Patent ID: 7404365

Claim:
An apparatus for applying a liquid or a liquid-solid dispersion to soil, comprising: frame means; a manifold; a plurality of flexible tube members, at one end thereof in fluid communication with said manifold and an other end thereof adapted to permit delivery of said liquid or said liquid-solid dispersion to said soil; a boom member, having a distal end and a proximal end; conduit means, at a proximal end thereof in fluid communication with said manifold and at a distal end thereof fixedly coupled to said distal end of said boom member, an intermediate portion of said conduit means being flexible, said conduit means at said distal end further being rigid and adapted to be releasibly coupled to a flexible supply hose; and means for pivotably coupling said boom member at its proximal end to said frame means so as to allow pivotal movement of said distal end of said boom member in at least a horizontal plane; wherein said distal end of said conduit means is thus permitted to pivot in a horizontal plane by said boom member and by said intermediate flexible portion of said conduit means.