Sprayer filtering system
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsDean Lorenzo Trask, Petrus Henricus Johannes Bouten
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Abstract
A filtering apparatus is configured to receive pressurized fluid from a pump. The filtering apparatus has a main inlet, a main outlet, and a filtering branch comprising a first filter. An agitator of a tank from which the pump draws is configured to receive fluid flow from the filtering branch via a proportional valve and an inlet connection. A method of operating a filtering system includes influencing fluid flow from a tank to one or more nozzles via a filtering apparatus; and diverting a portion of the fluid flow through plural filters of a different mesh size back to an agitating mechanism through a lower portion of the tank.
Claims13
A method of applying fluid with a sprayer vehicle comprising a tank supported by a vehicle chassis and a filtering apparatus defining a main inlet, a main outlet, and a second outlet, the filtering apparatus having a filter, the method comprising:
- causing fluid flow from an outlet of the tank to the filtering apparatus;
- directing a first portion of the fluid flow through the filter and the main outlet of the filtering apparatus to at least one nozzle;
- and
- diverting a second portion of the fluid flow through the second outlet of the filtering apparatus to an inlet of the tank inlet;
- agitating liquid in the tank with second portion of the fluid flow.
A method, comprising:
- causing fluid flow from a tank on a sprayer vehicle to at least one nozzle via a filtering apparatus;
- and
- diverting a portion of the fluid flow along a first filter and through a second filter back to an agitator through a lower portion of the tank, the first and second filters having different mesh sizes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.