Patent ID: 7004431

Claim:
An apparatus for spraying suspensions/solutions from an aircraft and having predetermined characteristics independent of the speed of the aircraft carrying out the spraying, said apparatus comprising: a first and second propeller shaft, each of said first and second propeller shafts having a forward end and an aft end, means for attaching said propeller shafts to an aircraft, a full feathering propeller being mounted on each of said forward ends of said propeller shafts, each of said propellers having a control cable attached thereto, said cables extending to a cockpit of said aircraft and being adapted to be controlled by an operator in said aircraft, a first and second high pressure pump being mounted on said aft ends of each of said propeller shafts, the input side of said pumps being connected to a tank mounted on the interior of said aircraft, a first and second matrix spray boom assembly, each of said first and second matrix spray boom assemblies being in fluid communication with a respective output side of said first and second high pressure pumps, each of said first and second matrix spray boom assemblies further being directed in a generally vertical orientation to form a matrix array of a plurality of spray nozzles wherein each branch of each matrix array of spray nozzles is configured so that suspensions or solutions to be sprayed flow to each nozzle at equal pressure.