PRODUCT DELIVERY METHOD TO THE TREATMENT OBJECT AND THE DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION

• US 20190320639A1
• Filed: 04/26/2017
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eco Shield Engineering LLC
• Original Assignee: Eco Shield Engineering LLC
• Inventors: Raykhfeld, Yevgeniy, Golenistsev, Igor
• Granted Patent: US 11,517,926 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 7/0032 Pressure sprayers
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/14 using sprayed or atomised substances including air-liquid contact processes
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 13/005 mounted on vehicles or designed to apply a liquid on a very large surface, e.g. on the road, on the surface of large containers
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 17/06 using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 7/0075 Nozzle arrangements in gas streams

Abstract

A fluid dispersion system and method used for spraying large areas with near-monodispersed, aerosolized fluid droplets. More specifically, the system creates and distributes a cloud of near-monodispersed droplets of fluid by pumping pressurized air and fluid through fluid dispersion machinery and into, and out of, a fluid dispersion nozzle. The fluid dispersion machinery is a combustion engine-driven air compressor system that includes an engine, radiator, fuel tank, fluid tank, fluid piping system, fluid pump, air compressor, air compression intake, one or more fluid dispersal nozzles, air ducting, clutch, and control system. The method of fluid dispersion is implemented at night during a nighttime air inversion when there is a temperature difference between the temperature of air at the top of an object and the temperature of air near the ground surface.

Claims

1. A method of dispersing fluid particles long distances, the method comprising:

waiting for a predetermined temperature difference between temperature of air at a top of an object and temperature of air near a ground surface;

using a fluid pump to pressurize a fluid;

using an air compressor to pressurize air particles;

combining the pressurized fluid and the pressurized air particles in a nozzle, wherein the combination of pressurized fluid, pressurized air particles, and further air acceleration provided by the nozzle enables creation of a cloud of near-monodispersed droplets that are released from an end of the nozzle;

rotating the nozzle so the near-monodispersed droplets are released upwind from the object;

wherein;

the method is implemented at night during a nighttime air inversion;

gravity and the nighttime air inversion pull the near-monodispersed droplets down onto a surface of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a plant.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the fluid is a herbicide.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the nozzle is aimed above the top of the object.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is livestock equipment and premises and the fluid is a disinfectant.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the near-monodispersed droplets can travel up to two miles away from the nozzle.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the near mono-dispersed droplets have diameters between 5 and 150 microns.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined temperature difference is one degree Fahrenheit and the temperature of air at the top of the object is one degree warmer than the temperature of air near the ground surface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is limited to implementation when the wind speed is equal to or less than 9 miles per hour.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is a tree and the nozzle is aimed directly at the tree.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the fluid is approximately 10% water.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the nozzle is a supersonic, adjustable, dual-contour nozzle.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, the fluid hits various barriers within the nozzle and breaks into the near-monodispersed droplets.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the accelerated air pushes the near-mondispersed droplets away from the nozzle.

15. A fluid dispersion system comprising:

a fluid dispersion nozzle that creates and distributes near-monodispersed droplets;

fluid dispersion machinery comprised of;

an engine;

a radiator;

a fuel tank;

a fluid tank;

a fluid piping system;

a fluid pump powered by a fluid pump belt attached to the engine;

an air compressor;

an air compression intake and silencer;

air ducting; and

a clutch; and

an in-cab control system that controls the fluid dispersion machinery;

wherein the machinery is attached to a base frame, and the engine is attached to a motor frame that is mounted to the base frame.

16. The fluid dispersion system of claim 15, wherein the nozzle combines pressurized fluid with accelerated air in the nozzle to create and distributes the near-monodispersed droplets.

17. The fluid dispersion system of claim 15, wherein:

the fluid tank is mounted near a front of the base frame with a first side facing forward and a second side facing backward;

the air compressor is mounted near a back of the base frame;

the motor frame is mounted on the base frame;

the engine is mounted on the motor frame, is located between the fluid tank and the air compressor, and has a first side facing the second side of the fluid tank and a second side facing the air compressor; and

the fluid piping system is mounted to the base frame and the motor frame.

18. The fluid dispersion system of claim 17, wherein:

the motor frame has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion;

the horizontal portion of the motor frame is mounted to a central portion of the base frame;

the vertical portion of the motor frame is mounted to a right side of the base frame;

the engine is mounted to the horizontal portion of the motor frame; and

the radiator is mounted to the vertical portion of the motor frame.

19. The fluid dispersion system of claim 17, further comprising a belt to transfer power from the engine to the air compressor.

20. The fluid dispersion system of claim 15, further comprising an additional at least one fluid tank.