An infeed chute for a material application machine includes a riser and a water spreading unit. The riser includes a sidewall and defines an infeed opening extending through the riser. The riser is configured to be coupled to an opening of a tank of a material application machine such that application material passed through the infeed opening of the riser enters the tank of the material application machine. The sidewall includes a water inlet formed therein. The water spreading unit is coupled to the water inlet and is configured to direct water laterally across the infeed chute.
B05B 1/20 - Perforated pipes or troughs, e.g. spray boomsOutlet elements therefor
A01C 7/08 - Broadcast seedersSeeders depositing seeds in rows
A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
A01C 7/20 - Parts of seeders for conducting and depositing seed
B05B 7/32 - Apparatus in which liquids or other fluent materials from different sources are brought together before entering the discharge device in which one liquid or other fluent material is fed or drawn through an orifice into a stream of a carrying fluid the fed liquid or other fluent material being under pressure
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ELECTRIC-POWERED BULK MATERIAL DISPERSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE
An electric-powered bulk material dispersing system (1) and method of use. The electric power is provided by a battery system (100) with one or more electric motors (300) to replace traditional internal combustion engines. The electric motor or motors are used to provide power to one or more pumps (200) that may be used in conjunction with various tubes, hoses or related conduit and spray nozzles (1300, 1400) in order to disperse a bulk material such as seed, mulch, compost, chipped wood, grain, hay, fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, plastic pellets, salt, sand or the like that has been combined or suspended within a fluent material. In one form, the bulk material dispersing system may be used as a bulk hydroseeder.
An electric-powered bulk material dispersing system and method of use. The electric power is provided by a battery system with one or more electric motors to replace traditional internal combustion engines. The electric motor or motors are used to provide pressure to one or more pumps that may be used in conjunction with various tubes, hoses or related conduit and spray nozzles in order to disperse a bulk material such as seed, mulch, compost, chipped wood, grain, hay, fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, plastic pellets, salt, sand or the like that has been combined or suspended within a fluent material. In one form, the bulk material dispersing system may be used as a bulk hydroseeder.
In one embodiment, a hydroseeder has an integrated bale grinder. The hydroseeder includes a tank, an agitator, a plurality of grinding flights, and a basket. The tank includes an opening and is configured to hold a material slurry. The agitator is positioned below the opening and is configured to agitate the material slurry. The plurality of grinding flights extends from the agitator and is configured to grind a material bale as it is introduced into the tank. The basket extends from the opening of the tank and is configured to direct the material bale toward the plurality of grinding flights.
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
A01C 23/00 - Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons
B02C 23/20 - Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy after crushing or disintegrating
A01F 29/00 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
A01C 23/04 - Distributing under pressureDistributing mudAdaptation of watering systems for fertilising-liquids
A hydraulic spray nozzle, a hydroseeding system and a method of dispersing bulk material with a hydraulic spray nozzle. The hydraulic spray nozzle may further include one or more of an inlet, a diffuser cone, an expansion chamber, one or more interior surface vanes, a converging nozzle and an outlet that fluidly cooperate with one another in order to increase the dispersal distance of the bulk material as it exits the hydraulic spray nozzle. In one form, the hydraulic spray nozzle is incorporated into a hydroseeding system or other bulk material dispersing system in order to apply seeds, mulch, fertilizer or related bulk materials over large swaths of land.
B05B 1/10 - Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops in the form of a fine jet, e.g. for use in wind-screen washers
A hydraulic spray nozzle (100), a hydroseeding system and a method of dispersing bulk material with a hydraulic spray nozzle. The hydraulic spray nozzle may further include one or more of an inlet (110), a diffuser cone (130), an expansion chamber (150), one or more interior surface vanes (140), a converging nozzle and an outlet that fluidly cooperate with one another in order to increase the dispersal distance of the bulk material as it exits the hydraulic spray nozzle.
A material application system includes a hopper assembly and a conveyor assembly. The hopper assembly includes an upper portion and a downcomer portion. Bulk material is loaded into the upper portion and passes through the downcomer portion. The downcomer portion may include a sail plate for agitating the bulk material to inhibit the formation of clogs in the bulk material.
B65G 65/40 - Devices for emptying otherwise than from the top
B65G 65/30 - Methods or devices for filling or emptying bunkers, hoppers, tanks, or like containers, of interest apart from their use in particular chemical or physical processes or their application in particular machines, e.g. not covered by a single other subclass
B65G 3/04 - Storing bulk material or loose, i.e. disorderly, articles in bunkers, hoppers or like large containers
A01G 13/02 - Protective coverings for plants; Devices for laying-out coverings
An infeed chute for a material application machine includes a riser and a water spreading unit. The riser includes a sidewall and defines an infeed opening extending through the riser. The riser is configured to be coupled to an opening of a tank of a material application machine such that application material passed through the infeed opening of the riser enters the tank of the material application machine. The sidewall includes a water inlet formed therein. The water spreading unit is coupled to the water inlet and is configured to direct water laterally across the infeed chute.
A01C 7/20 - Parts of seeders for conducting and depositing seed
B05B 7/32 - Apparatus in which liquids or other fluent materials from different sources are brought together before entering the discharge device in which one liquid or other fluent material is fed or drawn through an orifice into a stream of a carrying fluid the fed liquid or other fluent material being under pressure
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Hydroseeders having integrated bale grinders and methods
In one embodiment, a hydroseeder has an integrated bale grinder. The hydroseeder includes a tank, an agitator, a plurality of grinding flights, and a basket. The tank includes an opening and is configured to hold a material slurry. The agitator is positioned below the opening and is configured to agitate the material slurry. The plurality of grinding flights extends from the agitator and is configured to grind a material bale as it is introduced into the tank. The basket extends from the opening of the tank and is configured to direct the material bale toward the plurality of grinding flights.
B02C 18/14 - Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragmentsMincing machines or similar apparatus using worms or the like with rotating knives within horizontal containers
A01C 7/06 - Seeders combined with fertilising apparatus
A01C 23/00 - Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons
B02C 23/20 - Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy after crushing or disintegrating
A01F 29/00 - Cutting apparatus specially adapted for cutting hay, straw or the like
A01C 23/04 - Distributing under pressureDistributing mudAdaptation of watering systems for fertilising-liquids
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Semi-closed loop hydraulic system for material application machines
A semi-closed loop hydraulic circuit includes a prime move, a first hydraulic circuit operatively coupled to the prime mover, and a second hydraulic circuit operatively coupled to the prime mover. The second hydraulic circuit is fluidly coupled to the first hydraulic circuit.
A01B 63/10 - Lifting or adjusting devices or arrangements for agricultural machines or implements for implements mounted on tractors operated by hydraulic or pneumatic means
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