GB2158335A - Watering equipment - Google Patents

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GB2158335A
GB2158335A GB08507329A GB8507329A GB2158335A GB 2158335 A GB2158335 A GB 2158335A GB 08507329 A GB08507329 A GB 08507329A GB 8507329 A GB8507329 A GB 8507329A GB 2158335 A GB2158335 A GB 2158335A
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Markus Vahanikkila
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Lannen Tehtaat Oy
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G25/00—Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like
    • A01G25/09—Watering arrangements making use of movable installations on wheels or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/24—Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
    • A01G9/247—Watering arrangements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
    • Y02A40/25—Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor

Abstract

Watering equipment running on rails 1,1' includes a water supply hose 4 supported on slides 5 moving in a groove of the rail 1. At the middle of the rail, there are guides (7,8), and a feed rail (9) whose end can be shifted so as to face either one of the guides for the purpose of guiding the slides onto the rail 1 dependant on which half of the rails, 1,1' the carriage 2 is moving. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Watering equipment The present invention relates to a watering carriage moving along rails, of the sort that is used in vegetable gardens.
For the watering of plant beds, a carriage running along rails is commonly used, which carriage is provided with nozzles extending far in the lateral direction. In particular in greenhouses, a carriage running along rails suspended from the ceiling, above the beds, is used. The electricity cable of the carriage and the water supply hose move along the rail as supported on slides.
The cable and the hose of the carriage have, usually, been taken in from one of the ends of the track. The hose, the cable, and the slides require gathering space at this inlet end, which reduces the effective area of the area by 5 to 10 per cent.
The object of the present invention is to provide a watering carriage equipment which is reliable in operation and which permits watering of the entire area required by the equipment.
In the equipment in accordance with the invention, the slides are introduced from the side, halfway on the track, from a rail perpendicular to the rail. From the feed rail, the slides are guided in the correct direction by means of a reversing device, operated by the carriage, and by means of guides.
In the equipment in accordance with the invention, no gathering space is required for the hose or for the cable at the end of the area, so that the carriage is capable of watering the whole area. Moreover, the solution is of lower cost, because the numbers and quantities of hose, cable, and slides needed are lower.
A preferred embodiment of the invention will be illustrated in more detail with the aid of the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is an overall view of the equipment, pFigure 2 shows the reversing device for the slides as viewed from above, and Figure 3 shows the carriage and the reversing device as viewed from below.
The equipment includes C-section rails 1 and 1' suspended on the arcs of the greenhouse with the groove facing downwards, a carriage 2 with nozzle equipment 3, running along the rails driven by an electric motor, a water-hose cable assembly 4, which follows along with the carriage as supported on slides 5 fitted as moving in the groove of the rail 1, as well as a reversing device 6 for the slides.
The reversing device 6 comprises C-section guides 7 and 8 placed halfway on the rail 1, along which said guides the slides coming to the middle of the rail are guided out of the rail 1, a slide feed rail 9, one of whose ends is provided with an articulated joint and the other one, the free end, can be shifted so as to face the end of either one of the said guides 7 or 8, means for shifting the feed rail, as well as a rod 11 (Fig. 3), one of whose ends is linked to the carriage 2 and the other end to the slide 5' placed closest to the carriage.
The reversing device 10 comprises a control bar 14 linked to a pin 1 3 that is attached to a plate 1 2 fastened to the rail 1, and the articulation end of the said bar 14 is provided with a control fork 1 6 jointly operative with a control member 1 5 attached to the carriage 1, and a telescopic tube 1 7 is linked to the free end of the said control bar 14, and the reversing device 10 further comprises a telescopic rod 1 9 linked to the pin 1 8 on the plate 12, one of the ends of the said rod 1 9 being provided with a shifting fork 20 fitted on the feed rail, and the other end of the rod 1 9 penetrating into the telescopic tube 1 7 and being fitted as gliding therein, as well as a spiral spring 21 placed around the telescopic rod 19, one end of the said spring resting against the flange 22 provided on the rod, whereas the other end of the spring rests against the free end of the telescopic tube 1 7.
