Claims
- 1. An apparatus for mounting a spray nozzle on a support boom comprising a pair of individual and unattached clamping elements, said clamping elements each having first and second cooperating means and being relatively positionable with respect to each other during mounting to permit selective positioning said first cooperating means of said clamping elements on opposed sides of said boom with said boom interposed therebetween and selective positioning the second cooperating means of said clamping elements on opposed sides of said nozzle, said second cooperating means each being formed with a nozzle receiving slot which upon mounting of said clamping elements are in opposed relation for receiving and captively retaining said nozzle in interposed relation between said second cooperating means, a fastening elements carried by one of said clamping elements, a fastening element slot formed in the other of said clamping elements, said fastening element being positionable into operative relation with said fastening element slot of said other clamping element as an incident to positioning of said clamping elements in mounted position on said boom and without removal of said fastening element from the clamping element in which it is carried, and said fastening element being operable without utilization of an auxiliary fastening element for securing said clamping elements in mounted position on the boom with the nozzle captively retained within the second cooperating means of said clamping elements.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 in which said second cooperating means of each clamping element is a nozzle receiving flange extending outwardly from one side of said first cooperating means and formed with a respective one said nozzle receiving slots.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 in which said clamping elements each include a second flange extending outwardly from said first cooperating means on a side opposite from said nozzle receiving flange, and said fastening element is a fastener carried in the second flange of one of said clamping elements and said fastening element slot is formed in the second flange of the other one of said clamping elements.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3 in which said fastener is a bolt threadably carried in upstanding relation in the second flange of said one clamping element.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 3 in which said fastening element slot is formed in one side of said second flange.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5 in which said fastening element slot and said nozzle receiving slot of said other clamping element are formed in a common side of the clamping element.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 3 in which said nozzle receiving flange slots each are formed with flats for cooperating engagement with said nozzle to angularly orient the nozzle relative to the boom as an incident to mounting of the clamping elements and nozzle on said boom.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 3 in which said nozzle receiving flanges of the mounted clamping elements extend outwardly at a relatively small angle with respect to each other from a common point of contact immediately adjacent the first cooperating means of said clamping elements.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 8 in which said second flanges of said mounted clamping elements are disposed in parallel spaced apart relation with respect to each other.
- 10. A spray apparatus comprising a nozzle having a body, a nozzle support boom, a pair of individual and unattached clamping elements each having first and second cooperating means and being relatively positionable with respect to each other during mounting to permit selective positioning said first cooperating means of said clamping elements on opposed sides of said boom with said boom interposed therebetween and selective positioning the second cooperating means of said clamping elements on opposed sides of said nozzle, said second cooperating means each being formed with a nozzle receiving slot which upon mounting of said clamping elements are in opposed relation for receiving and captively retaining said nozzle in interposed relation between said second cooperating means, a fastening element carried by one of said clamping element, a fastening element slot formed in the other of said clamping elements, said fastening element being positionable into operative relation with said fastening element slot of said other clamping element as an incident to positioning of said clamping elements and nozzle in mounted position on said boom and without removal of said fastening element from the clamping element in which it is carried, and said fastening element being operable without utilization of an auxiliary fastening element for selectively engaging the other of said clamping elements for securing said clamping elements in mounted position on the boom with the nozzle captively retained by the second cooperating means of said clamping elements.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 10 in which said second cooperating means of each clamping element is a flange extending outwardly from one side of the first cooperating means and formed with said nozzle receiving slot, and said nozzle body has means which cooperate with said nozzle receiving slots of said flanges for angularly orienting the nozzle with respect to said boom as an incident to being mounted on said boom by said clamping elements.
- 12. The apparatus of claim 11 in which said nozzle receiving flange slots are formed with flats, and said angular orienting means of said body member are flats which cooperate with the flats of said nozzle receiving slots.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 12 in which said nozzle body has a pair of transverse flats spaced on opposite sides of said angular orienting flats for cooperating with said clamping element flanges to vertically orient the nozzle body relative to the boom as an incident to being mounted on said boom by said clamping elements.
- 14. The apparatus of claim 13 in which said nozzle body has a fluid inlet portion and a fluid discharge portion disposed perpendicularly to the inlet portion, and said clamping element flanges cooperate with said nozzle body flats to automatically locate the body with said inlet portion parallel to said boom and said discharge portion in perpendicular relation to said boom as an incident to being mounted on said boom.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 428,786, now abandoned, filed Sept. 30, 1982.
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