US1454332A - Irrigating apparatus - Google Patents

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May-8,' 1923.

J. A. NoR'roN IRRIGATING `APPARATUS Filed Nov. 3, 192?.

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JAMES A. NORTON, OF ODEBOLT, IOWA. l

' IRRIGATIG APPARATUS.

Application filed November 3, 1921. Serial No. 512,478.

Iowa, have invented certain new and use-'I ful Improvements in an Irrigating 'Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionhas for its object to provide an apparatus which may be disposed at the middle of a rectangular area and ywill y, operate to irrigate said area uniformly or practically so by directing water under pressure thereto.

The novel and useful features of the invention are fully described herein and pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein?- Fig. 1 is a view of the apparatusin side elevation, the nozzles being swung upwardly, and a part of the frame broken away. F ig. 2 is a similar view to that shown in Fig. 1, showing the relative position of partsv when the nozzles have been swung to their lower position. Fig 3 is a top plan View of 'the apparatus. Fig. 4- is a bottom plan view of the same, the legs being in transverse section. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail showing one of the pawls for a'v yoke.

section. Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are details 'relating to a shifting-block. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 9. Fig. 9 is a plan View of the shifting-block. 'Fig 10 is an end View of the shifting-block. Fig. 11 is a plan view of a rock-lever and parts connected therewith. Fig. 12 is a sectional view on line 12-12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a detail relating tothe platform. Fig. 14 is a side view of a block showing the pivotal mounting of the yoke and rock-lever.

Referring now to the drawing forv a more particular description, a frame is shown consisting of a platform 1 provided with legs 2, and also provided at its middle with a sleeve 3 which extends beyond its upper and lower sides. .Numeral V4 indicates a hanger or- L- shaped bracket which, as best shown in Fig. 4, is secured to and extends below the platform for supporting a stationary cylindrical container 5 having an intake port 6 for water under pressure, the support of said member 5 being its boss 7 which is disposed upon a part of the L-shaped bracket. v

Mounted to permit rotation in the sleeve vso that the volume Fig. 7 is a. view of the nozzle-holder in longitudinal 3 and container 5 is a lconducting pipe -8 which extends considerably above the plat.- l

form, said pipe being provided', betweenitsends, with avboss 9.

with a guide or pair arms 11, this sleeve being( keyed to the pipe 8 by means of a bolt sleeve being upon the upper'end of the sleeve 3. The guide 11 eXtends'outward-lysomewhat beyond the edge of the platform.

Means are providedto cause ya movement, in one'direction,l the pair of nozzles 12 andy pair of secondary nozzles 13 swinging circularly therewith, for discharging water tothe rectangular area. 'Means for adjustments are also .provided to control the revolublespeed of the pipe l8, of water discharged may be greater or less, as may be" complete rotation of said pipe.

Also means are shown for moving the nozzles upwardly and downwardly for the purpose. of discharging water to greater or lesser distances from the apparatus,v and means are provided for swinging the nozzles upwardly to their greatest lelevation while the nozzles discharge water'to parts molstremote from' the apparatus, `these re mote parts being at the corners of the rectangular area.`

The revoluble movement, in one direction,` for the pipe 8 isaccomplished by means of the longitudinal reciprocation of a: yoke 14 which causes rotation of a ratchet-wheel 15, the arms of the yoke at opposed sid-es of the wheel 15 being provided with casings a in which pawls 16 are mountedand are pressed againstthe teeth ofthe ratchet-wheel' by means of springs 17, said-pawls operating,

in alternation7 to cause apart rotation ofy said wheel, reciprocation of the yoke being causedl by a rock-lever 18 actuated `bythe piston 19 of a pump 20 of well known"` type.l

23, and its pivotal connection with' the pisa., the bearings for said revoluble" of the pipe i desired, at each ton19 being Aindicated at24, in a block` x provided for saidv rock-lever. y

'The adjusting-frame 22 consists of a pair of arms provided with'the block l), said arms being maintained parallel by means f of a screw e adapted to engagein apertures d of the pivotal cured to the said arms, a spacing-block e being supported by said arms and adapted to receive the pivot 21. The ratchet-wheel 15 is secured, by means of bolts 25, tothe boss 9 `of the pipe 8 (Fig. 5) and therefore the pipe 8 will be rotated by the longitudinal recipro'eat-ion of the yoke.

