplable to the chassis via the boom center section, the second boom section being pivotably coupled to the first boom section by a hinge, the second boom section being supportable relative to the chassis by the first boom section;
• and
• a non-composite chase supportable relative to the chassis by the longitudinal composite tube, the non-composite chase
• defining a channel for supporting one or more control lines,
• including a first mounting structure outside of the channel, the first mounting structure supporting a plurality of nozzle bodies coupled to the one or more control lines,
• including a second mounting structure, and
• including a cap mounted to the second mounting structure, the cap including a plurality of ports for a plurality of branches of the one or more control lines to exit from the channel and couple to the plurality of nozzle bodies.