| abstract |
According to the present invention, equipment is provided for placing or positioning one or more articles on or within the site. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a tool bar, a container, a metering unit configured to selectively control the release of one or more items from the container, and an application member configured to transfer the at least one article discharged from the container to the ground. In one aspect of this aspect, the metering unit comprises a metering unit for discharging one or more spherical articles having a diameter in the range from about 0.25 inches to about 1.0 inches from the container to the application member, more specifically but not exclusively from about 0.5 inches to about 0.75 inches As shown in FIG. In yet another more particular aspect, the spherical article is a capsule comprising a shell wall that encapsulates the pesticide composition and comprises a gelatinous material. |