The equipment further comprises a pair of limiters 24 and 24', which determine the extreme limits of the movement of the bar 14 so that, in the extreme positions, the feed rail 9 faces either one of the guides 7 or 8.
When the carriage 2 starts from the middle of the rails 1 towards one end, the free end of the feed rail 9 for the slides is facing the free end of the guide 7 (or 8) in whose direction the carriage is moving. In this way, the slides 5 and, along with them, the hose-cable assembly 4 can follow the carriage 2.
When the carriage 2 returns back to the middle of the rails 1, the rod 11 linked to the carriage 2 pushes all the slides, by the intermediate of the slide 5', onto the feed rail 9.
When the control member 1 5 on the carriage meets the control fork 1 6 of the reversing device, the control bar 14 is pivoted, being forced by the control member 15, to the middle position between its extreme positions, whereby the control member 1 5 can by-pass freely. The control bar 1 4 is now pivoted, forced by the spring 21, to its other extreme position, whereby the end of the feed rail 9 is shifted to the position facing the other guide 8 (or 7), and the slides can follow along with the carriage 2 towards the other end of the rail 1.
1. Watering equipment which comprises a carriage with water spraying device, running along rails, a slide groove provided in either one of the rails, slides fitted into the slide groove, as well as a hose attached as supported on the slides, one of the ends of the
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. SPECIFICATION Watering equipment The present invention relates to a watering carriage moving along rails, of the sort that is used in vegetable gardens. For the watering of plant beds, a carriage running along rails is commonly used, which carriage is provided with nozzles extending far in the lateral direction. In particular in greenhouses, a carriage running along rails suspended from the ceiling, above the beds, is used. The electricity cable of the carriage and the water supply hose move along the rail as supported on slides. The cable and the hose of the carriage have, usually, been taken in from one of the ends of the track. The hose, the cable, and the slides require gathering space at this inlet end, which reduces the effective area of the area by 5 to 10 per cent. The object of the present invention is to provide a watering carriage equipment which is reliable in operation and which permits watering of the entire area required by the equipment. In the equipment in accordance with the invention, the slides are introduced from the side, halfway on the track, from a rail perpendicular to the rail. From the feed rail, the slides are guided in the correct direction by means of a reversing device, operated by the carriage, and by means of guides. In the equipment in accordance with the invention, no gathering space is required for the hose or for the cable at the end of the area, so that the carriage is capable of watering the whole area. Moreover, the solution is of lower cost, because the numbers and quantities of hose, cable, and slides needed are lower. A preferred embodiment of the invention will be illustrated in more detail with the aid of the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 is an overall view of the equipment, pFigure 2 shows the reversing device for the slides as viewed from above, and Figure 3 shows the carriage and the reversing device as viewed from below. The equipment includes C-section rails 1 and 1' suspended on the arcs of the greenhouse with the groove facing downwards, a carriage 2 with nozzle equipment 3, running along the rails driven by an electric motor, a water-hose cable assembly 4, which follows along with the carriage as supported on slides 5 fitted as moving in the groove of the rail 1, as well as a reversing device 6 for the slides. The reversing device 6 comprises C-section guides 7 and 8 placed halfway on the rail 1, along which said guides the slides coming to the middle of the rail are guided out of the rail 1, a slide feed rail 9, one of whose ends is provided with an articulated joint and the other one, the free end, can be shifted so as to face the end of either one of the said guides 7 or 8, means for shifting the feed rail, as well as a rod 11 (Fig. 3), one of whose ends is linked to the carriage 2 and the other end to the slide 5' placed closest to the carriage. The reversing device 10 comprises a control bar 14 linked to a pin 1 3 that is attached to a plate 1 2 fastened to the rail 1, and the articulation end of the said bar 14 is provided with a control fork 1 6 jointly operative with a control member 1 5 attached to the carriage 1, and a telescopic tube 1 7 is linked to the free end of the said control bar 14, and the reversing device 10 further comprises a telescopic rod 1 9 linked to the pin 1 8 on the plate 12, one of the ends of the said rod 1 9 being provided with a shifting fork 20 fitted on the feed rail, and the other end of the rod 1 9 penetrating into the telescopic tube 1 7 and being fitted as gliding therein, as well as a spiral spring 21 placed around the telescopic rod 