Granted Patent B2

US 12,653,174 · App. 17/357,477 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Travis Burgers (Sioux Falls, SD); Seth Steensma (Sioux Falls, SD); Justin Krosschell (Sioux Falls, SD); Jared Ernest Kocer (Sioux Falls, SD)

Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.

A01M7/0042A01M7/0089B05B1/32B05B12/087B05B13/005

Abstract

Claims (23)

1 . A sprayer tip assembly comprising:

an interface duct; and

a sprayer tip configured to spray an agricultural product, the sprayer tip includes:

a tip orifice in communication with the interface duct; and

a duct seat coupled with the interface duct;

a duct throttle extending from the duct seat, the duct throttle includes:

a product passage in communication with the tip orifice; and

a throttle sidewall configured for seating in the interface duct, wherein the throttle sidewall is configured to at least partially fill the interface duct, and the throttle sidewall includes a constant throttle profile from the duct seat to an end of the duct throttle.

2 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the duct throttle is integral to the sprayer tip.

3 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tip orifice includes a tip orifice profile and a modulating orifice plate configured to change the tip orifice profile.

4 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 ,

wherein the interface duct includes an interface duct profile; and

wherein the throttle sidewall includes a throttle profile, and the throttle profile fills the interface duct and decreases the interface duct profile.

5 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 4 , wherein the throttle profile of the throttle sidewall decreases the interface duct profile around 50 percent or more.

6 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 4 , wherein a duct throttle length of the duct throttle corresponds with an interface duct length of the interface duct.

7 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 4 , wherein the interface duct profile includes one or more of a volume of the interface duct, a cross sectional area of the interface duct, a diameter or radius of the interface duct, length of the interface duct, a dimension of a cross section of the interface duct or shape of a cross section of the interface duct.

8 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the throttle sidewall includes a complementary profile to the interface duct.

9 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the throttle sidewall is unbroken between the duct seat and a distal portion of the duct throttle.

10 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the duct throttle includes a throttle insert having the throttle sidewall.

11 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 10 comprising a kit of supplemental throttle inserts, the supplemental throttle inserts having different throttle sidewalls with respectively different throttle profiles relative to the throttle insert.

12 . A sprayer nozzle assembly comprising the sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 .

13 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the throttle sidewall continuously extends along the interface duct from the duct seat to the end of the duct throttle.

14 . The sprayer tip assembly of claim 1 , wherein the product passage has a constant profile from the duct seat to the end of the duct throttle according to the throttle sidewall.

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