Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for detecting blockages in an agricultural sprayer
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Application No.: US15692740Application Date: 2017-08-31
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Publication No.: US10209111B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Bingcheng Ni
- Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA New Holland
- Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA New Holland
- Agent Rebecca L. Henkel; Rickard K. DeMille
- Main IPC: A01M7/00
- IPC: A01M7/00 ; B05B15/02 ; G01F1/68 ; B05B12/00 ; B05B15/50 ; B05B1/20 ; B05B12/08 ; A01G25/09 ; B05B15/658

Abstract:
An agricultural sprayer arrangement includes a chassis; a ground engaging traction member carried by the chassis; a liquid tank carried by the chassis; a boom carried by the chassis; a conduit associated with the boom in fluid communication with the liquid tank that acts as a fluid flow path; a nozzle having an inlet in fluid communication with the conduit; a first flow sensor placed upstream of the inlet in the fluid flow path that provides a first flow signal; a second flow sensor placed downstream of the inlet in the fluid flow path that provides a second flow signal; and an electrical processing circuit coupled to the first flow sensor and the second flow sensor that is configured to compare the first and second flow signals to determine a flow rate decrease and issue an alarm if the flow rate decrease is less than a predetermined threshold level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170363454A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING BLOCKAGES IN AN AGRICULTURAL SPRAYER Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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