Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
Agricultural apparatus which includes a shank having means for mounting it on a tractive vehicle and having an earthworking implement at the lower end thereof, there being a pipe extending downwardly adjacent the rear of the shank, the earthworking implement comprising a wing mouldboard on each side of the shank, the wing mouldboards sloping upwardly in the rearward direction and the implement defining a cavity which is rearwardly and downwardly open, the forward and upper bounding walls of the cavity being constituted by said implement, and said pipe having its lower end opening into the cavity through the upper bounding wall of the cavity and its upper end connected to means for forcing a chemical substance down the pipe and into said cavity, there being soil breakers at the rear of the implement, the soil breakers extending rearwardly from the trailing edge of the remainder of the implement and protruding above said trailing edge.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
154 words
Agricultural apparatus which includes a shank having means for mounting it on a tractive vehicle and having an earthworking implement at the lower end thereof, there being a pipe extending downwardly adjacent the rear of the shank, the earthworking implement comprising a wing mouldboard on each side of the shank, the wing mouldboards sloping upwardly in the rearward direction and the implement defining a cavity which is rearwardly and downwardly open, the forward and upper bounding walls of the cavity being constituted by said implement, and said pipe having its lower end opening into the cavity through the upper bounding wall of the cavity and its upper end connected to means for forcing a chemical substance down the pipe and into said cavity, there being soil breakers at the rear of the implement, the soil breakers extending rearwardly from the trailing edge of the remainder of the implement and protruding above said trailing edge.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 1, in which there is a generally triangular plate joining said mouldboards behind the shank, there being an aperture in said plate, said pipe leading down to said aperture and there being below said aperture a distributor plate which material flowing down said pipe strikes and is distributed laterally.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 2, in which said distributor plate includes an element in the form of an upwardly convergent vee, the apex of which lies below said aperture and which apex extends in the intended direction of motion of the apparatus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 1, and comprising a hopper for the chemical substance, the outlet from the hopper communicating with the interior of the housing of a blower and the outlet of the blower communicating with said pipe.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 1 and comprising a hopper for the chemical substance which hopper is arranged so that the chemical substance flows under gravity into the upper end of said pipe, there being a blower for forcing air into said pipe at an intermediate point thereof in such manner that it draws downwardly the substance which is in the part of the pipe above the air entry point.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 4 in which an agitator is provided at the outlet of the hopper for preventing packing and bridging of said substance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 4 or 5, in which an agitator is provided at the outlet of the hopper for preventing packing and bridging of said agitator is driven by a fluid motor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 4 or 5, in which said blower is driven by a fluid motor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim 4 or 5, and comprising mechanically operable means for enabling the rate of flow of chemical substance through the hopper outlet to be varied.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
Agricultural apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, in which there is a ripper tip extending forwardly from the lower end of the shank.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
Agricultural apparatus according to Claim l, in which said means is a pump, there being a tank for receiving a liquid and the suction inlet of the pump being connected to said tank, said pipe communicating with a spray bar which is in said zone.