Baler having preservative applicator with improved nozzle
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsDavid L. Rabe, Colin M. Hudson
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Abstract
A baler has a preservative applicator assembly with an improved nozzle array for applying a volatile crop treating fluid to crop material as the crop material is being formed into a bale. The nozzle has a centrally disposed passageway which has a cross-sectional area greater than the minimum sum of the cross-sectional areas of a plurality of fluid dispensing openings in the end of the nozzle. Each of the openings includes a throat and a lip outwardly diverging from the throat. The nozzle array maintains the fluid under high pressure and aids in dispersing the fluid with a high velocity to enhance the retention of the fluid as a liquid while in the nozzle and to promote wide and uniform dispersing of the fluid throughout the crop material during the application.
Claims6
In a baler for forming bales of crop material comprising an assembly for applying a volatile, crop treating fluid to said crop material as said crop material is being formed into a bale, said applicator assembly including a plurality of nozzles for dispersing said fluid into said crop material, each of said nozzles comprising a longitudinal hollow shaft having a passageway formed longitudinally of said shaft and having a plurality of openings formed therein and connected with said passageway, the improvement comprising:
- said passageway having a cross-sectional area greater than the minimum sum of the cross-sectional areas of said openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.