Anhydrous ammonia applicator with ammonia pump
AssigneeAgriland Designs, Inc.
InventorWilliam S. Ridgley
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Abstract
A vehicle for applying nitrogen to the soil. The vehicle includes a pulling vehicle having a massive towing capacity and a tool bar coupled to the pulling vehicle. A large anhydrous ammonia tank is secured to the pulling vehicle and a pump is secured between the tank and the tool bar to move anhydrous ammonia from the tank to the tool bar, where the anhydrous ammonia is injected into the soil. By pumping the anhydrous ammonia, the present invention can be used to apply anhydrous ammonia to the soil in temperatures which would otherwise be too cold to effectively apply anhydrous ammonia using only vapor pressure.
Claims11
A vehicle for applying anhydrous ammonia to soil comprising:
- (a) a chassis comprising:
- (i) a frame;
- (ii) a front wheel coupled to said frame;
- (iii) a rear wheel coupled to said frame;
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- (iv) means for driving a least one wheel selected from the group consisting of said front wheel and said rear wheel;
- (b) gas tight means supported by said chassis said gas tight means comprising a manifold and a storage tank for storing liquid anhydrous ammonia in an amount greater than five thousand liters;
- (c) means coupled to and pulled behind said chassis for applying anhydrous ammonia to the soil;
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- (d) means on said chassis for pumping liquid anhydrous ammonia from said storing means to said applying means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.