Patent ID: 9167745
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A01C,A01G,A01M

Abstract:
1. In a field with crops growing in adjacently spaced rows, a liquid dispensing apparatus for applying liquid products in a rhizosphere of the crop rows, the liquid dispensing apparatus comprising: a boom structure supported at a height above a soil surface and extending laterally in a direction transverse to the crop rows; a plurality of drop assemblies supported by and spaced laterally adjacent along the boom structure such that each of the plurality of drop assemblies is positioned between the adjacently spaced crop rows, each of the plurality of drop assemblies comprising: whereby, the liquid product is communicated from the liquid product source to the at least one dribble hose and the liquid product is dribbled from the outlet end of the at least one dribble hose onto the soil in the rhizosphere of the at least one adjacently spaced crop rows.