The rock-lever is provided at longitudinal intervals, .near its distal end, with apertures26, :and lit will beseen that if `the pivot 21 engages in an'aperture .26 .further from mounting 23 of .the yoke, the distance to which .the yoke will be moved will( be increased, `the result being vthat .the revoluble lmovement of Y.the .ratchet-wheel and .pipe 8 willbe increased, this often `being desirable to permit a lesser quantity of water to be discharged during a single :rotation of .saidpipeg .and Jit will zbe .understood that a greater quantity of water will be discharged during a singlerotation :of the pipe 8 if'ithe pivot 21 engages in an aperture 26 of the rock lever knearer to the pivot .23 of theyoke.

yThe distal end of the piston 19 is providedwitha .head .61 adapted to yslide rin a pair 'of .guides 62, lthese guides being supported by a bracket 63 which is .secured to the lower side of ,the platform, the head '61 having a-.pivota'l connection with the block m of therock-lever 18. The pivotal connection "23 of the rock-lever with the yoke 14 is best shown in Figs. 11, .12 and 14. A block 64 is provided with a lflange n which is sey lower side of the platform, said block providing mountings for the arms of the adjusting-frame 22 and having ar slot 65 yfor aeceiving a slide-plate G6 with which the rock-lever is connected by the pivot 23 and with which the vyoke is connected, thel operation bein that reciprocation ofv the iston and resu tingmovements of the rockever will cause reciprocation of the slideplate 65 andyoke.

A nozzle-holder is Eprovided, best shown in 7, consisting, in Apart, of a T-pipe coupling 27 which islthreaded upon the upper end of the pipe 8, and revolubly mounted therein and vJournalled in packing-nuts 28 is a conduit 29 having a slot V7a formed therein to provide. an intake communicating with pipe 8, and upon the ends ofthe conduit'29 are mounted l"-pipe couplings 30 wlii'chprovide mountings kfor the nozzles 12. *The4 intake-,pippe 31 for the ypump is in communication withthe intake 6 for water under pressure. The. discharge. pipe forV the pump `:isA indicated yat 32 and it communicates with a conducting'pipel 33 which traversesthepipe'S, the upper end lof said pipe 33within the p-ipe 28,'beingrprovided with a T-pipe coupling '34, and mounted to Apermit rotation in jtheoppo'sed ends of member 34 are comparatively short vconducting pipes 35, elbows"3`6`being'mounted on the ends of pipes .35 in which the nozzles 13 are mounted.

The means for causing swinging movements, upward-ly and downwardly, of the nozzles consist, in part, of a trackway which is approximately rectangular in plan, this trackway being `a groove 37 formed in the platform and extending many times about the tube 8, commencing near the middle of said platform land terminating near its outer edge, the walls g of the groove, at one side, being parallel with the walls g at the opposite side o-f the platform, and having curved parts 7L adjacent to the corners of the platform to permit a roller 38 to move in the groove without undue resistance.-

As best shown in Fig. 8, the roller 38 is mounted on the lower end of a plunger 39 carried by a shifting-block 40, the latter being provided on its top with a plate 41 having a slot 42 adapted to receive the plunger and having slots 43 formed therein.

The plunger is provided with an annular groove 44 adapted to catch upon the plate 41 when the plunger is elevated against the force of a spring 45 and at 46 is indicateda spring which is provided for the shiftingblock, said spring operating to press the plate 41 into the vgroove 44.

The shifting-block is adap-ted to have sliding movements on its guide or .parallel arms'11, and its sides are provided with recesses 47 in which said arms engage. Numeral 48v indicates a block `of wedge-shape which is disposed below the guide 11 in a groove 37 near the edge of the platform, and the plunger slides upwardly on this block against the force of the spring` 45 during the movement ofthe roller in the groove 37, the result being .that lthe roller is elevated somewhat above the platform, and'b5v operationof the spring 46 the plate 41 will enter the annularxgroove 44 of the plunger to maintain the plunger and roller in said elevated position.

