Abstract: The present invention relates to a closing device configured to close a can of phytosanitary product, the closing device having a bottom wall having at least three through openings, and a peripheral wall protruding from the bottom wall, a first opening being configured to be connected to an outlet of phytosanitary product allowing the phytosanitary product to be discharged from the can, a second opening being configured to open in a sealed manner into an inflatable membrane and to be connected to an inlet of a pneumatic circuit, so as to allow an overpressure to be generated in the can by the expansion of the inflatable membrane by the pneumatic circuit, a third opening being configured to be connected to an inlet of a hydraulic flushing circuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an agricultural spraying system, comprising: a reservoir configured to contain a product, the reservoir being connected to a first downstream duct configured to convey the product to a mixing area; a first tank configured to contain a clear liquid, the first tank being connected to a first upstream duct configured to convey clear liquid to the reservoir so that the clear liquid flushes the reservoir, forming a grey liquid; the system wherein the first downstream duct comprises an element configured to direct the grey liquid to at least a second tank connected to a second downstream duct configured to convey the grey liquid to the mixing area.

Abstract: An agricultural device and a method for dispensing a liquid product over a surface. The device includes at least one boom and a plurality of nozzles positioned along the boom, a pressure regulation unit including a nozzle controller configured for controlling the opening and closing of one or more associated nozzles, and an inclination detection means for determining an inclination of the longitudinal supply line with respect to a horizontal. The pressure regulation unit and/or the at least one nozzle controller is configured to calculate nozzle operation data for each associated nozzle involving inclination data transmitted by the inclination detection means and the position of the nozzle on the longitudinal supply line, and the nozzle controller is configured to operate the nozzles based on the calculated nozzle operation data to obtain a homogeneous spraying of the liquid product over a surface of a field to be sprayed.

Abstract: A carbon fiber boom structure for an agricultural sprayer boom, the boom structure including an elongated upper carbon fiber tube, at least one elongated lower carbon fiber and a carbon fiber/resin matrix uniting structure bonded to each of the carbon fiber tubes to hold the tubes in a spaced apart position. The uniting structure being formed in a winding operation by applying windings of a carbon fiber string with a liquid resin around portions of the tubes, the windings and resin matrix defining an inner primary layer and an outer primary layer, wherein the inner primary layer is bonded to a surface portion of each tube while the outer primary layer is bonded to a remaining surface portion of each tube to completely, or essentially completely, envelope each tube by the portions of the two primary layers.

Abstract: A gas powered thermal weeder having a burner head for burning gas to generate heat. The burner head has a foot portion for placing in proximity to weeds to be treated with heat generated at the burner head. The burner head is connected by a support tube to a handle portion, with the handle portion and support tube being for use together in supporting and positioning the burner head during the treatment of weeds. The handle portion comprises a gas canister mounting portion to which a gas canister is mountable for supplying gas to the burner head.

Abstract: A device for attaching a nozzle holder having a body and a casing to a supply line, the supply line having a receiving support in contact with the supply line; a receiving support hinge for pivoting a latch about a first pivot axis parallel to the direction of the supply line; a receiving support pin for locking the latch, the pin having a deformable clamp collar; and wherein the device being such that the clamp collar of the pin having an eccentric configured to cover the latch.

Abstract: A garden watering flow meter having an inlet for accepting water, an outlet for outputting water, a flow communication path between the inlet and the outlet, and a flow sensor for sensing flow into, in, or out of, the flow communication path. The flow meter includes a control arrangement for controlling the flow between the inlet and the outlet. The control arrangement has a valve moveable between an open state which allows flow in the flow communication path between the inlet and the outlet and a closed state which obstructs flow between the inlet and the outlet, a drive arrangement for driving the valve between the open and closed states, and a control unit for controlling operation of the drive arrangement in dependence on an output from the flow sensor.

Abstract: A multi-component mixing device including at least a first supply of a first product and a second supply of a second product. The mixing device has a mixing chamber having at least a first inlet and a second inlet, the first supply opening into the mixing chamber at the first inlet and the second supply opening into the mixing chamber at the second inlet. The mixing device includes a nozzle arranged and adapted to inject the second product from the second supply into the mixing chamber as a flat jet. An associated mixing method is also provided.

Abstract: A base for a powder coating booth, including a base structure, through which the booth is intended to rest on a floor, the base structure being configured to support a powder coating compartment of the booth. The base also includes a floor, which is supported by the base structure and which is configured to delimit the bottom of the powder coating compartment. To reduce the accumulation of residual powder, the floor includes at least one oblique panel, which is inclined with respect to the horizontal and which is configured to delimit the bottom of the powder coating compartment of the booth, whereas the at least one oblique panel is porous so as to be permeable to the air and impermeable to the residual powder resulting from powder coating an article within the powder coating compartment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system of articulated fins for a boat (1) having a hull (2), the system of fins comprising at least two fins (10) having a respective end fastened to an element of the hull (2) of the boat (1), the two fins (10) being situated one on each side of a longitudinal axis of the boat (1), each fin (10) being intended to be completely submerged in a deployed position of the fin, each fin (10) also having a folded position in which the fin (10) is intended to come up against the hull (2) of the boat (1), and each fin (10) having operating means configured to move the fin (10) between the folded position and the deployed position, and vice versa. The fin (10) has a web and a working portion fastened to the web.

