# US 2008/0302884 A1 · Aerial application dispersal system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0302884 A1 - Document ID: US20080302884A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/810,842 - Filed: 2007-06-07 - Published: 2008-12-11 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-07 - Inventors: Scott Petersen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080302884A1 ## CPC - B64D 1/18: by spraying, e.g. insecticides - A62C 3/0242: {by spraying extinguishants from the aircraft (spraying from aircraft in general B64D1/16)} - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - A62C: FIRE-FIGHTING (fire-extinguishing compositions, use of chemical substances in extinguishing fires A62D1/00; spraying, applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05; alarm arrangements G08B, e.g. fire alarms actuated by smoke or gases G08B17/10) ## Abstract An aerial application dispersal system that comprises an aerial vehicle and an aerial dispersal unit. The aerial dispersal unit provides an insect control substance, a flake auger, and a motor to drive the flake auger for transporting the insect control substance to a dispensing chamber. The aerial dispersal unit also provides a glue substance, a pump, and a motor to drive the pump for transporting the glue substance from a storage container to the dispensing chamber for mixing with the insect control substance. The dispensing chamber is provided with a motor for forcing the insect control substance mixed with the glue substance out an exit portal for disbursement over the designated area. A control box, control switches, global positioning satellite system, and dispersal unit operator interface are also provided for automatically regulating the mixing and dispensing rate of the insect control substance and glue substance in relation to the ground speed of the aerial vehicle for maintaining a constant, uniform disbursement of a bonded substance over a designated area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 An aerial application dispersal system, comprising: a housing having a first and second compartments, the first compartment containing an insect control substance and the second compartment containing a glue substance; a mixing chamber connected to the housing; means for moving the housing and mixing chamber through the air; means for transferring the insect control substance from the first compartment into the mixing chamber; means for transferring the glue substance from the second compartment into the mixing chamber; means for regulating the rate at which the means for transferring the insect control substance from the first compartment into the mixing chamber is transferred; means for regulating the rate at which the means for transferring the glue substance from the second compartment into the mixing chamber is transferred; means for mixing the insect control substance with the glue substance in the mixing chamber to form a mixture; and means for moving the mixture out the mixing chamber for disbursement of the mixture into the air and over a designated area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the insect control substance is a synthetic insect pheromone flake. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the means for moving the housing and the mixing chamber through the air is an aerial vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the means for transferring the insect control substance from the first compartment and into the mixing chamber comprises a plurality of feeder ports in the housing, a flake auger contained within a hollow housing situated adjacent to the plurality of feeder ports, and a flake motor, wherein the insect control substance is fed through the plurality of feeder ports and into the hollow housing, the flake auger is rotated by the flake motor for transferring the insect control substance through the hollow housing and into the mixing chamber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The device of claim 5 wherein the flake motor is a variable speed, stepper motor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the means for transferring the glue substance from the second compartment and into the mixing chamber comprises a flexible tube in fluid communication with the second compartment, a pump, and a glue motor, wherein the glue substance is removed from the second compartment by the flexible tube and transferred into the mixing chamber by the pump powered by the glue motor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7 wherein the pump is a peristaltic pump. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The device of claim 7 wherein the glue motor is a variable speed, stepper motor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the means for regulating the rate at which the means for transferring the insect control substance from the first compartment to the mixing chamber is transferred comprises a computer processor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10 wherein the means for regulating the rate at which the means for transferring the glue substance from the second compartment into the mixing chamber is transferred comprises a computer processor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the means for mixing the insect control substance with the glue substance to form the mixture comprises at least one inlet port on the mixing chamber, wherein the glue substance is injected into the mixing chamber through the at least one inlet port for engaging the insect control substance within the mixing chamber. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2 wherein the means for moving the mixture out the mixing chamber for disbursement of the mixture into the air and over a designated area comprises a mixing auger, a motor, and an exit portal contained in the mixing chamber, wherein the insect control substance is moved through the mixing chamber and out the exit portal by the mixing auger rotated by the motor. ### Claim 14 An aerial application dispersal system, comprising: an aerial vehicle; a housing detachably secured to the aerial vehicle, the housing containing an insect control substance and a glue substance, the insect control substance contained separate and apart from the glue substance; a dispensing chamber; means for moving the insect control substance from the housing and into the dispensing chamber at an insect calibrated rate; means for moving the glue substance from the housing and into the dispensing chamber at a glue calibrated rate; means for varying the insect calibrated rate while the aerial vehicle is in flight; means for varying the glue calibrated rate while the aerial vehicle is in flight; means for mixing the insect control substance and the glue substance to form a mixture; and means for dispensing the mixture from the dispensing chamber and into the air over a designated area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14 wherein the means for varying the insect calibrated rate while the aerial vehicle is in flight comprises a computer processor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15 wherein the insect calibrated rate is based upon a predetermined ground speed for the aerial vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device of claim 16 wherein the computer processor increases or decreases the insect calibrated rate by the same percentage of the increase or decrease in the ground speed of the aerial vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The device of claim 17 wherein the computer processor sends a signal to the means for moving the insect control substance from the housing and into the dispensing chamber changing the insect calibrated rate. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The device of claim 18 wherein the insect calibrated rate is continually changed to maintain a proportional transfer of the insect control substance in relation to the ground speed of the aerial vehicle. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The device of claim 19 wherein means for varying the glue calibrated rate while the aerial vehicle is in flight is the same as the means for varying the insect calibrated rate while the aerial vehicle is in flight. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14 wherein the means for varying the insect calibrated rate and the glue calibrated rate while the aerial vehicle is in flight comprises manual interaction with an interface unit. ### Claim 22 A method for dispensing the combination of an insect control substance and a glue substance over a designated area from an aerial vehicle, comprising the steps of: storing the insect control substance and the glue substance separate and apart from one another; moving the insect control substance at a predetermined insect rate to a mixing location; moving the glue substance at a predetermined glue rate to the mixing location; mixing the insect control substance with the glue substance at the mixing location to form a mixture; dispensing the mixture at a constant rate over the designated area from a starting point; changing the predetermined insect rate by the same percentage increase or decrease of any increase or decrease in the speed of the aerial vehicle over the designated area; changing the predetermined glue rate by the same percentage increase or decrease of any increase or decrease in the speed of the aerial vehicle over the designated area; moving the insect control substance at the changed insect rate to the mixing location; moving the glue substance at the changed glue rate to the mixing location; dispensing the mixture over the designated area until an ending point is reached; and stopping the dispensing of the mixture. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22 and further comprising the step of calibrating the predetermined insect rate to a predetermined speed of the aerial vehicle. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The method of claim 22 and further comprising the step of calibrating the predetermined glue rate to a predetermined speed of the aerial vehicle.