Patent ID: 9681653
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A01M

Claim:
1. A portable applicator comprising: a chamber coupled with a water line and configured to store an organic herbicide, the chamber being configured to introduce the organic herbicide from the chamber to a liquid in the water line; a pump coupled with the water line and configured to pressurize the liquid in the water line, the liquid including the organic herbicide; an inline heating unit coupled with the water line, the inline heating unit being configured to heat the liquid to create a heated liquid; a spray tip coupled with the inline heating unit and configured to expel the heated liquid in a single jet of liquid from the applicator; an applicator body including a human-wearable support, wherein said chamber and said pump are housed within an interior of said applicator body; a hand held wand including a first terminal end and an opposed second end; and a hose having an insulated jacket, wherein: the hose is directly coupled to the second end of the hand held wand; the hose is directly coupled to the inline heating unit; the hand held wand includes a single hollow housing; the first terminal end of the hand held wand is a terminal end of the single hollow housing; the spray tip is coupled to the first terminal end of the hand held wand; the water line extends through the single hollow housing of the hand held wand from the second end of the hand held wand to the spray tip at the first terminal end of the hand held wand; the spray tip is directly coupled to the terminal end of the single hollow housing; and the pump, the inline heating unit, and the hose are configured to expel the heated liquid through the hollow housing of the hand held wand and through the spray tip at the terminal end of the single hollow housing.