US 12,465,042 B2
Device for treating weeds by means of microwaves
Carlo Groffils, Herent (BE); Karel Groffils, Herent (BE); and Minh Cuong Tran, Heverlee (BE)
Assigned to TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ NV, (BE); and MEAM BV, (BE)
Appl. No. 18/275,348
Filed by TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ NV, Tienen (BE); and MEAM BV, Herent (BE)
PCT Filed Jan. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051720
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/161987, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021/5071 (BE), filed on Feb. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114888 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A01M 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 21/046 (2013.01) 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating weeds with microwaves, wherein the device comprises the following components:
a portable portion configured to be secured to the body of a user; wherein the portable portion comprises a housing within which a microwave generator is arranged, and a power supply for supplying power to said generator;
a holder provided with at least two ends, wherein the holder is configured to be held by the user by one end and wherein an antenna is attached to the other end, which is configured for guiding microwaves out into a zone to be treated; and
a transmission line configured for transmitting the microwaves from the microwave generator to the antenna system.