Positioning equipment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9173341
APP PUB NO 20140158032A1
SERIAL NO

13950445

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Abstract

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Equipment for the placement or positioning of one or more items in or on the ground is provided. In one form, an apparatus includes a toolbar, a container, a metering unit configured to selectively control release of one or more items from the container and an application member configured to deliver the one or more items released from the container to the ground. In one aspect of this form, the metering unit is configured to selectively control release of one or more spherical items having a diameter in the range of about 0.25 inches to about 1.0 inches, and more particularly, but not exclusively, in the range of about 0.5 inches to about 0.75 inches, from the container to the application member. In another more particular aspect, the spherical items are capsules that include a shell wall encapsulating a pesticide composition and including a gelatin material.

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DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC9330 ZIONSVILLE ROAD INDIANAPOLIS IN 46268

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Busacca, John D Noblesville, US 6 11
Howard, Phillip J Zionsville, US 27 117
Mirusso, John Delray Beach, US 3 4
Weiss, Anthony Lubbock, US 8 120

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