Ride-on spreader/sprayer
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Corporation
InventorsBrandon King, Steve Longmeyer
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Abstract
A ride-on spreader/sprayer including a hopper configured to receive expel dry material, a user platform configured to receive and support a user of the ride-on spreader/sprayer, a fluid storage tank providing a fluid storage volume and including an inlet for adding fluid to the fluid storage volume, an exit by which the fluid exits the fluid storage volume, a first fluid passage, and a drain channel defining a second fluid passage separate from the first fluid passage, wherein the fluid may reach the exit through at least one of the first fluid passage and the second fluid passage, a pump fluidly coupled to the exit of the fluid storage tank, and multiple spray nozzles fluidly coupled to the pump.
Claims8
A ride-on spreader/sprayer, comprising:
- a hopper configured to receive and expel dry material;
- a user platform configured to receive and support a user of the ride-on spreader/sprayer;
- a fluid storage tank providing a fluid storage volume and including:
- an inlet for adding fluid to the fluid storage volume,
- an exit by which the fluid exits the fluid storage volume,
- a first internal fluid passage integrally formed along a first wall of the fluid storage tank and arranged within the fluid storage tank, and
- a drain channel defining a second internal fluid passage integrally formed along a second wall of the fluid storage tank and arranged within the fluid storage tank and separate from the first internal fluid passage, wherein the first internal fluid passage and the second internal fluid passage are both in fluid communication with the exit;
- a pump fluidly coupled to the exit of the fluid storage tank;
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- a plurality of spray nozzles fluidly coupled to the pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.