GB2413049A - Herbicide applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

The applicator comprises a cassette formed from a reservoir in fluid communication with a sponge. The cassette is attachable to a handle via a screw-threaded port which is in fluid communication with the reservoir and is also used to fill the reservoir. The port has a projecting pin to pierce the seal of a bottle when it is screwed onto the cassette such that herbicide can pass from the bottle into the reservoir. In use the applicator is dragged along a lawn edge and the herbicide is applied to the grass when it comes in contact with the sponge. The herbicide may be mixed with green dye.

Description

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CASSETTE WEED KILLER FOR LAWN EDGING

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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION.

THE INVENTION IS A CASSETTE, WHICH CONTROLS THE GROWTH OF GRASS EDGES,ON DOMESTIC LAWNS,PARKS,ESTATES,OR ANY AREAS OF GRASS,WHICH BY HAVING A CLEAN CUT LOOKING EDGE IS APPEALING TO ANY LAWN OR GRASS AREA.

NORMAL METHODS OF APPLYING HERBICIDE WEED KILLER IS BY SPRAY.

THIS METHOD IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL,AND DRIFTS WITH ANY WIND.

THERE HAVE BEEN TWO OTHER PATENTS,WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO MY IDEA BUT NOT AS PACIFIC.

US 6073389.

US 4403881.

MY CASSETTE IS AIMED AT LAWN OR GRASS EDGES,AND HAS A GREEN DYE MIXED WITH THE HERBICIDE,AS THE GRASS DIES,IT STAYS GREEN UNTILL THE GRASS HAS SHRIVLED,AND DISAPPEARS.

OTHER METHODS TO CONTROL LAWN OR GRASS EDGES,ARE MECHANICAL.

AND REQUIRE GREAT EFFORT,MY CASSETTE, COULD BE USED BY A DISABLED PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR,IN A AVERAGE GARDEN, IN JUST TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES.

THE CASSETTE.

THE CASSETTE IS A SMALL PLASTIC BOX TO ACT AS A RESERVOIR,THIS WOULD HAVE HOLES IN THE FRONT BASE EDGE,BELOW THIS BOX WOULD BE A SPONGE OR OTHER MATERIAL,THE GREEN HERBICIDE WOULD IMPREGNATE THE SPONGE OR OTHER TYPE MATERIAL,WITH ENOUGH GREEN HERBICIDE TO JUST WET THE BLADES OF GRASS,BUT NOT TO RUN OFF,AND BE WASTEFUL.

AT THE BACK OF THE CASSETTE,THERE WOULD BE A SOIL GUIDE PLATE

TO PROTECT PLANTS OR SHRUBS FROM THE SPONGE IMPREGNATED WITH

THE GREEN HERBICIDE.

THE PLASTIC BOX RESERVOIR WOULD HAVE A SLOPED ENTRY FOR A

HANDEL OR POLE,AND ALSO A CENTRE PLASTIC PIN, THE GREEN HERBICIDE, WOULD BE SUPPLIED IN A PLASTIC BOTTLE WITH A SEALED TOP,THIS BOTTLE WOULD HAVE THE SAME SIZE THREADED TOP AS THE ENTRY TO THE CASSETTE,AND WHEN SCREWED INTO THE CASSETTE

THE CENTRE PIN WOULD PIECE THE SEAL AND THE GREEN HERBICIDE

WOULD FLOW INTO THE CASSETTE, THE BOTTLE WOULD THEN BE REMOVED AND A HANDLE OR POLE WOULD BE SCREWED INTO THE CASSETTE.

TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE.

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ONCE TREATED THE GRASS WILL NOT RE-GROW FOR UPTO FOUR TO FIVE

WEEKS.

IT USES FAR LESS HERBICIDE THAN ANY OTHER METHOD.

ITS FAR QUICKER THAN ANY MECHANICAL METHOD.

IT CAN BE USED BY AN ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSON, WITH EASE.

IT CAN BE USED ON AN AVERAGE GARDEN IN TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES.

THE HERBICIDE IS NUETRALIZED ON CONTACT WITH THE SOIL.

THE METHOD OF FILLING THE CASSETTE IS SAFE.

OTHER THAN RUBBER GLOVES,YOU DO NOT NEED ANY SPECIAL CLOTHING.

THE CASSETTE COULD BE MADE AS A THROWAWAY,AFTER USE.

METHOD OF CASSETTE OPERATION

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THE SOIL GUIDE PLATE ATTACHED TO THE CASSETTE IS PLACED

IN THE SOIL BELOW THE LAWN OR GRASS EDGE,THIS IS DRAGGED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE LAWN OR GRASS,AND IN THE PROCESS THE

SPONGE WIPES THE LAWN OR GRASS EDGE WITH GREEN HERBICIDE

KF:JHC' i SCREW IN HANDLE/PQLE 2. ENTRY/FILLER WITH

PROJECTING PIN TO

PIERCE SEAL ON BOTTLE

OF GREEN HERBICIDE

FOR LAWN EDGE CONTROL

&: SMALL RESERVOIR FOR HERBICIDE WEED[ILLER

WITH GREEN MARKER DYE

4. SPONGE OR OTHER TYPE

OF MATERIAL TO HOLD

HERBICIDE VEEDlILLER 5; -EDGE OF SPONGE TO

TREAT GRASS EDGE

I, SPONGE EDGE,ONLY NEEDS TO WET THE BLADE'S OF GRASS TO [ILL THE GRASS EDGE.

7. HOLE'S IN FRONT EDGE,

BASE OF RESERVOIR

TO FEED TRE FRONT

I EDGE OF THE SPONGE

! WITH GREEN HERBICIDE 8. 'SOIL GUIDE PLATE c'--s

Claims (1)

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