Earth working and fluid distribution apparatus

Claim 1

An earth working and fluid distribution apparatus comprising a mobile plow including a rigid frame, soil grooving and fracturing means including shank means attached to said frame and a tool having a leading edge attached to said shank means with a transverse width defined by the horizontal distance between the vertical edges thereof for creating a furrow in communication with the soil as said mobile plow travels thereacross, fluid supply means attached to said frame, fluid distribution means connected to said fluid supply means, said fluid distribution means terminating in fluid discharge means connected to said shank means above and behind the leading edge of said tool, said fluid discharge means having opposed nozzle means for discharging fluid substantially laterally against opposed sidewalls of said furrow created by said soil grooving and fracturing means, rearwardly diverging sweep means connected to said shank means and having a leading portion having a transverse width no greater than said transverse width of said tool disposed substantially directly above the fluid discharge means to prevent positive disturbance of the tool created furrow side walls until after said nozzle means has passed thus facilitating fluid issuing from the nozzle means reaching the tool created furrow side walls, said sweep means diverging to a width greater than the transverse width of said tool behind and only behind said nozzle means and extending above and behind said nozzle means for contacting the sidewalls of said furrow only after said nozzle means has passed and displacing soil from the sidewalls of the furrow downwardly to effect sealing of said fluid in the soil following said discharge of said fluid.