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While spray bottles existed long before the middle of the 20th century, they used a rubber bulb which was squeezed to produce the spray; the quickly-moving air siphoned fluid from the bottle. The rapid improvement in plastics after World War II increased the range of fluids that could be dispensed, and reduced the cost of the sprayers because ...
FLIT manual spray pump for insecticides from 1928. A Flit gun is a hand-pumped insecticide sprayer used to dispense FLIT, a brand-name insecticide widely used against flies and mosquitoes between 1928 and the mid-1950s. Although named after the well-known brand, "Flit gun" became a generic name for this type of dispenser. [1]
Aerosol spray is a type of dispensing system which creates an aerosol mist of liquid particles. It comprises a can or bottle that contains a payload, and a propellant under pressure. When the container's valve is opened, the payload is forced out of a small opening and emerges as an aerosol or mist. Aerosol spray can
Waheed Bajwa, executive director for the New York City's Office of Vector Surveillance and Control, explains how the pesticides are distributed with a spray gun at the Dyker Beach Golf Course ...
The East Side Mosquito Abatement District announced spraying from 9 to 11 p.m. Saturday over northeast, east and southwest Modesto and Empire. Aerial spraying for mosquitoes to continue Saturday ...
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Mosquito abatement gets a technology upgrade. Dr. Wakoli Wekesa, district manager of the East Side Mosquito Abatement District, and his team have been using technology to fight mosquitoes since 2020, with Wekesa himself playing a role in transitioning their efforts to the digital age.
Sprayers range in size from man-portable units (typically backpacks with spray guns) to trailed sprayers that are connected to a tractor, to self-propelled units similar to tractors with boom mounts of 4–30 feet (1.2–9.1 m) up to 60–151 feet (18–46 m) in length depending on engineering design for tractor and land size. [1]