Agricultural burner implement
OwnerJulius H. Chastaininventor
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Abstract
An agricultural implement for controlling weeds, insects and other harmful organisms in the soil along plant rows and in the furrows between plant rows which includes a plurality of burner units which are mounted to a tool bar. Each burner unit includes a carriage having a housing mounted thereon in which is positioned a first burner for directing flame and heat to the area of the furrows. In a preferred embodiment, second and third burner units are mounted on the carriages which are directed outwardly from the sides of the carriages toward adjacent crop rows. Heat from the burner units is trapped beneath the carriages and exhausted rearwardly thereof.
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An agricultural burner implement for controlling weeds, insects, micro-organisms and other elements in the furrows and along spaced crop rows comprising;
- a plurality of burner units, each burner unit including a carriage means having opposite side portions and front and rear ends, each carriage means including a housing having upper and opposite side portions, each burner unit including first burner means mounted so as to direct a flame and heat within each of said housings, each carriage means having a hood for retaining heat created by each of said first burner means, each of said hoods extending from each of said housings toward each of said rear ends of said carriage means, each of said hoods having an upper portion and depending sidewall portions, each burner unit having an air intake opening for directing air rearwardly of each of said housings and beneath each of said upper portions of said hoods, means for mounting said plurality of burner units in substantially side-by-side and spaced relationship with respect to one another, each of said burner units including a second burner means mounted adjacent a first of said side portions of each of said carriage means which second burner means having a nozzle oriented generally toward a second of said side portions of an adjacent carriage means, and a third burner means mounted adjacent to said second of said side portions of each of said carriage means which third burner means having a nozzle oriented generally toward said first of said side portions of an adjacent carriage means, whereby, when said implement is conveyed through a field, flame and heat from each of said first burner means will be directed beneath each of said housings along the furrows while each of said second and third burner means will direct flame and heat outwardly toward the base of plants along the crop rows.
An agricultural burner implement for controlling weeds, insects, micro-organisms and other elements in the furrows and along spaced crop rows in which plants are growing comprising, a tool bar, a plurality of burner units, means for connecting each of said burner units in spaced relationship to one another to said tool bar, each of said burner units including a carriage means having opposite side portions and front and rear ends, each carriage means having a housing having upper and opposite side portions and a hood extending from said housing toward said rear end thereof, a first burner means mounted within said housing, a second burner means mounted adjacent a first of said side portions of said carriage means and having a nozzle oriented generally toward a second of said side portions of an adjacent carriage means, a third burner means mounted adjacent to said second of said side portions and having a nozzle oriented generally toward said first side portion of an adjacent carriage means, whereby when said implement is conveyed through a field, flame and heat from said first burner means within said housing will be directed along the furrows while the second and third burner means will direct flame and heat toward the base of plants along the crop rows.
An agricultural burner implement for controlling weeds, insects, micro-organisms and other elements in the furrows and along spaced crop rows in which plants are growing comprising, a burner unit including a carriage means having opposite side portions and front and rear ends, said carriage means having a housing having upper and side portions, a first burner means mounted within said housing, a second burner means mounted adjacent a first of said side portions of said carriage means and having a nozzle oriented outwardly therefrom, a third burner means mounted adjacent to a second of said side portions of said carriage means and having a nozzle oriented outwardly therefrom, a hood for retaining heat created by said first burner means, said hood extending from said housing toward said rear end of said carriage means, an air intake opening for directing air beneath said hood toward said rear end of said carriage means, whereby when said implement is conveyed through a field, flame and heat from said first burner means within said housing will be directed along the furrows while the second and third burner means will direct flame and heat toward the base of plants along the crop rows.
An agricultural burner implement for controlling weeds and insects in the furrows and along spaced crop rows in which plants are growing comprising, a plurality of burner units, means for connecting each of said burner units in spaced side-by-side relationship relative to one another, each of said burner units including a carriage means having opposite side portions and front and rear ends and a housing having upper and side portions, a hood extending from said housing toward said rear end of said carriage means and having depending side portions, a first burner means mounted within said housing, at least one side oriented burner means mounted adjacent one of said side portions of said carriage means and having a nozzle oriented generally toward one of said side portions of an adjacent carriage means, whereby when said implement is conveyed through a field, flame and heat from said first burner means within said housing will be directed along the furrows while said at least one side oriented burner means will direct flame and heat toward the base of plants along a crop row.
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