US3679138A - Multi-purpose watering equipment - Google Patents

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US3679138A
US3679138A US101078A US3679138DA US3679138A US 3679138 A US3679138 A US 3679138A US 101078 A US101078 A US 101078A US 3679138D A US3679138D A US 3679138DA US 3679138 A US3679138 A US 3679138A
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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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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  • the assembly comprising a number of sectional elements of the same multi-bore cross-section assembled together, the number of elements being sufficient to give the required total length.
  • the present invention relates to an assembly of elements which constitute a new multi-purpose watering system.
  • Perforated hoses carry the same drawbacks. If there is no loss of pressure, they dispense water uniformly over their entire length and, if the latter is considerable, the flow of the jets and, consequently, the width watered are insufficient.
  • the available water is distributed over the entire surface and the intensity of the watering action is low.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome these difficulties and to provide a watering means that is no longer limited as to length, or delivery or pressure of the water supplied to it.
  • this invention resides in the use of the ducts of a watering system constituted by a line of several assembled elements, the number of which is such as to provide the total required length.
  • FIG. 1 shows a watering installation consisting of several sectional elements, according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a composite water distributor for use in the installation of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 shows diagramatically the water circulation in the installation of FIG. 1,
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show longitudinal and transverse cross-sections, respectively, of a water intake element shown in FIG. 1,
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show transverse and longitudinal cross-sections, respectively, of a watering or junction box shown in FIG. 1,
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show a longitudinal cross-section and an end elevation, respectively, of a conduit or tie shown in FIG. 1,
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 show an end elevation and a longitudinal cross-section, respectively, of a drainage element shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 show a longitudinal cross-section and an end elevation of a branch duct control element respectively, and
  • FIG. 15 shows an end elevation of a modified watering or 5 junction box.
  • the ducts 11 and 13 as well as the cavity 17.
  • the latter can however be dispensed with or, depending upon requirements, replaced by one or several cylindrical ducts.
  • the assembly thus takes the form of a sectional system which may simply be laid flat on the ground or partly buried with the longer side of its cross-section upright.
  • the border structure thus constituted makes it unnecessary to move hoses in the manner previously mentioned. By virtue of the disposition of its orifices, it also enables cultivated areas to be watered without wetting the pathways that bound them.
  • a border structure of this kind (see FIG. 1) comprises:
  • Branch and discharge regulating elements shown in detail in FIGS. 13 and 14.
  • a drainage element 4 which enables cleaning to be carried out and permits the border structure to be protected against freezing. This is illustrated in detail in FIGS. 10 and 11.
  • the number of water distributors 2 and regulating elements 3 depends upon the length of the border structure.
  • a distributor 2 illustrated in FIG. 2 is constituted by an assembly of a certain number of parts 5 and 6.
  • the watering box 5 is illustrated in detail in FIGS. 6 and 7.
  • the tie 6 is shown in detail in FIGS. 8 and 9.
  • a watering box 5 and a tie 6 may be combined and moulded or cast as a single part.
  • Tubular pegs 7 and 8 are used for interconnecting the various elements that have to be assembled.
  • the pegs can be formed integrally with the elements by moulding or casting. Water-tightness is ensured by bonding, or in the case of installations designed to be dismantled, by means of the seals 9 and 10 illustrated in FIGS. 7, 11 and 13.
  • the main feed for the border structure is through the duct 11 which is located in the lower portion and is buried when all the parts are assembled.
  • This duct is continuous and its length is equal to that of the border structure.
  • the length of the duct 13 formed in the upper portion of each distributor 2, when the elements of which it is comprised are assembled, is on the other hand equal only to the length of the distributor. This duct does not communicate with the like ducts in the adjoining distributors.
  • the sprinklers 19 in the regulating elements 3 which can be seen in FIG. 6 are supplied with water only through the duct 13.
  • a water intake 1 (see FIGS. 1, 3, 4 and 5) comprises:
  • a tap l2 fitted with a seal 16 A tap l2 fitted with a seal 16.
  • the use of a key 14 as illustrated in FIG. 12 may also be visualized; then, it is not necessary to use a seal element.
  • the water supplied to the system enters the lower portion of the element 15 through the tapped side of the hole 11 and circulates over the entire length of the border structure.
  • the key 12 enables some of the water to be directed into the duct 13 to feed the distributor 2 located immediately downstream.
  • the cavity in the moulded or cast part 17 can be replaced by one or several ducts 11 so as to increase the total rate of discharge of the border structure and the number of distributors 2 that can be used simultaneously.
  • a watering box 5 (see FIGS. 2, 6 and 7) comprises:
  • Tubular pegs 7 and 8 for interconnecting the parts to be assembled and for ensuring continuity of the watering ducts l3 and the supply ducts 1 l.
