Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
Means for dispensing a treating substance to rows of low growing plants forming a relatively low tunnel above a furrow, comprising a traction vehicle of a height and width less than the height and width of said low tunnel, propelling means on said traction vehicle to propel the same through said tunnel, dispensing means of dimensions less than the dimension of said tunnel for dispensing said treating substance under pressure toward the plants about said tunnel, electrically actuated means for controlling said propelling means on said vehicle, being adapted to be controlled remotely, electrically actuated means for controlling said dispensing means, being adapted to be operated by remote control, remote control means to transmit electrical actuation to the respective electrically actuated meaNs at will, said dispensing means including spraying means directing sprays laterally and upwardly to the plants along opposite sides of said furrow.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
Means for dispensing a treating substance to rows of low growing plants forming a relatively low tunnel above a furrow, comprising a traction vehicle of a height and width less than the height and width of said low tunnel, propelling means on said traction vehicle to propel the same through said tunnel, dispensing means of dimensions less than the dimension of said tunnel for dispensing said treating substance under pressure toward the plants about said tunnel, electrically actuated means for controlling said propelling means on said vehicle, being adapted to be controlled remotely, electrically actuated means for controlling said dispensing means, being adapted to be operated by remote control, remote control means to transmit electrical actuation to the respective electrically actuated meaNs at will, said dispensing means including spraying means directing sprays laterally and upwardly to the plants along opposite sides of said furrow.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The invention specified in claim 1, and means on said traction vehicle coacting with the sides of said tunnel and the banks of said furrow for steering said traction vehicle along said furrow and said tunnel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
The invention specified in claim 2, and said steering means including, at least one pivoted castored wheel on said traction vehicle, and feeler extensions connected to said wheel so as to turn said wheel when said extension contacts a plant or a side of said furrow so as to turn said wheel toward the middle of said furrow.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The invention specified in claim 3, and said extension extending to a distance at least equal to the length of said traction vehicle and dispenser means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The invention specified in claim 4, and said traction vehicle and said dispenser being elongated to a length several times the width of the space between the adjacent rows of plants.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The invention specified in claim 5, and abutment means extended forward from said traction vehicle inclined upwardly and forward to raise said traction vehicle when abutting an obstruction thereby to aid said traction vehicle to ride over said obstacle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
The invention specified in claim 1, and each of said electrically actuated means including a servo motor, a servo switch for each servo motor, said remote control means including tone generators of different frequencies, receivers at the switches tuned to the respective tone generators, and circuit closing means for the respective tone generators selectively operable for actuation of the respective servo motors.