Safe Operation of a Spraying Apparatus with a Foldable Boom Assembly
AssigneeAGCO do Brasil Soluções Agrícolas Ltda.
InventorsJuliano Delgau da Silva, Marcos Pedrollo Soliman
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Abstract
An agricultural spraying apparatus for applying an agent in an agricultural field having a foldable boom assembly with at least one inner boom section and at least one outer boom section and a method of controlling the spraying apparatus including the steps of determining a folding position of at least one inner boom section and preventing an application of agent by at least one nozzle of the spraying apparatus if the at least one inner boom section is in an intermediate position.
Claims18
An agricultural spraying apparatus for applying an agent in an agricultural field, comprising:
- a central rack;
- a foldable boom assembly comprising
- a left boom with
- a left inner boom section pivotably attached to the central rack;
- and
- a left outer boom section being relatively pivotable in connection with the left inner boom section;
- and
- a right boom with
- a right inner boom section pivotably attached to the central rack;
- a right outer boom section being relatively pivotable in connection with the right inner boom section;
- the spraying apparatus further comprising
- at least one actuator for moving each boom section between a folded and an unfolded position;
- at least one nozzle for applying the agent;
- and
- a control unit configured to
- determine the folding positions of the inner boom sections;
- and
- prevent an application of the agent by the at least one nozzle if at least one of the inner boom sections is in an intermediate position.
A method of controlling a spraying apparatus comprising:
- Determining a folding position of at least one inner boom section of the spraying apparatus;
- and
- preventing an application of agent by at least one nozzle of the spraying apparatus if the at least one inner boom section is in an intermediate position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.