Shielded plot sprayer
AssigneeMonsanto Company
InventorSammy J. Stehling
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Abstract
A mobile shielded plot sprayer including a wind shield having a side wall that defines an enclosed area, and a movable atomizer within the enclosed area. A track assembly is located within the enclosed area and supported on the windshield. The atomizer is part of a spray assembly mounted on the track assembly and is movable thereon in at least one horizontal direction relative to the wind shield. A reservoir integral with the spray assembly and adapted to hold a liquid spray composition is operatively connected to the atomizer to supply the spray composition thereto.
Claims14
A process for spraying a plot with a liquid spray composition, comprising the steps of:
- (1) positioning in a field a mobile shielded plot sprayer having a permanent reservoir, such that the enclosed area defined by the wind shield of said sprayer covers the plot;
- (2) adding a suitable quantity of a spray composition to the reservoir;
- and thereafter
- (3) initiating operation of the spray assembly of said sprayer to move in a predetermined pattern across the plot and to spray the spray composition uniformly over the entire plot;
- wherein steps (1) and (2) of said process are carried out in either order.
A process for spraying a plot with a liquid spray composition, comprising the steps of:
- (1) positioning in a field a mobile shielded plot sprayer having a spray assembly adapted to receive a replaceable reservoir, such that the enclosed area defined by the wind shield of said sprayer covers the plot;
- (2) coupling a replaceable reservoir containing a spray composition to the spray assembly of said sprayer;
- and thereafter
- (3) initiating operation of said spray assembly to move in a predetermined pattern across the plot and to spray the spray composition uniformly over the entire plot;
- wherein steps (1) and (2) of said process are carried out in either order.
A method of applying a liquid spray composition to at least one plot using a mobile plot sprayer, the method comprising the steps of:
- moving a mobile wind shield to a location over said one plot such that the plot is at least partially shielded from the wind;
- delivering liquid spray composition from a reservoir having an outlet located within the wind shield to a spray assembly of the mobile plot sprayer located within the wind shield;
- and
- moving the spray assembly in a pattern within the wind shield over the plot while spraying liquid composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.