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US 12,115,546 B2Granted
Hybrid flow nozzle system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsTravis G. Funseth, Stacy L. Bullock, Richard A. Humpal
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Abstract
Embodiments include individual physical spray nozzles that have passageways inside to combine fluids that flow out of the spray nozzles. The nozzles have at least two valves that are opened and closed in an interleaved manner. The nozzles have multiple outlets. Such nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.
Claims4
A spray device comprising:
- a nozzle having a nozzle tube rotatably connected to a turret mate;
- the nozzle tube having a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet coupled to a first passageway and to a second passageway;
- the first passageway being opened by a first gate and the second passageway being opened by a second gate, wherein a degree of opening of the second passageway is determined based on a degree of opening of the first passageway, and wherein an output of the second passageway is combined with an output of the first passageway to form a combined fluid outlet having an increased flow rate that is greater than each of the respective first and second passageways;
- the turret mate being cylindrical and having a first conduit and a second conduit, wherein the first passageway is in fluid communication with the first conduit, and the second passageway is in fluid communication with the second conduit;
- a receptacle (i) mounted rotatably around the turret mate and (ii) including a plurality of openings on a circumferential surface;
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- the receptacle having a nozzle output including a combined nozzle output or separate individual nozzle outputs arranged around a perimeter of the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.