Patents
US 11997982 B2: Spraying system, methods of making and using the same, and computer-readable medium for controlling the same
- Granted
- 2024-06-04
- Filed
- 2021-12-18 application 17555413
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A sprayer system including a wand, a rotary arm, a motor, a housing, a support, and a controller or control panel. The wand has a nozzle at one end. The rotary arm rotates around a first axle, and is connected at a distal end through a bearing to an opposite end of the wand. The housing covers or encloses a part of the wand, the rotary arm, and a rotatable ring through which the wand passes. The motor drives rotation of the rotary arm. The support mechanically supports the housing. The controller/control panel controls rotation of the rotary arm. The wand, the rotary arm and the ring are configured so that rotation of the rotary arm causes the nozzle to move in a circular, elliptical and/or oval pattern. Methods of making and using the sprayer system and software for controlling the system are also disclosed.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240604.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BECO Dairy Automation Inc. 3 patents | US company or organization | Hanford, CA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Hunter | Wheatfield, IN | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ronald Cameron | Francesville, IN | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lawrence Moon | Hanford, CA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A01J | Manufacture of dairy products | A01J7/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A01K | Animal husbandry; aviculture; apiculture; pisciculture; fishing; rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; new breeds of animals | A01K1/126 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B05B | Spraying apparatus; atomising apparatus; nozzles | B05B1/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CAMERON, RONALD signed 2021-12-15 HUNTER, MICHAEL A. signed 2021-12-15 MOON, LAWRENCE signed 2021-12-17 | BECO DAIRY AUTOMATION INC. HANFORD, CA | 58425/477 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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