US 12,239,927 B2
Sprayer filtering system
Dean Lorenzo Trask, Spirit Lake, IA (US); and Petrus Henricus Johannes Bouten, Jackson, MN (US)
Assigned to AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,123.
Application 18/459,123 is a division of application No. 16/697,309, filed on Nov. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,786,849.
Prior Publication US 2023/0405499 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 35/02 (2006.01); B01D 24/00 (2006.01); B01D 24/38 (2006.01); B01F 27/113 (2022.01); F02M 37/50 (2019.01)
CPC B01D 35/02 (2013.01) [B01D 24/38 (2013.01); B01F 27/113 (2022.01); B01D 24/007 (2013.01); F02M 37/50 (2019.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of applying fluid with a sprayer vehicle comprising a tank supported by a vehicle chassis and a filtering apparatus defining a main inlet, a main outlet, and a second outlet, the filtering apparatus having a filter, the method comprising:
causing fluid flow from an outlet of the tank to the filtering apparatus;
directing a first portion of the fluid flow through the filter and the main outlet of the filtering apparatus to at least one nozzle; and
diverting a second portion of the fluid flow through the second outlet of the filtering apparatus to an inlet of the tank inlet;
agitating liquid in the tank with second portion of the fluid flow.