Planting – Liquid or gas soil treatment – Hand manipulated
Patent
1990-08-31
1991-10-15
Reese, Randolph A.
Planting
Liquid or gas soil treatment
Hand manipulated
239601, A01B 116
Patent
active
050564404
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for removing rooted plants from the soil is disclosed which has an elongated tube adapted for attachment to a source of pressurized water. A valve controls the flow of water through the apparatus. A nozzle is formed in one end of the tube which has a flattened section of tubing with two opposed segments for dispersing water in a narrow planar flow pattern. The top segment has a notch which is spaced from the bottom segment such that the pressurized water flowing through the tube is deflected upwardly by the bottom surface through the notch, creating a flow pattern with a generally perpendicular portion extending perpendicularly and outwardly from the planar flow pattern and the bottom segment. The weeding apparatus preferably has side slots located between the two opposed surfaces, forming a nozzle exit with a horizontal opening between the two surfaces with the slots defining openings angular to the horizontal opening. The side slots serve to direct the pressurized water outwardly in a broad, generally planar flow for dispersing the water around the subterranean portions of a plant. The flow of water from the nozzle has components directed downwardly and outwardly towards the roots of the plant to facilitate complete removal of the roots of a plant from the ground.
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Aberle Tim
Reese Randolph A.
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