Sprayer docking station and monitoring system
CA 2444906 C · Owner: Vickers, Michael T. · Inventors: Vickers, Michael T.; Junge, Steve A.
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The improved sprayer system of the present invention utilizes a docking drogue and probe assembly to quickly and easily allow refilling of the sprayer tanks with a material from an enlarged nurse tank. The coupling of the drogue and probe allows for fluid communication as well as electronic transmission of material data to a processor in the prime mover. This processor software also receives input regarding field data and crop data as well as feedback data from the sprayer regarding the material application. A GPS system on the prime mover allows for tracking the spraying operation while a time stamp in the processor software tracks the timing of the spraying operation. This system thus …
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- Filed October 9, 2003 and granted September 11, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 2023.
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