Numerals 48 indicate projections or arms which are secured to the pipe 29 by means of set-screws 7, and at '49 are indicated links which p'ivotally connect the arms 48 with a in 50 which is mounted in an aperture v51 (Fig. 8) of the shifting-block 40, and it will be understood that during the movement'of the roller 38 in the groove 37 the block 40 will slide outwardly, the arms 48 and links 49 causing a part rotation of the conduitl 29, the nozzles then having an upward swinging movement which will continue until the plunger' engages the wedge-shaped block y48 above mentioned.

Numerals 52 indicate ksprings which are adapted to aid in causing `a sliding movement of the block 40 on `the arms11 toward the middle offthe platform, said springs being secured at theirinner ends to the arms 48,'theirouter ends being securedy to a strut 4, groove 37.

53 carried by a horizontal bar 54, the latter being mounted in the sleeve l0.

The nozzles l2 are provided with collars 55 operating as weights, which may be adjusted longitudinally thereon, and which aid in causing a downward swinging movement of the nozzles and a sliding movement of the block l() toward the middle of the platform.

Since all partsof the apparatus above the platform.move with the pipe 8 during the revoluble movements ofthe latter, the roller 38 will move in the groove 37, commencing near the middle of the platform'and continuing until the plunger slides upwardly on theplatform 48, lthe roller then being elevated above the platform, at which time the block ll0 will quickly slide toward the middle of the platform by operation of the springs 52 and weights 55, the plate lbeing driven against the sleeve l0 with suiiicient yforce to cause it to have a sliding movement against the force of the spring 46 and to be disengaged from the annular groove 44e of the plunger, the result being that'the plunger will slide downwardly in the block 40 to permit the roller to again engage in the The nozzles, therefore, will be inclined downwardly when the roller vis disposed inL that part of the groove 37v near the middle of the platform and will gradually swing upwardly and will attain their highest position when the roller is disposed in a part of the groove near the edge ofthe platfornn It will be `understood that the* nozzles move circularly in one direction only; also that the upward or downward swing move'- ments of the nozzles will .not be uniform during each lcycle 0f movement, but'will be greater when the roller engages the'curved wallsz of said groove near the corners of the platform, andl their elevation lwill be less when `the roller engages the walls 'g in parts of said groove midway between the corners of the platform.

It will thus be seen that the rectangular areas may be irrigated to great advantage,'

the shifting of the block; 40, .permitting water to be discharged to the middle and outermost parts, in alternation.

l claim as my invention: v l. ln an irrigating apparatus, an upright,

revoluble pipe provided with a nozzle, ,a sta-v zie.

to permit a sliding movementy of the shifting-block toward said-,pipe and 'to permit a .l

downward swinging movementfof lsaid noz` yfor disengaging the roller from the groove l 2. In anirrigating apparatus,an upright,

revoluble pipe providedvwitli nozzles, a stationary platform traversedby the pipe and having an angular'groovesurroundingl Said". i pipe mechanism connected withV the nozzles said groove, said` mechanismbeing movable and including a roller. normally engaging iny i pipe for causing swinging movements ofthe Y nozzle, and means for disengagingthe-roller from the groove to permit the nozzles to move downwardly in a circlesarc. p

3. 4In an irrigating apparatus, a' platform provided with a sleeve and havingafgroove tances from the sleeve, an upright, rotatable conducting-pipe for water `under pressure journalled in the sleeve andA 'having a` nozzle surrounding and disposed at varying dis-1l keyed to the conductingpipe and bearing 'fw upon `the "first named sleeve and provided' with a guide, a shifting-block engaging the l Vguide and having aroller' normallyaengaging said groove, mechanismpivotallypconf g necting the' shifting-block with the nozzle y' for causing theY roller to move in said I groove Y to cause upward and downward swinging movements of the 'nozzle 'simultay.

neously withlits horizontal swingingv movements, and means on the'platforin to cause l disengagement of the roller from the groove v to permit ay downward swinging movement* of .said nozzle.vv

