Abstract: A spray head for an agricultural sprayer, the spray head including a fan with a central axis, the spray head also including dual liquid manifolds coaxial about the fan's central axis, each manifold having a plurality of spray nozzles positioned to be capable of spraying liquid into air exiting the fan, and each manifold having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet so as to permit individual control of liquid through each manifold.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 13, 2020
Publication date:
August 20, 2020
Applicant:
Croplands Equipment Pty Ltd
Inventors:
Leslie Roy Bollenhagen, Stephen Charles Norton, John Flint Packer
Abstract: A mobile agricultural spray apparatus, the spray apparatus including at least one spray nozzle arranged to be on one side of a crop during spraying and an overspray collector arranged to be on the opposite side of the crop during spraying such that the overspray collector can capture overspray from the spray nozzle during operation, wherein the overspray collector includes: at least two curtains, the curtains including at least one pervious and flexible front curtain and an impervious rear curtain; an overspray space between the pervious front curtain and the impervious rear curtain; and an overspray chamber in fluid communication with at least the overspray space for collection of overspray captured by the overspray collector.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 29, 2017
Publication date:
March 5, 2020
Applicant:
Croplands Equipment Pty Ltd
Inventors:
Leslie Roy Bollenhagen, David Manktelow
Abstract: The present invention provides a drive system for a mobile blower or a mobile sprayer. The drive system includes at least one flexible cable drive which connects a fan unit of the mobile blower or the mobile sprayer to a rotary power source to drive the fan. The present invention also provides mobile blowers and mobile sprayers including the drive system.