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Patent No.:

US 11231305 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2021

Flow sensor apparatus for monitoring a directed stream of an agricultural product

Applicant:

Amvac Chemical Corporation, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Larry M. Conrad, Walker, IA (US);

Richard L. Rice, Collierville, TN (US);

Assignee:

AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Attorney:

Lawrence N. Ginsberg

Primary Examiner:

Arleen M Vazquez

Assistant Examiner:

Brandon J Becker

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/64 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); G01F 1/684 (2006.01); G01F 1/58 (2006.01); G01N 22/04 (2006.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); G01F 1/712 (2006.01); G01F 1/24 (2006.01); G01F 1/28 (2006.01); G01F 1/74 (2006.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/708 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/64 (2013.01); G01D 5/2405 (2013.01); G01F 1/24 (2013.01); G01F 1/28 (2013.01); G01F 1/588 (2013.01); G01F 1/665 (2013.01); G01F 1/6847 (2013.01); G01F 1/712 (2013.01); G01F 1/74 (2013.01); G01N 22/04 (2013.01); G01R 27/2635 (2013.01); G01F 1/7088 (2013.01); G01N 2011/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flow sensor apparatus for monitoring a directed stream of an agricultural product from an application port of a supply tube. The directed stream has a target directed portion and an off-target portion. A sensor housing includes a conical flow receiving element and a sensor body. The receiving element has an inlet orifice at a first end and a receiving element outlet at a second end. The first end is smaller than the second end. The sensor body has a sensor inlet end positioned to receive a target directed portion of the directed stream from the receiving element outlet of the conical flow receiving element wherein an off-target portion of the directed stream is not sensed. The sensor housing and sensor element are positioned external to the application port and thus positioned to provide measurement, targeting, and timing of the agricultural product.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Conrad, Larry. (2022). Flow sensor apparatus for monitoring a directed stream of an agricultural product (U.S. Patent No. 11231305). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11231305

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