Abstract: An angular adjustment device for adjusting a vertical angle between a mast of a boat and a boom articulated to the mast, the boat having a sail connected to the mast by means of a first luff segment of the sail and a manoeuvring member configured to pivot the boom with respect to the mast so as to vary a vertical angle (?), the device having: a detection member configured to detect a second luff segment mobile on the boom; and a control module configured to control the manoeuvring member to pivot the boom so as to reduce the vertical angle in the event that the detection member detects the displacement of the second luff segment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the fluid circulation in a spraying system comprising a boom comprising a nozzle, supply means, at least one pulse-width modulation generator of a signal and a pressure sensor, said method comprising the following steps: a) setting a reference pressure; b) calculating a percentage of flow rate reduction to be applied according to said pressure, said percentage of flow rate reduction corresponding to the expected flow rate; then c) generating a control signal corresponding to said expected flow rate; d) spraying a liquid, by measuring the supply pressure of said nozzle; e) measuring a flow rate of liquid supplying the boom; f) determining the outgoing liquid flow rate of liquid leaving said nozzle g) modifying the control of the generator according to a comparison between the determined outgoing liquid flow rate and the expected flow rate.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of agricultural spraying. It relates to a method for preparing a treatment product in a quantity needed for treating a plot of land using a localized spraying system. According to the invention, the method (100) comprises: a step (120) of generating a vegetation prediction map, said map being generated from an earlier vegetation map and from a plant growth model that models the growth of the plants being cultivated on the plot of land; a step (130) of generating a spray prediction map, said map being generated from the vegetation prediction map, a quantity of treatment products to be sprayed being determined for each zone of the spray prediction map; and a step (140) of determining a total quantity of treatment product, said quantity being calculated according to the quantities of treatment product to be sprayed in the various zones of the spray prediction map.

Abstract: A spraying nozzle for an agricultural device, a spraying system and agricultural machine provided therewith and method therefor. The spraying nozzle includes a body and a nozzle head, the body comprising a first inlet chamber, a second inlet chamber, and a mixing chamber. The first inlet chamber includes a first inlet configured to receive a first fluid under a first pressure and a first outlet that is fluidly connected to the mixing chamber, and the second inlet chamber comprises a second inlet configured to accept a second fluid under a second pressure and a second outlet that is fluidly connected with the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber is fluidly connected to the nozzle head.

Abstract: A fluid spraying facility including a fluid circulation pipe and a scraper that can circulate in the pipe in order to push back the fluid present in the pipe as it moves forward, the pipe and the scraper each having a circular section, the pipe having an inner diameter, the scraper having an outer diameter, the outer diameter having a first value. A difference between the inner diameter of the pipe and the first outer diameter value of the scraper is greater than or equal to 100 micrometers, preferably greater than or equal to 200 micrometers.

Abstract: A piezo actuator for carrying out an actuating movement is disclosed, with a piezo bending transducer made of a carrier layer which is at least partially covered on one or two sides with a piezo lamella, with a movable end and with a housing, with a reference stop connected to the housing for determining a reference position for the actuating movement, with a first bearing region which comprises regions of the piezo actuator and the housing and which allows for twists ?1 of the piezo bending transducer, with a second bearing region having a surface on the side of the bending transducer and a surface on the side of the housing, and an intermediate layer between the surfaces, which connects them and which can be liquefied, and with a pressure element for generating a bias torque on the piezo bending transducer around the first bearing region against the reference stop.

Abstract: The invention relates to a spray boom comprising a nozzle holder connected to a duct, comprising a first nozzle, a section, a group of nozzles, a flow regulating means arranged between the nozzle and the section and comprising at least one inlet and two outlets controllable between an open and closed position, said flow regulating means allowing supply of the nozzle and/or the group of nozzles with liquid, and in the closed position preventing their supply with liquid, in the open position of the first outlet or the second outlet, said flow regulating means allows supply of the nozzle and the section respectively, and in the closed position prevents supply of the first nozzle and the section respectively.

Abstract: Device for applying a product, including a frame in which a product conduit is provided, the frame defining a longitudinal bore, the device including a needle mounted in the longitudinal bore, the device including a product application valve formed by a nozzle provided on the frame and a shutter provided at an end of the needle in the product conduit. The needle is configured to be moved along a longitudinal axis between a closed position and an open position of the dispensing valve. The device includes a stop fixed in relation to the needle, and a stop fixed in relation to the frame, configured to limit the return of the needle towards its closed position to an intermediate position between the closed and the open position, by interaction with the stop fixed in relation to the needle, and the stop fixed in relation to the frame has an adjustable position.

Abstract: A method for connecting to equipment by means of an electronic terminal, including an image sensor of the electronic terminal acquiring a visual indicator image displayed by the equipment, the visual indicator including connection identifiers for establishing a communication link with the equipment in coded form, a software application installed on the electronic terminal extracting the connection identifiers from the acquired image, and the connection identifiers establishing a local wireless communication link between a communication interface of the electronic terminal and a communication interface of an electronic controller of the equipment.

Abstract: An installation including an atomizer configured to atomize a fluid, a robot and a first station, the robot being configured to move the atomizer in a predetermined reference frame between at least a first position and a second position, the atomizer being configured to atomize the fluid when the atomizer is in the first position, a distance being defined between the atomizer and the first station, the distance when the atomizer is in the second position being strictly less than the distance when the atomizer is in the first position. The first station includes at least one sensor configured to measure at least one value of a parameter of the atomizer when the atomizer is in the second position.