4.111 an irrigating apparatus,`fa platform i provided with a sleeve and alsoprovided with a groove surrounding andgh'a'ving rectilinearp'arts-atA opposite sides of the: sleeve,` a,'conducting-pipe` having bearings in, said sleeve, a lrevoluble 'mounted' condi'iitiiy communication with said pipe, said conduit havl ing progections and being provided with nozzles, a second sleeve,fsaid secondsvleeve being secured to the conducting-pipe and bearing on the rst' named sleeve and prolvided with a rectilinear guide, a shifting block engaging the guide andy having a.

roller normally engaging in vsaid groove,-.v mechanism pivotally connecting the-shiftsing-block with :the projections of-the coniio duit, said conducting-pipe being revoluble for'moving the roller in said groove to simultaneously cause thev nozzles to swingA groove to permit a downward swinging movement of the nozzles.

y horizontally. and vertically, and means Aon f lthe platform yadapted .to be engaged by the .roller for disengaging said rolleryfromjthe 5. En Van irrigating apparatiis, a revoluble conducting-pipe provided .with a platform traversed by and having groove surrounding said pipe, a shifting-bl el; iaving a roll-er normally engaging in lthe groove, mechanism eoni'ieeting the nozzles with the shitting-bloei; to cause simultaneous, swinging movements, in two directions, of the nozzles by a revolnble movement of 'sie eondueting` pipe, rand means to disengage the roller from the groove to permit the nozzles to have a downward swinging movement. y

6. ln combination with an irrigating apparatus having a revoluble pipe provided with nozzles and having a stationary platform traversed by the pipe and provided with a groove extending' around the pipe to 'form numerous communi-eating passageways ap- .proximately reotangular in plan from near the pipe outwardly of the platform, said apparatus being provided with mechanism including` a roller normally engaging in the groove4 operating to cause upward downward swinging-movements oi the' nozzles while theroller moves in the groove outwardly o3? the platform, oit means to release the roller irom the groove to permit the nozzles to swing downwardly, and means for moving the rollerin a straight line to dispose it in that ot the groove near said pipe. .p y

hln an' irrigating apparatus, a revoluble conducting-pipe provided with nozzles, a platform traversed by and having a groove surrounding the pipe, a rectilinear guide movable with the pipe, a shiftingbloek engaging the guide andhaving a roller n orn iiially engaging in the groove, mechanism pivotally connecting the bloelr and said nozzles to cause a movement of the roller in the groove Jor swinging the nozzles upwardly, means 'for disengaging the roller 'from the groove, and means to ooineidently cause the shifting-block to move on said guide and the nozzles to swing` downwardly after the roller has been disengaged from the groove.

ifi-eases 8. `ln an irrigating apparatus, a revoluble conducting-pipe, arevolubly mounted oonduit having projections and provided with nozzles, said eondiiit being in communication and movable with the conducting-pipe, platte ,n traversed by and having a groove surrounding the conducting-pipe, a guide movable with ythe conducting-pipe, a shifting-bleek engaging the guide and having a roller normally in the.groove,\a second conducting-pipe within the {ii-st named oonductingfpipe, said second pipe having branches provided with nozzles and disposed in said conduit, mechanism pivotally Connecting the bleek and the projections o the Conduit to cause a movement ol: theroller in the groove for moving the nozzles o'll said conduit and the nozzles ot' said branches in a oireles are, and means lor disengaging the roller from the groove to permit the shifting-block to move on said guide and to permit downward swinging movements of the nozzles of the conduit and the nozzles of said branches.

9. ln an irrigating apparatus, a revoluble eondueting-pipe rprovided with nozzles, a platform traversed by and having a `groove surrounding said pipe, a shifting bloelr having` a Contact member normally engaging in said groove, mechanism connecting the nozzles with the shifting-'block to cause simultaneous horizontal and vertical swinging movements of the nozzles bv the revoluble movement of the conducting-pipe, means to disengage the eontact-meinber` of the shifting-block from the groove to permit the nozzles to have a downward. swinging movemeans to Yincrease the degree oi' the revoeiilile movement of the oondiietinp pipe.y and means to decrease the revolublev speed of said pipe. l

ln testimony wliereo'l, l have affixed my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

JAMES A.. NURTGN.

`Witnesses Hman. A. STUnGiis, E. E. NoRRIs.

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