Slurry slinging apparatus for treating soil

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SOIL TREATING MATERIALS TO SOIL COMPRISING A VEHICLE, CONTAINER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID VEHICLE, MEANS FOR FORMING A VISCOUS SUBSTANTIALY UNIFORM SLURRY OF SOIL TREATING MATERIALS IN SAID CONTAINER MEANS, APPLICATOR MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID SLURRY TO THE SOIL, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CONTAINER MEANS AND SAID APPLICATOR MEANS TO SUPPLY SAID SLURRY TO SAID APPLICATOR MEANS, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID SLURRY IN AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS TO INSURE A FLOW IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS AT A RATE GREATER THAN THAT WHICH WOULD BE PRODUCED BY GRAVITY, SAID APPLICATOR MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ROTATABLE DEVICE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONDUIT PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL CONDUIT PORTIONS CONNECTED TO SAID VERTICAL PORTION AND EXTENDING IN DIRECTIONS OTHER THAN VERTICAL, SAID ADDITIONAL CONDUIT PORTIONS HAVING ENDS EXTENDING IN DIRECTIONS DIFFERENT TO THE PORTIONS THEREOF CONNECTED TO SAID VERTICAL PORTION, AND POWER MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTATABLE DEVICE TO APPLY SLURRY DELIVERED THERETO BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SOIL TREATING MATERIALS TO SOIL COMPRISING A VEHICLE, CONTAINER MEANS CARRIED BY SAID VEHICLE, MEANS FOR FORMING A VISCOUS SUBSTANTIALY UNIFORM SLURRY OF SOIL TREATING MATERIALS IN SAID CONTAINER MEANS, APPLICATOR MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID SLURRY TO THE SOIL, CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CONTAINER MEANS AND SAID APPLICATOR MEANS TO SUPPLY SAID SLURRY TO SAID APPLICATOR MEANS, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SAID SLURRY IN AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS TO INSURE A FLOW IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS AT A RATE GREATER THAN THAT WHICH WOULD BE PRODUCED BY GRAVITY, SAID APPLICATOR MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ROTATABLE DEVICE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONDUIT PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF ADDITIONAL CONDUIT PORTIONS CONNECTED TO SAID VERTICAL PORTION AND EXTENDING IN DIRECTIONS OTHER THAN VERTICAL, SAID ADDITIONAL CONDUIT PORTIONS HAVING ENDS EXTENDING IN DIRECTIONS DIFFERENT TO THE PORTIONS THEREOF CONNECTED TO SAID VERTICAL PORTION, AND POWER MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTATABLE DEVICE TO APPLY SLURRY DELIVERED THERETO BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE.

Claim 3

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SOIL TREATING MATERIALS TO SOIL AND ADAPTED TO BE CARRIED BY A VEHICLE AND RECEIVE SLURRY FERTILIZER UNDER PRESSURE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SLURRY RECEIVING CONDUIT, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR CONDUITS ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT AND HAVING OUTER ENDS WITH TERMINAL AXES THAT ARE MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID TERMINAL AXES BEING MOVABLE TO POSITIONS LYING APPROXIMATELY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CONICAL SURFACES OF CONES HAVING AXES WHICH EXTEND FROM APEX TO BASE DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT, EACH SAID CONE BEING SO DISPOSED THAT A LINE DRAWN FROM THE AXIS OF SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT THROUGH THE UPPERMOST SURFACE OF THE CONE DOES NOT RISE SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL, SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT AND ASSOCIATED TUBULAR CONDUITS BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT.

Claim 4

AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SOIL TREATING MATERIALS TO SOIL AND ADAPTED TO BE CARRIED BY A VEHICLE AND RECEIVE SLURRY FERTILIZER UNDER PRESSURE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SLURRY RECEIVING CONDUIT, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR CONDUITS ADJUSTABLY CONNECTED TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT AND HAVING OUTER ENDS WITH TERMINAL AXES THAT ARE MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID TERMINAL AXES BEING MOVABLE TO POSITIONS LYING APPROXIMATELY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CONICAL SURFACES OF CONES HAVING AXES WHICH EXTEND FROM APEX TO BASE DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT, EACH SAID CONE BEING SO DISPOSED THAT A LINE DRAWN FROM THE AXIS OF SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT THROUGH THE UPPERMOST SURFACE OF THE CONE DOES NOT RISE SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL, SAID VERTICAL CONDUIT AND ASSOCIATED TUBULAR CONDUITS BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL CONDUIT.