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US 2013/0256433 A1Published application
Strobed Spray Nozzle Illuminator
OwnerGary E. Gunthorpeinventor
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Abstract
A spraying apparatus includes a nozzle connected to a pressurized liquid supply and dispensing a spray pattern from a discharge orifice of the nozzle A stroboscopic light source is mounted on one side of the nozzle and directs a pulsating light beam along the spray pattern such that the spray pattern is stroboscopically illuminated and visible to an operator on the opposite side of the nozzle. Continuous light can also be provided to illuminate the spraying apparatus for night operations.
Claims15
A spraying apparatus comprising:
- a nozzle connected to a pressurized liquid supply and dispensing a spray pattern from a discharge orifice of the nozzle;
- a stroboscopic light source mounted on a first side of the nozzle and directing a pulsating light beam along the spray pattern such that the spray pattern is stroboscopically illuminated and visible to an operator on an opposite second side of the nozzle.
An agricultural spraying apparatus comprising:
- a sprayer boom mounted on a vehicle for movement along the ground in a forward operating travel direction, the sprayer boom extending laterally substantially perpendicular to the forward operating travel direction;
- a pressurized liquid supply directing pressurized liquid along the sprayer boom to a plurality of nozzles attached to the sprayer boom such that a spray pattern is dispensed downward from a discharge port of each nozzle;
- a stroboscopic light source on a first side of each nozzle and directing a pulsating light beam along the spray pattern of each nozzle such that the spray pattern is stroboscopically illuminated and visible to an operator on an opposite second side of each nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.