Patents by Inventor Myron C. Hesse

Myron C. Hesse 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).

  • Patent number: 4516723
    Abstract: A sprayer system to apply concentrated agricultural chemicals in fine-droplets within the range of about 10 to 300 microns.A blower and a reservoir tank of agricultural chemical are carried by a terrain traversing vehicle the blower airstream passing through a volute that is axially equipped with a vanes type revolvable sprayhead having agricultural chemical delivered thereto by a hoseline. The blower airstream impinges upon the vanes, which rotates the sprayhead causing atomization into fine-droplets, and also castably sprays the liquid droplets toward crop foliage. The volute is desireably equipped with louvers to control the spraying direction, and the sprayhead vanes are desireably adjustable to control sprayhead rotational speed and the resultant droplet size of the emerging chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Inventor: Myron C. Hesse