Pest control for burrowing animals
AssigneeMurray Pask
InventorsMurray Pask, James W. Halford
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Abstract
A method of pest control for burrowing animals involves loading a machine-conveyed dispensing apparatus with a fumigant product, and using the machine to make one or more passes across an area of ground beneath which the burrow system is situated. A ground engagement tool of the dispensing apparatus is engaged in the ground to pass through or nearby sections of the burrow system, and fumigant product is dispensed into the ground behind a leading portion of the ground engagement tool. Fumigant is widely spread over the burrowed area of ground for effective results, while the human exposure and manual effort associated with conventional hand-placed fumigant techniques is greatly reduced.
Claims20
A method of pest control for burrowing rodents that maintain a burrow system, the method comprising:
- providing a dispensing apparatus conveyable in a forward working direction and comprising a frame, a ground engagement tool carried on the frame and extending downward therefrom, a container carried with the frame, a metering device associated with an outlet of the container, and a product delivery passage communicable with the container through the metering device and extending downward behind a leading portion of the ground engagement tool to a dispensing outlet behind the ground engagement tool;
- loading the container of the dispensing apparatus with a fumigant product;
- making one or more passes across an area of ground beneath which the burrow system is situated with the ground engagement tool of the dispensing apparatus engaged in the ground to pass through or by sections of the burrow system;
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- during the one or more passes, dispensing fumigant product into the ground behind the leading portion of the ground engagement tool;
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- leaving the fumigant product in the ground to gradually release fumigant gas over time.
A method of pest control for burrowing rodents that maintain a burrow system, the method comprising:
- providing a dispensing apparatus conveyable in a forward working direction and comprising a frame, a burrow forming element carried on the frame and extending downward therefrom, a container carried with the frame, a metering device associated with an outlet of the container, and a product delivery passage communicable with the container through the metering device and extending downward behind a leading portion of the burrow forming element to a dispensing outlet behind the burrow forming element;
- loading the container of the dispensing apparatus with a fumigant product;
- making one or more passes across an area of ground beneath which the burrow system is situated with the burrow forming element tool of the dispensing apparatus engaged in the ground to form sections of underground tunnel that pass through or by sections of the burrow system;
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- during the one or more passes, dispensing fumigant product into the underground tunnel behind burrow forming element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.