US 12,185,658 B2
Ride-on spreader/sprayer
Brandon King, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Steve Longmeyer, Pleasant Hill, MO (US)
Assigned to Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by BRIGGS & STRATTON, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/065,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,826, filed on May 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/914,006, filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0105933 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 13/00 (2006.01); A01C 7/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/06 (2013.01) [A01C 7/085 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01); A01C 23/008 (2013.01); A01C 23/047 (2013.01); B05B 13/005 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ride-on spreader/sprayer, comprising:
a hopper configured to receive and expel dry material;
a user platform configured to receive and support a user of the ride-on spreader/sprayer;
a fluid storage tank providing a fluid storage volume and including:
an inlet for adding fluid to the fluid storage volume,
an exit by which the fluid exits the fluid storage volume,
a first internal fluid passage integrally formed along a first wall of the fluid storage tank and arranged within the fluid storage tank, and
a drain channel defining a second internal fluid passage integrally formed along a second wall of the fluid storage tank and arranged within the fluid storage tank and separate from the first internal fluid passage, wherein the first internal fluid passage and the second internal fluid passage are both in fluid communication with the exit;
a pump fluidly coupled to the exit of the fluid storage tank; and
a plurality of spray nozzles fluidly coupled to the pump.