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US 9,681,653 B2Granted
Portable organic herbicide applicator
AssigneeWeeds Never Sleep LLC
InventorMichael Peterson
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Abstract
Embodiments provide an applicator configured to pressurize and heat a mixture of water and herbicide, and expel the heated and pressurized water/herbicide mixture from the applicator. In some embodiments, the herbicide may be an organic herbicide such as organic acids, simple sugars, surfactants, or ammonia. The applicator may include an inline heating element coupled with a spray tip of the applicator such that the inline heating element may receive a water/herbicide mixture from a water line of the applicator, heat the water/herbicide mixture, and then supply the water/herbicide mixture to the spray tip.
Claims12
A portable applicator comprising:
- a chamber coupled with a water line and configured to store an organic herbicide, the chamber being configured to introduce the organic herbicide from the chamber to a liquid in the water line;
- a pump coupled with the water line and configured to pressurize the liquid in the water line, the liquid including the organic herbicide;
- an inline heating unit coupled with the water line, the inline heating unit being configured to heat the liquid to create a heated liquid;
- a spray tip coupled with the inline heating unit and configured to expel the heated liquid in a single jet of liquid from the applicator;
- an applicator body including a human-wearable support, wherein said chamber and said pump are housed within an interior of said applicator body;
- a hand held wand including a first terminal end and an opposed second end;
- and
- a hose having an insulated jacket,
- wherein:
- the hose is directly coupled to the second end of the hand held wand;
- the hose is directly coupled to the inline heating unit;
- the hand held wand includes a single hollow housing;
- the first terminal end of the hand held wand is a terminal end of the single hollow housing;
- the spray tip is coupled to the first terminal end of the hand held wand;
- the water line extends through the single hollow housing of the hand held wand from the second end of the hand held wand to the spray tip at the first terminal end of the hand held wand;
- the spray tip is directly coupled to the terminal end of the single hollow housing;
- and
- the pump, the inline heating unit, and the hose are configured to expel the heated liquid through the hollow housing of the hand held wand and through the spray tip at the terminal end of the single hollow housing.
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A portable applicator comprising:
- a housing including a human body-worn support structure adapted to be worn by a human operator of said applicator;
- a chamber positioned within said housing and coupled with a water line, at least a portion of said water line positioned within said housing, said chamber being configured to store an organic herbicide and to introduce the organic herbicide from the chamber to a liquid in the water line;
- a pump positioned within the housing and coupled with the water line, the pump being configured to pressurize the liquid in the water line, the liquid including the organic herbicide;
- an inline heating unit coupled with the water line, the inline heating unit being configured to heat the liquid to create a heated liquid;
- a spray tip coupled with the inline heating unit and configured to expel the heated liquid in a single jet of liquid from the applicator;
- a hose having an insulated jacket;
- and
- a hand held wand including a first terminal end and an opposed second end, said spray tip being positioned on said hand held wand, said water line extending from said housing to said hand held wand via the hose having the insulated jacket, and said inline heating unit positioned within one of said housing and said hand held wand,
- wherein:
- the hose is directly coupled to the second end of the hand held wand;
- the hose having the insulated jacket is directly coupled to the inline heating unit;
- the hand held wand includes a single hollow housing;
- the first terminal end of the hand held wand is a terminal end of the single hollow housing;
- the spray tip is coupled to the first terminal end of the hand held wand;
- the water line extends through the single hollow housing of the hand held wand from the second end of the hand held wand to the spray tip at the first terminal end of the hand held wand;
- the spray tip is directly coupled to the terminal end of the single hollow housing;
- and
- the pump, the inline heating unit, and the hose are configured to expel the heated liquid through the hollow housing of the hand held wand and through the spray tip at the terminal end of the single hollow housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.