IP Library Granted Patent US 11,708,061
Granted Patent B2
US 11,708,061 · App. 17/307,589 · Granted Jul 25, 2023

Systems and methods for product system of an agricultural applicator

Inventors: Mitchell Sandey (Benson, MN); Martin Louis Krohn (Degraff, MN); Nathan Paul Brooks (Manitowoc, WI); Jeremy A. Amundson (Willmar, MN)
Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,708,061
App. No.
17/307,589
Granted
Jul 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A product system for an agricultural sprayer includes a product tank configured to store a volume of an agricultural product. A fill station is configured to accept the agricultural product from an off-board source. A flow assembly is fluidly coupled with the fill station and is configured to direct the agricultural product into a product tank from the conduit. A reclaim system is configured to provide the agricultural product within the flow assembly to the product tank. A computing system is communicatively coupled to the reclaim system. The computing system is configured to receive inputs indicative of activation of a fill mode, detect termination of the fill mode, and activate a reclaim mode to move the agricultural product from at least the conduit to the product tank through activation of the reclaim system.

Claims (21)

1. A product system for an agricultural sprayer, the system comprising:

a product tank configured to store a volume of an agricultural product;

an application line fluidly coupled with the product tank and configured to deliver the agricultural product from the product tank to a nozzle assembly;

a fill station configured to accept the agricultural product from an off-board source;

a flow assembly fluidly coupled with the fill station and configured to direct the agricultural product into the product tank;

a reclaim system configured to provide the agricultural product within the flow assembly to the product tank; and

a computing system communicatively coupled to the reclaim system, the computing system being configured to:

receive, through a user interface, inputs indicative of activation of a fill mode;

detect, through the computing system, termination of the fill mode; and

activate, through the computing system, a reclaim mode to move the agricultural product from the flow assembly to the product tank through activation of the reclaim system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the reclaim system is configured to provide compressed air to a conduit of the flow assembly to move the agricultural product within the flow assembly to the product tank.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the compressed air provided to the conduit is exhausted through an overflow duct fluidly coupled with the product tank.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is configured to initiate the reclaim system upon deactivation of a parking brake.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing system is configured to initiate the reclaim system upon receiving an input through the user interface.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a flow path sensor configured to monitor the volume of the agricultural product moved from the fill station through the flow assembly.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fill valve movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the fill valve is placed in the open position in the fill mode and in the closed position during the reclaim mode.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:

a reclaim valve positioned downstream of the fill valve and upstream of the product tank, the reclaim valve movable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the reclaim valve is in the closed position during the fill mode and in the open position during the reclaim mode.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the agricultural product is moved along a first path in the fill mode and through a second path in the reclaim mode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2024
From: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
To: BLUE LEAF I.P., INC.
Reel/Frame 066932/0175 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2021
From: SANDEY, MITCHELL; KROHN, MARTIN LOUIS; BROOKS, NATHAN PAUL; AMUNDSON, JEREMY A.
To: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 056131/0423 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63151921 · Feb 22, 2021
Related Publication 20220267136A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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