Patent ID: 6027039
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A left and right sprayer boom hinge assembly for use on a sprayer apparatus having a main sprayer frame with a left and right inner boom assembly having inner and outer ends with said inner ends pivotally connected to said main sprayer frame, a left and right outer boom assembly having inner and outer ends with said inner ends of said outer boom assemblies pivotally connected to said outer ends of said inner boom assemblies by said boom hinge assemblies each of said boom hinge assemblies comprising:a vertical boom pivot hinge for pivotally moving said outer boom relative to said inner boom between an in-use position wherein said inner and outer booms are aligned linearly and a transport position wherein said inner boom and said outer booms are folded side by side and substantially parallel to each other;a horizontal boom knuckling hinge that allows said outer boom to move in a vertical plane relative to said inner boom when said booms are in an in-use position; anda hydraulic cylinder means for pivotally moving said outer boom about said vertical boom pivot hinge.