Air aspiration device

• US 10,018,291 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pentair Flow Technologies LLC (Pentair Plc (Ireland))
• Original Assignee: Pentair Flow Technologies LLC (Pentair Plc (Ireland))
• Inventors: Lang, John, Mohr, Mark, Jaedike, Colin
• Primary Examiner(s): Bochna, David E
• Application Number:
  US14/842,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20150369407A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,043 Days
• Field of Search: 285197, 285198, 239548, 239550, 239558, 239562
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/1645 the outlets being rotated during selection
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/20 Arrangements of several outlets along elongated bodies, e.g. perforated pipes or troughs, e.g. spray booms spray booms for agricultural uses A01M7/0071; spray bars for treating roads E01C19/176; Outlet elements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/658 the spraying apparatus or its outlet axis being perpendicular to the flow conduit
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 21/03 placed in the socket before connection F16L21/022, F16L21/025 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 21/065 tightened by tangentially-arranged threaded pins
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 55/1108 fixed by screwing or by means of a screw-threaded ring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6851 With casing, support, protector or static constructional installations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/85938 Non-valved flow dividers

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a removable clamp for coupling an adaptor to a pipe delivering a solution, the removable clamp having a button in order to maintain an angular relationship between the adapter and the pipe. Other embodiments of the invention provide a fluid delivery system having clamps with buttons coupling a tee adaptor to sections of a boom in order to maintain an angular relationship between the sections of the boom.

Claims

1. A fluid delivery system comprising:

a boom delivering fluid from a fluid source, the boom including a first section with a first aperture and a second section with a second aperture;

a tee adapter coupled to the first section and the second section, the tee adapter receiving fluid from the fluid source and delivering the fluid to the first section and the second section;

a first clamp including a first button, the first button being received by the first aperture;

a second clamp including a second button, the second button being received by the second aperture;

a plurality of nozzle bodies coupled to the boom, each one of the plurality of nozzle bodies including a feed spigot in fluid communication with the boom and a valve; and

an air aspiration device coupled to a first end of the boom, the air aspiration device releasing air trapped above the fluid to lower an air pressure in the boom in order to reduce a shut-off time of the valve;

the first clamp coupling the tee adapter to the first section and the second clamp coupling the tee adapter to the second section in order to maintain an angular relationship between the first section and the second section.

2. The fluid delivery system of claim 1 wherein:

the first clamp includes a body portion having a first clamp component and a second clamp component together creating an internal surface; and

the first button is located on the internal surface.

3. The fluid delivery system of claim 2, wherein the first clamp component includes a first flange and the second clamp component includes a second flange, the first flange and the second flange each having a hole for receiving a first fastener.

4. The fluid delivery system of claim 3, wherein the second clamp includes a third flange and a fourth flange, the third flange and the fourth flange each having a hole for receiving a second fastener.

5. The fluid delivery system of claim 4, wherein the first button is located on the first clamp component.

6. The fluid delivery system of claim 2, further comprising a first gasket and a second gasket, the first gasket engaging the first button and the second gasket engaging the second button, the first gasket and the second gasket creating a seal between the tee adapter and the boom.

7. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, wherein the first clamp and the second clamp are integral to the tee adapter.

8. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, wherein the first clamp and the second clamp are removable clamps.

9. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, and further comprising a second air aspiration device coupled to a second end of the boom.

10. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of nozzle bodies are coupled to the boom using pipe clamps.

11. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of nozzle bodies are spaced along the boom at regular intervals.

12. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, further comprising an end cap coupled to a second end of the boom.

13. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, wherein the first clamp and the second clamp both comprise a first clamping component and a second clamping component.

14. The fluid delivery system of claim 13, wherein the first clamping component and the second clamping component are hinged together with a hinge pin.

15. The fluid delivery system of claim 13, further comprising a first fastener configured to tighten the first clamp against the boom and a second fastener configured to tighten the second clamp against the boom.

16. The fluid delivery system of claim 1, wherein:

the tee adaptor comprises a main body and a flange; and

the first clamp is integral with the main body.