Patent ID: 7797878

Claim:
An apparatus for treating fire ant mounds comprising: (a) a pressure vessel for holding water and steam; (b) a water heating coil for heating water, the water heating coil connected with a water heating coil entry port near the bottom of the pressure vessel for water entering from the pressure vessel and a water heating coil exit port near the top of the pressure vessel, the water heating coil adjacent to the pressure vessel; (c) a steam heating coil for heating steam, the steam heating coil connected with a steam heating coil entry port near the top of the pressure vessel, the steam heating coil at least partially adjacent to the water heating coil; (d) a heat source adjacent to the water heating coil for heating the water heating coil, the steam heating coil and the pressure vessel; and (e) an insertion probe for applying steam to fire ant mounds, the probe attached to the steam heating coil.