Routing system and methods for an agricultural applicator
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorsDavid Hafvenstein, Naga Venkata Prasanna Kumar Tallapalli
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Abstract
A routing system for an agricultural sprayer includes a support configured to operably couple with the sprayer. An adaptor is configured to transfer a flow therethrough. The adaptor is at least partially positioned within an envelope defined between a wheel assembly and laterally offset components of the sprayer. A conduit has a first section operably coupled with a first portion of the adaptor and a second section operably coupled with an opposing second portion of the adaptor. The first section and the second section of the conduit are configured to transfer the flow therethrough such that the flow is serially transferred through each of the first section of the conduit, the adaptor, and the second section of the conduit.
Claims13
A routing system for an agricultural sprayer configured for traversing a ground surface including a frame supported above the ground surface by a pair of wheel assemblies operatively joined to the frame of the sprayer defining an envelope between the wheel assemblies and the frame, the routing system comprising:
- a support configured to operably couple with the sprayer, wherein the support rotates with at least one of the wheel assemblies of the pair of wheel assemblies as the at least one of the wheel assemblies moves from a first position to a second position;
- an adaptor configured to transfer a flow therethrough, the adaptor at least partially positioned within the envelope and supported by the support, wherein the adaptor has a first stiffness;
- a conduit having a first section operably coupled with a first portion of the adaptor and a second section operably coupled with an opposing second portion of the adaptor, wherein the first section and the second section of the conduit are configured to transfer the flow therethrough such that the flow is serially transferred through each of the first section of the conduit, the adaptor, and the second section of the conduit, and wherein the conduit has a second stiffness that is varied from the first stiffness;
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- a routing bracket operably coupled with a first attachment portion of the support, the routing bracket configured to retain the first portion of the adaptor.
A method of assembling a routing system for an agricultural sprayer, the method comprising:
- coupling a support to a wheel assembly of a sprayer, the support extending from the wheel assembly towards a frame of the sprayer, wherein the support rotates with the wheel assembly as the wheel assembly moves from a first position to a second position;
- coupling an adaptor to the support;
- coupling a first section of a conduit to a first end portion of the adaptor;
- coupling a second section of the conduit to a second end a portion of the adaptor, wherein a flow is serially transferred through the first section of the conduit, the adaptor, and the second section of the conduit;
- coupling a peripheral structure of a routing bracket to a first attachment portion of the support;
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- coupling the adaptor to the routing bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.