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US 5,031,355 AGranted
Steam arrangement for exterminating the Argentina Fire Ant
OwnerDennis H. Ryaninventor
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Abstract
An exterminating arrangement for exterminating the Argentina Fire Ant is disclosed. The arrangement includes a holding and pressure tank, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the holding and pressure tank, a superheater in fluid communication with the heat exchanger, and a dome in fluid communication with the superheater.
Claims15
An exterminating arrangement comprising:
- a) a gas fired holding and pressure tank for generating high temperature water and being void of the need of a preheating chamber, said holding and pressure tank contains an input of cold water and an output of heated water, said gas fired holding and pressure tank including a lift tube, a temperature probe, a burner, and a pre-set pressure regulator, said heated water being lifted up said lift tube to said temperature probe, said temperature probe being regulated by said burner which is putting out 50,000 B.T.U., said lift tube being made of galvanized pipe, said heated water entering said pre-set pressure regulator which is set at 75 P.S.I., a gas supply line feeding said burner, a cap vent, and a baffle tube, said burner being disposed under said baffle tube, said baffle tube containing a perforated plate, said baffle passing through said holding and pressure tank and terminating at said cap vent;
- b) a gas fired heat exchanger for generating steam droplets and being in fluid communication with said gas fired holding and pressure tank, said heat exchanger contains an input of said heated water from said output of said holding and pressure tank, and an output of steam droplets, said gas fired heat exchanger including a coil, said heated water entering said oil, a temperature gauge, and a temperature probe, said temperature gauge and said temperature probe being regulated by said burner, said burner putting out 100,000 B.T.U.;
- c) a gas fired vertically disposed superheater for generating super heated steam droplets and being in fluid communication with said gas fired heat exchanger, said superheater contains an input of said steam droplets from said output of said heat exchanger, and an output of super heated steam, said gas fired super heater including a temperature gauge and a readily flexible flex hose that has a steel adaptor, said super heated steam enters said pressure regulator, enters said temperature gauge, and then enters said readily flexible flex hose;
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- d) a dome for collecting said super heated steam droplets and being in fluid communication with said gas fired superheater, said dome contains an input of said super heated steam from said output of said superheater, said dome including a perforated pipe, said steel hose adaptor allows said perforated pipe to obtain a fixed position, said pipe containing perforations so that said super heated steam is disposed within said dome, said dome being strapped and seated into the ground and assumes a one piece substantially parabolic configuration.
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