Tree Injection Methods
OwnerCarl Fabryinventor
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Abstract
A method of making a tree injection device includes identifying a species specific depth at which phloem is located beneath a tree's bark and preparing a tree injection device. The tree injection device has a head defining an input opening for receiving the solution and a shank. A shank of the device has a radially constricted section positioned between a first radially enlarged section and a second radially enlarged section. An output opening for delivering the solution is defined by the radially constricted section and is formed at a distance from a collar substantially equal to the depth.
Claims15
A method of making a tree injection device, the method comprising:
- identifying a species specific depth at which phloem is located beneath a tree's bark;
- preparing a tree injection device having:
- (a) a head defining an input opening for receiving a solution, the head having a collar that abuts the tree when the tree injection device is installed in a tree;
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- (b) a shank having a generally circumferential surface elongated along an axis and extending from the head to a pointed end opposite the head, the generally circumferential surface having a radially constricted section positioned between a first radially enlarged section and a second radially enlarged section, the first radially enlarged section and second radially enlarged section having substantially equal diameter;
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- forming, at a distance from the collar substantially equal to the depth, an output opening through the radially constricted section such that the output opening is in fluid communication with the input opening by a passageway defined by an interior of the shank.
A method comprising injecting a treatment solution into a tree by:
- applying a pressing force to a tree injection device to drive the tree injection device into the tree, the tree injection device having:
- (a) a head defining an input opening, the head receiving the pressing force;
- (b) a shank having a generally circumferential surface elongated along an axis and extending from the head to a pointed end opposite the head, the generally circumferential surface having a radially constricted section positioned between a first radially enlarged section and a second radially enlarged section, the first radially enlarged section and second radially enlarged section having substantially equal diameter;
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- (c) an output opening (i) defined by the radially constricted section and (ii) in fluid communication with the input opening by a passageway defined by an interior of the shank;
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- providing the treatment solution through the input opening to the output opening to deliver the treatment solution to an inside of the tree.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.