Patent ID: 8677680

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