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8136740 |
Thermodynamic cycles using thermal diluent
A thermodynamic system that produces mechanical, electrical power, and/or fluid streams for heating or cooling. The cycle contains a combustion system that produces an energetic fluid by combustion...
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8083481 |
Method for siting and operating a crop protection wind machine array
A system for arranging and operating an array of wind machines to protect crops from damaging weather conditions, such as freezing frost, rain and heat. The method includes a wind machine...
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7946228 |
Self contained non toxic obscurant grenade and self-contained aerosol dispersing grenade
A self-contained grenade capable of dispersing a non-toxic obscurant composition, or various types of aerosol compositions such as pesticides or antimicrobial/sanitizing agents, is provided. The...
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7849631 |
Method for avoiding frost damage in crops and/or for improving the fructification at low temperatures and device applied with such a method
Method for avoiding frost damage in crops (35) and/or for improving the fructification at low temperatures, characterized in that it consists in periodically heating and cooling the air on the site...
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7703237 |
Apparatus for cultivating cucumber, eggplant. et al.
An apparatus for cultivating a cucumber, eggplant or the like includes a fastening element for allowing an opened cover body to be fastened into a closed state or a closed cover body to be...
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7686975 |
Use of acylcyclohexanedione derivatives for improving the tolerance of plants to cold and/or frost
The invention relates to the use of acylcyclohexanedione derivatives for improving the tolerance of plants to cold and/or frost.
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7654035 |
Device for the creation of containment barriers for cold air in atmospheric conditions corresponding to radiation frosts
A method for generating a pneumatic barrier with a device that operates in a stratified atmosphere associated with the occurrence of radiation frost. This device takes cold and dense air found...
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7645091 |
Irrigation system
An agricultural crop freeze control method and apparatus that can be effectively used to prevent growing crops such as avocado and citrus crops from freeze damage. The apparatus includes an...
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7533487 |
Portable heating apparatus
A portable apparatus for protecting a specimen tree from substantial cold weather damage. The apparatus includes a hollow housing preferably having a generally flattened configuration and being...
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7169222 |
Multilayer interference pigments
Multilayer interference pigment consisting of a transparent carrier material coated with alternating layers of metal oxides of low and high refractive index, the difference in the refractive...
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6944989 |
System and kit of components for winterizing trees
A system and kit of components for winterizing plants and trees, where the invention comprises a skeletal frame formed by plural first tubular members, each having an upper end and a lower end....
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6901697 |
Protective winter turf cover
A protective winter turf cover is formed with a layered polyethylene laminated sheet with each layer having force striations running at an angle to the edge of the sheet and with the force...
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6751902 |
Freeze protection compound for fruit trees
A freeze protection compound is provided for application to an agricultural crop. The compound is preferably performed by conventional sprayer techniques. The freeze protection compound includes a...
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6616858 |
Prevention of ice nucleation by polyglycerol
Linear polymers of glycerol can prevent or delay ice nucleation in a variety of contexts. Polyglycerol can also be employed in combination with other ice control agents, such as polyvinyl...
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6588142 |
Method of protecting plants from cold injury
A method of reducing cold injury or damage to plants such as peanut, citrus trees, peaches, strawberries and other plants susceptible to cold injury such as frost or freezing comprises applying a...
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6588143 |
Tomato cone, garden accessory
A cone shaped, multi-use garden accessory, consisting of a single unit. The cone body is open at each end. The base, or larger end, is formed by a rounded rim. The neck, or smaller end, has a...
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6464995 |
Treated horticultural substrates
Disclosed are horticultural substrates coated with a particulate membrane and a method for controlling pests and providing enhanced horticultural effect by applying a particulate membrane to the...
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6391224 |
Polyvinyl alcohol compounds for inhibition of ice growth
Polyvinyl alcohol and related compounds are provided that inhibit the freezing of water and water solutions. These synthetic compounds preferentially bind and inhibit ice nucleating surfaces in a...
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6376566 |
Agricultural foam marker compositions and use thereof
Aqueous agricultural foam marker compositions for delineating treated from untreated areas comprise a foamable composition of an anionic surfactant which is an α-olefin sulfonate and/or an alkyl ...
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6369122 |
Agricultural foam marker compositions and use thereof
Aqueous agricultural foam marker compositions for delineating treated from untreated areas comprise foamable compositions of an anionic surfactant which is an β-olefin sulfonate, an alkyl or ...
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6347625 |
Heating system for a wind machine
A heating system for a tower mounted wind machine is provided. The heating system includes a burner that is rotatably mounted on the tower, in the air stream of the wind machine. The burner...
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6257498 |
Method and apparatus for an agricultural air handler
An economical and compact air handler specially configured for use in agricultural applications is provided. The agricultural air handler includes a shroud formed to surround a rotating shaft...
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6248817 |
Infrared absorber and agricultural film
An infrared absorber which comprises containing as an effective ingredient a hydroxide complex salt represented by the formula [Al2 (Li(1-x).+M2+(x+y)(OH)(6+2y) ]n (An-)(1+x).mH2 O(wherein M2+ is a...
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6223995 |
Method for cooling golf greens and other vegetation
A device and method for cooling a vegetation covered surface, such as a golf putting green. Said method includes providing an air stream, injecting water into said air stream, and projecting the...
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6182652 |
Heating system valve for a wind machine
A heater apparatus for a wind machine and particularly for heating a wind stream generated by the wind machine, the wind machine rotatably mounted upon a central tower. The generated air stream can...
