Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Payne

Nicholas J. Payne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Spraying apparatus
    Patent number: 5443210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spraying apparatus and a method of using the same. The spraying apparatus can be used in the spraying of herbicides or insecticides from an aircraft or from the ground. The apparatus provides a separation chamber to remove the small drop component of the spray so that the component leaving the apparatus is essentially free of small drops. Small drops have slight fallspeeds and are subject to wind drift, causing off-target deposits and potential biological impact outside the treatment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in the right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Energy, Mines, Resources and Forestry
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Payne
  • Spraying apparatus
    Patent number: 5246166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spraying apparatus and a method of using the same. The spraying apparatus can be used in the spraying of herbicides or insecticides from an aircraft or from the ground. The apparatus provides separation means to remove the small drop component of the spray so that the component leaving the apparatus is essentially free of small drops. Small drops have slight fallspeeds and are subject to wind drift, causing off-target deposits and potential biological impact outside the treatment areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Forestry
    Inventor: Nicholas J. Payne