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Spray boom height adjustment
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-06-16
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Granted: 1989-11-07
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Expires: 2008-06-16
Abstract
Abstract A spray boom assembly has an elongate boom carrier supported on walking beams near its opposite ends. Each of the walking beams consists of a pair of parallelogram linkages extending respectively to the front and back of the boom carrier. The parallelogram linkages are linked by an hydraulic cylinder or actuator that can be extended to rotate the parallelogram linkages downwards about their pivotal connections to the boom carrier. This raises the boom carrier without changing its orientation.
Inventors
- 👤 Delmar J. Richardson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 12:30
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01M; A01M7/00; A01M7/005; A01M7/0071; A01M7/0075
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
An elongate spray boom assembly having an elongate boom carrier, a plurality of walking beams pivotally mounted on the boom carrier, and ground wheels mounted on the walking beams, wherein each walking beam comprises a pair of parallelogram linkages extending to front and back sides respectively of the boom carrier, each linkage having two boom pivots mounted on the boom carrier and two wheel pivots mounted on a wheel support, and actuating means for pivoting the parallelogram linkages to adjust the height of the boom carrier with respect to the wheels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
An elongate spray boom assembly having an elongate boom carrier, a plurality of walking beams pivotally mounted on the boom carrier, and ground wheels mounted on the walking beams, wherein each walking beam comprises a pair of parallelogram linkages extending to front and back sides respectively of the boom carrier, each linkage having two boom pivots mounted on the boom carrier and two wheel pivots mounted on a wheel support, and actuating means for pivoting the parallelogram linkages to adjust the height of the boom carrier with respect to the wheels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
An assembly according to claim 1 including carrier support means for mounting the boom carrier on a towing vehicle and adjustment means for adjusting the carrier support means to vary the height of the boom carrier on the towing vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
An assembly according to claim 2 wherein the carrier support means comprise a pair of parallelogram linkages, each having two pivots fixed on the towing vehicle and two pivots fixed on the boom carrier support, and means for pivoting the parallelogram linkages to adjust the height of the boom carrier support without altering its orientation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
An assembly according to claim 1 wherein the actuating means include an hydraulic cylinder linking the parallelogram linkages of each walking beam and control means for controllably extending and retracting the hydraulic cylinder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
An assembly according to claim 1 wherein each walking beam includes a support mounted on the boom carrier for rotation about a vertical axis, the boom pivots of the parallelogram linkages being carried on the support.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An assembly according to claim 5 including power operated means for selectively rotating each walking beam about the associated vertical axis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
An assembly according to claim 6 including means mounting the support on the boom carrier for adjustable positioning therealong.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
An assembly according to claim 6 wherein the boom comprises two symmetrical parts, mounted on a central support means for rotation about a substantially vertical axis between a transport position with the boom parts projecting to the rear of the support means and a spraying position with the boom parts projecting laterally from the support means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
An assembly according to claim 8 including latch means for retaining each boom part in the spraying position.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
35 words
An assembly according to claim 8 wherein, in the transport position of the two boom parts, the walking beams converge towards the rear, with the forward positioned wheels on the outside of the boom parts.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
An assembly according to claim 10 wherein said ground wheels are casters.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
An assembly according to claim 11 including locking means for locking the rearward wheels against rotation about their vertical axes when in the transport position.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
An assembly according to claim 4 including resilient suspension means for each walking beam.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
An assembly according to claim 13 wherein the resilient suspension means comprise a spring connected in series with the hydraulic cylinder between the parallelogram linkages.
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