Patent ID: 7004405

Claim:
A portable spraying platform for spraying golf course grounds with fluids comprising a frame, a spool rotatably mounted to the frame, said spool having spool piping, a hose having an inner and outer end and wound onto said spool with its inner end connected to said spool piping, a chemical tank mounted on said frame, an inlet hose having one end for attachment to a water outlet on the golf course, control piping on said platform having a first and second branch, a valve for directing water from said inlet hose selectively into either said first or second branch, said first branch being connected directly into said spool piping when water is directed by said valve into the first branch the water may be directed out the other end of the hose onto the golf grounds, said second branch having filter means and chemical mixing means intermediate its ends with its other end connected to said spool piping whereby when water is directed by said valve into said second branch chemicals in the tank will be drawn into the second branch and mixed with the water in the second branch and the mixed water and chemical will be directed by the second branch into the spool piping where the mixture may be directed out the other end of the hose onto the golf course grounds, said platform being formed of two telescoping sections to that the outside dimension of the platform may be adjusted in one direction by telescoping the sections inwardly or outwardly relative to one another, locking means on the platform to lock the sections in their adjusted position; a vehicle for carrying the platform, said vehicle having parallel bars mounted thereon, said platform having outer channel members on their outside dimension in said one direction opening outward to receive the parallel bars of the vehicle for mounting the platform to the vehicle.