METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPRAYING A PEST CONTROL COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: FORST, Matthew J, GAUTAM, Bal K, RICHARDS, Benjamin J, NAKKULA, Megan L, NARAYAN, Arvind, LEMEROND, Richard J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.01.2024
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING

An aerosol dispensing system includes a container having a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) composition disposed therein, and an overcap assembly having an actuator and an exit orifice, the overcap assembly being coupled to the container. The pest control composition is sprayed wherein the pest control composition is sprayed at a spray rate of between about 1.8 g/s and about 2.6 g/s and at a temperature of less than -20°C at least 18 inches from an exit orifice of the dispensing system.