  • Sealing elements 9 and 10 used in the case of border structures that can be dismantled.
  • a sprinkler 19 adapted to direct and atomize the watering jet.
  • Each sprinkler of a distributor waters a certain area.
  • the number of sprinklers is therefore considerably less than the number of holes in a perforated hose. Consequently, the diameter of their orifices can be sufi'lciently great not to run the risk oftheir becoming blocked.
  • the tie 6 (see FIG. 2) is illustrated in detail in FIGS. 8 and 9. It provides a connection between the watering boxes 5. It contains a cavity at 17.
  • the border element as a whole is supplied with water through the duct 11 located in its lower portion.
  • the duct 13 simply ensures circulation of water branched .through the discharge-regulating element 3 located immediately upstream.
  • the required length could be obtained by cutting off a portion of sectional element having a cross-section such as for example those illustrated in FIGS. 9 or 15.
  • the holes can be made along or on each side of the vertical axis of symmetry.
  • the assembly of distributors constitutes a watering means on each side of its longitudinal axis.
  • the equipment is to spray water on one side only, it can form a border structure and watering means bounding the cultivated areas.
  • the branch and discharge-regulating element 3 (see FIGS. 1 and 3) is illustrated in FIGS. 13 and 14. It comprises:
  • a tap l2 and its seal 16 (or the key 14 of FIG. 12 fitted without a seal).
  • the tap 12 then enables water to be directed into the duct 13 of the distributor 2 located downstream, and into this distributor only.
  • the element could be designed for directing the water in the opposite direction and in this case it would be the upstream distributor that would be supplied with water.
  • a drainage box 4 (see FIGS. 1, 3, l0 and l 1) comprises:
  • the moulded or cast element 20 containing a cavity at 17.
  • a blocking means-22 which enables water to be drained from the main supply duct 11 through the holes 23 and 24.
  • Boxes such as the one illustrated in FIG. 12 and also comprising a tap 12 or 14, of the kind illustrated, and a sprinkler l9 fed directly through the duct 1 1 can be incorporated at the end of each distributor 2 so as to provide the possibility of watering on a local basis, without having to use all the sprinklers along the distributor.
  • the various elements employed can be made in plastics material.
  • the equipment forming the subject-matter of the invention can be used as a watering system or as a border structure for forming a boundary to flower-beds, lawns or shrubberies along which it is laid. There is no limit to its length.
  • lt enables cultivated areas to be watered on a local and selective basis.
  • a watering installation comprising: a plurality of distinct pipe-like sections assembled end-to-end, said sections having internal duct configurations which define a continuous main supply duct extending the length of the installation and a plurality of closed-end branch ducts extending generally parallel to the main supply duct each branch duct being in communication with the main supply duct so as to receive water therefrom, at least one water discharge means associated with each branch duct for discharging water to the exterior of the installation, and valve means for controlling the flow of water to the water discharge means without interrupting flow in the main duct.
  • valve means between the main supply duct and the branch duct is located at the end of a pipe-like section and in one end of the branch duct, the opposite end of the branch duct being closed.
  • valve means is disposed within a relatively short pipe-like section which is connected between two longer pipe-like sections, said water discharge means being associated with the two longer sections.
  • An installation as in claim 1 including a water distributing section which comprises a tying subsection connected end-toend with a watering subsection, each of said subsections having an open-ended branch duct portion and an open-ended main duct portion, said branch duct portion of the watering subsection having said water discharge means associated therewith and the branch duct portion of the tying subsection having imperforate walls.
  • a regulating subsection which comprises a body having a main duct portion connecting end-to-end with the main duct portions of the two water distributing sections and having a branch duct portion containing said value means and communicating at one end with the main duct portion of the regulating subsection and communicating at its other end with one end of the branch duct portion of one of the watendistributing sections, the branch duct portion of the other water-distributing section being closed by said regulating section;
  • each pipe-line section is in the form of a rectangular flat body, the main supply duct and the branch duct being formed at the ends of the cross-section of the flat body, and the intermediate portion of the body being hollow.
  • At least one of said pipelike sections is a one-piece integral body having an openended main duct portion extending therethrough and having a branch duct portion in communication with the main duct portion at one end thereof via said valve means and extending parallel to the main duct portion.
  • a watering installation comprising: a plurality of distinct body members releasably assembled end-to-end, said body members having internal duct configurations which together define a continuous main supply duct and a plurality ofclosedend branch ducts of lesser length than andextending generally parallel to the main supply duct, each branch duct being in communication with the main supply duct at a different location along the length of the latter, a plurality of distinct water discharge means disposed in spaced apart relationship along the length of each branch duct for discharging water from the respective branch duct to exterior of the installation.

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