Sprayer construction for yard tractors employing electro-magnetic clutch and solenoid valves

Claim 1

SPRAYER ATTACHMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR SMALL YARD TRACTORS OF THE TYPE HAVING A POWER TAKEOFF, A BATTERY, A FRAME, AND A DRIVER''S STATION; INCLUDING SUPPORT BRACKET MEANS; PUMP MEANS HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CLUTCH MEANS MOUNTED ON THE PUMP MEANS AND INCLUDING PUMP DRIVE PULLEY MEANS ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AND DRIVEN FROM A TRACTOR POWER TAKEOFF; A SOURCE OF SPRAY SOLUTION CONNECTED WITH THE PUMP INLET; A PRESSURE MANIFOLD CONNECTED WITH A PUMP OUTLET; SPRAY BOOM MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE SPRAY HEADS; CONDUIT MEANS SEPARATELY CONNECTING EACH SPRAY HEAD WITH THE PRESSURE MANIFOLD AND INCLUDING A SOLENOID CONTROLLED VALVE FOR EACH SPRAY HEAD; SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE CLUTCH MEANS AND SOLENOID CONTROLLED VALVES ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE TRACTOR BATTERY FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE PUMP MEANS AND SELECTIVELY OF THE SOLENOID CONTROLLED VALVES; AND THE PUMP MEANS, PRESSURE MANIFOLD, SPRAY BOOM MEANS, CONDUIT MEANS AND SOLENOID VALVES ALL BEING MOUNTED ON THE SUPPORT BRACKET MEANS AS A UNITARY SPRAYER ATTACHMENT PACKAGE; WHEREBY WHEN THE SUPPORT BRACKET MEANS IS MOUNTED ON THE FRAME OF A TRACTOR ADJACENT A TRACTOR POWER TAKEOFF, AND WHEN THE SWITCH MEANS IS MOUNTED ON SUCH TRACTOR AT THE DRIVER''S STATION, THE SPRAYER ATTACHMENT MAY BE CONTROLLED AND OPERATED BY ONE PERSON AT THE DRIVER''S STATION WITHOUT LEAVING SUCH STATION AND DURING MOVEMENT OF THE TRACTOR.