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Fluid distribution

Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co
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Filing: 1962-06-22
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Granted: 1964-07-07
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Expires: 1982-06-22
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Richard O Welty

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 16:03
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01C; A01C23/00; A01C23/02; A01C23/023

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 321 words
A DISPENSING SYSTEM FOR THE DIRECT APPLICATION OF AMMONIA TO SOIL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A WHEELED VEHICLE; FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF SHOES SUPPORTED BY SAID VEHICLE, SAID SHOES BEING ADAPTED TO PRODUCE FURROWS IN THE GROUND AS THE VEHICLE IS MOVED FORWARD; A LIQUID AMMONIA STORAGE TANK MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE; A FIRST FLUID DISTRIBUTOR COMPRISING A BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER THEREIN, A FLUID INLET PASSAGEWAY DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, THE WALL OF SAID FLUID INLET PASSAGEWAY FURTHEST FROM THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL TO THE INNER WALL OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, THE AXIS OF SAID FLUID INLET PASSAGEWAY BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO A PLANE CONTAINING SAID AXIS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER, FIRST AND SECOND OUTLET PASSAGEWAYS LOCATED IN SAID BODY, A FIRST RESTRICTED PASSAGEWAY DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER AND SAID FIRST OUTLET PASSAGEWAY, A SECOND RESTRICTED PASSAGEWAY DISPOSED IN SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER AND SAID SECOND OUTLET PASSAGEWAY, SAID FIRST AND SECOND RESTRICTED PASSAGEWAYS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER; FIRST CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID LIQUID AMMONIA STORAGE TANK AND SAID FLUID INLET PASSAGEWAY OF SAID FIRST FLUID DISTRIBUTOR; SECOND AND THIRD FLUID DISTRIBUTORS EACH HAVING AN INLET AND A PLURALITY OF OUTLETS; SECOND CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID FIRST OUTLET PASSAGEWAYS OF SAID FIRST FLUID DISTRIBUTOR AND THE INLET OF SAID SECOND FLUID DISTRIBUTOR; THIRD CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID SECOND OUTLET PASSAGEWAY OF SAID FIRST FLUID DISTRIBUTOR AND THE INLET OF SAID THIRD FLUID DISTRIBUTOR; A FIRST PLURALITY OF CONDUITS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL OUTLETS OF SAID SECOND FLUID DISTRIBUTOR AND POINTS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF SHOES; AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF CONDUITS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL OUTLETS OF SAID THIRD FLUID DISTRIBUTOR AND POINTS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF SHOES.

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