System for eradicating fire ants and other insects

Abstract

A system for exterminating insects includes a housing, a fluid-heating assembly housed within the housing that includes one or more fuel reserves, one or more burners that receive fuel from the one or more fuel reserves, and a heat exchanger defining a sinuous flow path positioned to receive heat from the one or more burners, a fluid inlet line coupled to the housing and fluidly connectable to a residential hose bib, the fluid inlet line fluidly coupled to the sinuous flow path of the heat exchanger, such that fluid is directed from the fluid inlet line directly to the sinuous flow path of the heat exchanger, and a fluid outlet line coupled to the housing and fluidly coupled to the sinuous flow path of the heat exchanger such that fluid is directed from the sinuous flow path of the heat exchanger directly through the fluid outlet line.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An application stem for a system for exterminating ants, the application stem comprising:
 a modular hollow shaft comprising a first end and a second end and defining one or more perforations adjacent the second end and modular tip receiver opening formed at the second end;   a mount for fluidly coupling the modular hollow shaft to a heat exchanger of the system for exterminating fire ants;   a modular tip receiver positioned within the modular tip receiver opening; and   a modular tip removably coupled to the modular tip receiver, wherein fluid heated within the heat exchanger is supplied with the fluid from the heat exchanger through a fluid outlet line, and the fluid exits the application stem through the one or more perforations.   
     
     
         2 . The application stem of  claim 1 , the application stem further comprising a grip. 
     
     
         3 . The application stem of  claim 2 , wherein the grip comprises a t-handle extension. 
     
     
         4 . The application stem of  claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises:
 a redirection pipe to which the modular hollow shaft is removably coupled at the first end of the modular hollow shaft, wherein the redirection pipe is couplable to the fluid outlet line, and the fluid is redirected as it flows through the redirection pipe from a first direction to a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and   a grip comprising a t-handle extension is mounted to the redirection pipe at a transition between the first direction and the second direction.   
     
     
         5 . The application stem of  claim 4 , wherein the fluid outlet line is rated to hold water at temperatures between about 190 degrees F. to about 200 degrees F. 
     
     
         6 . The application stem of  claim 1 , wherein the modular tip receiver and the modular tip comprise a sloping external profile.