19, one end of the said spring resting against the flange 22 provided on the rod, whereas the other end of the spring rests against the free end of the telescopic tube 1 7. The equipment further comprises a pair of limiters 24 and 24', which determine the extreme limits of the movement of the bar 14 so that, in the extreme positions, the feed rail 9 faces either one of the guides 7 or 8. When the carriage 2 starts from the middle of the rails 1 towards one end, the free end of the feed rail 9 for the slides is facing the free end of the guide 7 (or 8) in whose direction the carriage is moving. In this way, the slides 5 and, along with them, the hose-cable assembly 4 can follow the carriage 2. When the carriage 2 returns back to the middle of the rails 1, the rod 11 linked to the carriage 2 pushes all the slides, by the intermediate of the slide 5', onto the feed rail 9. When the control member 1 5 on the carriage meets the control fork 1 6 of the reversing device, the control bar 14 is pivoted, being forced by the control member 15, to the middle position between its extreme positions, whereby the control member 1 5 can by-pass freely. The control bar 1 4 is now pivoted, forced by the spring 21, to its other extreme position, whereby the end of the feed rail 9 is shifted to the position facing the other guide 8 (or 7), and the slides can follow along with the carriage 2 towards the other end of the rail 1. CLAIMS
1. Watering equipment which comprises a carriage with water spraying device, running along rails, a slide groove provided in either one of the rails, slides fitted into the slide groove, as well as a hose attached as supported on the slides, one of the ends of the hose being connected to the water spraying device of the carriage, characterized in that the slide groove in the rail is related to two guides (7, 8), one of which guides the slides coming from one end of the rail, and the other one those coming from the other end of the rail, out of the slide groove, and that at the side of the rail, there is a feed rail (9) provided with a corresponding slide groove, one of the ends of the said feed fail being displaceable to a position facing the free end of any one of the guides so as to feed the slides into the slide groove of the running rail or so as to pass the said slides out of the said slide groove.
2. Equipment as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a rod is linked to the slide (5') placed closest to the carriage, the other end of the said rod being linked to the carriage.
3. Equipment as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the equipment comprises a control bar (14) mounted on a vertical pin (13) provided on a base (12) stationary relative the running rail, one of the ends of the said bar (14) being provided with a control member (1 6) jointly operative with a control member (15) attached to the carriage, and the opposite end of the said bar (14) being provided with a telescopic tube (17) as moving in the horizontal plane, and that the equipment further comprises a telescopic rod (19) mounted on a second pin (18) provided on the base, one end of the said telescopic rod being fitted as gliding inside the telescopic tube, and the opposite end of the said rod (19) being provided with a member (20) for transferring the movement of the telescopic rod to the feed rail, as well as limiters (24, 24'), which determine the extreme limits of the movement of the control bar, of the tube or of the telescopic rod so that in one extreme position, the free end of the feed rail faces one of the guides and, in the other extreme position, it faces the free end of the other guide.
4. Equipment as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the control member is, as seen from above, a V-shaped fork (16), whose tip is fixed to the control bar, and that the jointly operative control member is a rod (15) that engages the opening of the fork.
5. Equipment as claimed in claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the device that transfers the movement of the telescopic rod to the feed rail is a fork fitted onto the feed rail.
6. Equipment as claimed in any of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that a spiral spring (21) is fitted around the telescopic rod, one end of the said spring (21) resting against a flange (22) provided on the rod, and the other end resting against the free end of the tube.
7. Watering equipment as claimed in Claim 1, and substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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EP0826301A2 (en) * 1996-08-30 1998-03-04 Cito Roderick Calder-Potts Improvements in and relating to gantries
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US5344084A (en) * 1993-01-11 1994-09-06 Andpro Ltd. Watering system for connection to a water supply and an electrical supply for use in watering plants and the like
EP0826301A2 (en) * 1996-08-30 1998-03-04 Cito Roderick Calder-Potts Improvements in and relating to gantries
EP0826301A3 (en) * 1996-08-30 1998-12-16 Cito Roderick Calder-Potts Improvements in and relating to gantries
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