Device for creating fluid treated mulch
OwnerRichard Tamian, Christala Tamian +1inventors
InventorsRichard Tamian, Christala Tamian, Donald Duffy
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Abstract
A device for applying fluids such as fertilizers or insecticides or weed killers to vegetation clippings as the vegetation is being mulched by a lawn mulching mower. The treating fluid is applied to the vegetation clippings while they are being mulched, forming a protective fluid treated mulch blanket which can be directly distributed to the intended areas.
Claims15
A device for producing fluid treated mulch from grass clippings, said device used in conjunction with a lawn mulching mower having a cutting chamber, an engine, a cutting blade and a handle extending upward from the lawn mulching mower, said device comprising a fluid supply means for introducing a treating fluid into the top of the cutting chamber above the cutting blade of the lawn mulching mower, said a means comprising a fluid reservoir and at least one discharge port, which opens into the cutting chamber above the cutting blade of the lawn mulching mower, said at least one discharge port being connected by a fluid flow path to said reservoir, said flow path being controlled by a control valve which automatically regulates the flow of the treating fluid from the reservoir to the at least one discharge port, said control valve being activated by the movement and vibrations of the lawn mulching mower to allow the treating fluid to flow from the reservoir to the at least one discharge port along the flow path which interconnects the reservoir, said control valve, and the at least one discharge port.
A device for producing fluid treated mulch, said device used in conjunction with a lawn mulching mower having a cutting chamber, an engine, a cutting blade and a handle extending upward from the lawn mulching mower, said device comprising a fluid supply means for introducing a treating fluid into the top of the cutting chamber above the cutting blade of the lawn mulching mower, said means comprising a fluid reservoir, a manually activated shut-off valve and at least one discharge port which opens into the cutting chamber above the cutting blade of the lawn mulching mower, said at least one discharge port being connected by a fluid flow path to said reservoir and said flow path being automatically controlled by a control valve which regulates the flow of the treating fluid from the reservoir to the at least one discharge port, said control valve being activated by the movement and vibrations of the lawn mulching mower which allows the treating fluid to flow from the reservoir to the at least one discharge port along the flow path which interconnects the reservoir, said control valve, and the at least one discharge port.
A device for producing fluid treated mulch from grass clippings, said device comprising:
- a lawn mulching mower having a cutting chamber, and a cutting blade therein driven by an engine, and
- a fluid supply means for introducing a treating fluid into the cutting chamber, said fluid supply means comprising a fluid reservoir and at least one discharge port which opens into the cutting chamber above the cutting blade said at least one discharge port being connected by a fluid path to said reservoir, said flow path comprising a manually activated shut-off valve, a flow control valve which meters the flow of the treating fluid from the reservoir to the at least one discharge port, said control valve being induced to allow the treating fluid to flow to the at least one discharge port by the vibration of the engine, along the flow path which interconnects the reservoir, the manually activated shut-off valve, the vibration-activated control valve, and the at least one discharge port.
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