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6180562 |
Compositions for protecting plants from frost and/or freeze and methods of application thereof
Compositions and methods of applying the compositions to plants are disclosed. The compositions include a polymer component that releases heat over a range of dropping ambient temperatures...
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6148559 |
Fruit tree budding control method and apparatus
Disclosed herein is a system and method for saving crops by preventing premature bud formation on various agriculturally-valuable flora. The method consists in maintaining the temperature of an...
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6088959 |
Process for conditioning soil
A process for conditioning a golf green which preferably is constructed in accordance with the specifications of the United States Golf Association. In this process, air is blown at a flow rate of...
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5965058 |
Deicing composition and method
Disclosed is a new and improved, environmentally acceptable and negligibly corrosive deicing composition comprising steepwater solubles produced, for example, as by-products from a wet milling...
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5934013 |
Agricultural heating control method
A method to produce heating for use in agriculture uses a stream of hot air produced by a centrifugal ventilator fan. Heat exits or air vents are used to discharge the air. Mobility is provided by...
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5653054 |
Process for preventing frost formation on plants
A process for preventing or retarding frost formation on substrates such as grass or leafy plants is disclosed. The process involves spraying the surfaces of these substrates with a frost...
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5647165 |
Selective inverted drain
A selective inverted drain has an upright cylindrical duct the base whereof may flare out in trumpet or funnel shape and fixed or adjustable legs. An atmospheric fluid dynamizing device is in the...
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5575111 |
Method of using hot air foam to kill vegetation and pests
A method for destroying plants by superheating air, compressing it and using it to melt the plant's waxy cuticular coating while utilizing foam made in the process as an insulating agent. The...
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5570539 |
Foam sock applicator
A foam marking apparatus and method for applying foam to both pre-emergence and post-emergence crops in order to demark the boundaries of a spray application. The foam marking apparatus includes a...
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5433758 |
Apparatus and method for controlling weeds and undergrowth using liquid spray and foam
A method for controlling weeds and undergrowth and for treating plants in agricultural settings is disclosed. The method is characterized by first applying a spray of hot water to the plant, and...
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5361535 |
Plant protection device
Plants during an initial growth period are protected by a plurality of plastics drinks bottles arranged in a pattern surrounding an area in which the plant is growing. The drinks bottles are...
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5305548 |
Orchard heat exchanger
An orchard heat exchanger comprises an engine-driven shaft having an air propeller on each end. The assembly is enclosed in an open-ended horizontal cylindrical shroud, which has a large...
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5252118 |
Biological-chemical film-coating cryoprotectant for plants
The present invention relates to a method for producing a cryoprotectant for plants. The method for producing a cryoprotectant for plants includes the steps of, mixing citrus pectin in boiling...
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5251398 |
Fibrous coatings for protecting fruit bearing or blossoming trees, shrubs or other vegetation from freeze and frost
The present invention relates to a method of protecting vegetation from frost or freeze by providing a coating of a composition containing partially hydrated cellulosic fibers. The coating...
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5244346 |
Portable wind machine
A portable wind machine comprising a vehicle movable along the ground and a support carried by the vehicle and extending upwardly substantially above the vehicle. A transverse member is coupled to...
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5222665 |
Fluid injection spray system
A system is provided for introducing fluids into a wind stream. Such fluids may be used to cool the orchard during the late summer and early fall, to aid in prevention of frost damage during the...
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5215786 |
Composition for providing a foam barrier between a substrate and the atmosphere and the method of use
A composition for forming an essentially biodegradable foam for application to a substrate to provide a barrier between the substrate and the atmosphere formulated from a mixture in water of...
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5133891 |
Treatment of plants for frost protection
The present invention is a method of treatment of plants for frost protection. In this method the plants are treated with 1 to 5 kg/ha of an active material of the formula [R--O--PH(O)--O-]n Mn+.
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5124061 |
Systemic plant cryoprotection with choline salts
A method of increasing the resistance of plants to damage by freezing conditions by treating the plants, prior to exposure to such conditions, to or with a composition containing a choline salt of...
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5099602 |
Tree freeze protection and irrigation system
A tree freeze protection and irrigation system includes a support stand having a plurality of prongs and having a foot step positioned between two said prongs for driving the support stand into the...
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5079868 |
Plant treatment with urea peroxide
Compositions comprising urea peroxide are effective for treating plants for fungal, bacterial, and viral infections and for infestations of mites and insects. The compositions reduce populations of...
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5052618 |
Method and apparatus for protecting crops from frost by jet-dispersed, microencapsulated aerosols
The invention includes an apparatus for protecting plants from frost. A jet urbine engine has an input into which a first liquid and a second liquid are injected into the exhaust stream of the...
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4988041 |
Method and apparatus for watering cultivated land, providing a protection for cultivated plants
Method and apparatus for protecting plants against the effects of a drop in ambient temperature by causing the formation and preservation of dew or rime, according to the circumstances. The...
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4986025 |
Landscape apparatus
An apparatus is set forth including a surrounding shield formed with a central aperture positionable about a central stalk or trunk portion of a shrub or tree growth. The apparatus includes four...
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4980991 |
Protective wrapping
Sheet of yieldable plastic foam, suitably supported by laminating to support film, or by providing an unfoamed skin on its surface makes an effective protective wrap for trees and for metal coils....
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