US 12,446,564 B2
Agricultural sprayer unit and a spray deflecting mechanism thereof
N Saravanan, Tamil Nadu (IN); Rajeswar Kuchimanchi, Tamil Nadu (IN); Aravind Bharadwaj, Tamil Nadu (IN); Shankar Venugopal, Tamil Nadu (IN); Ananda Kundu, Tamil Nadu (IN); Ram Mohan Sitaraman, Tamil Nadu (IN); and Dayan Sheriff, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Assigned to MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA, Chengalpattu (IN)
Appl. No. 17/278,183
Filed by MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA, Chengalpattu (IN)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IN2019/050017
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/110135, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201841044509 (IN), filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117210 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/04 (2006.01); B05B 12/32 (2018.01); B05B 14/00 (2018.01)
CPC A01M 7/0067 (2013.01) [A01C 23/008 (2013.01); A01C 23/047 (2013.01); A01M 7/0042 (2013.01); B05B 12/32 (2018.02); B05B 14/00 (2018.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spray deflecting mechanism for an agricultural sprayer unit comprising a plurality of sprayer nozzles, said mechanism comprising:
a spray deflecting arrangement and at least one collecting means provided in fluid communication with a sprayer fluid tank of said agricultural sprayer unit,
wherein
said spray deflecting arrangement includes at least one spray deflecting element provided with a concave inner portion coated with a surfactant and said arrangement is adapted to move between a deflecting position in which said spray deflecting arrangement is adapted to deflect and re-direct an unutilized dispensed fluid from said plurality of sprayer nozzles to said collecting means and a stowed position in which said spray deflecting element is disposed away from said plurality of sprayer nozzles.