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A drip irrigation unit includes conduits for delivering the irrigation water in small quantities directly to the plants being irrigated. The water is pressurized and dripped onto the soil adjacent to the plant. It can, however, be delivered in a slow trickle to the soil.
Flow rates for these types of irrigators are typically in the neighborhood of one gallon per hour of water at a pressure of about twenty-five pounds per square inch.
Because of the small opening in the irrigator for releasing the water, the irrigation units become easily plugged and prevent the even flow of water.
The instant invention provides a means by which the irrigation unit and be unplugged and otherwise cleaned so that an even, continual supply of water is maintained.
One such known prior art irrigation unit can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 3,753,527, that issued to Galbraith on Aug. 21, 1973, which deals with a drip irrigation system that will allow particles to pass through the exit orifices.
U.S. Patent Publication 2003/0001029 that published on Jan. 2, 2003, to Neyestani deals with a self-discharging drip irrigation device.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,048,010 that issued on May 23, 2006, to Rolan, et al, deals with a drip irrigation system that is low pressure using feeder pipes and drip pipes.
Prior art advertised units consist of Bloom brothers GGWR06 inch hydro Halo Water; 3″ Matrix Circulator; Hydro flow Rain ring drip emitter; Matrix Circulator 3″ drip irrigation ring, and Halo Water Ring Hydroponics Soil Drip Irrigator.
Thus, what is disclosed and claimed herein is a cleanable mobile drip irrigation unit. The unit comprises a semi-circular hollow ring having an interrupted ring opening and two open terminal cleaning ports, a plurality of small spaced-apart openings in a surface of said semi-circular hollow ring, and an inlet port for pressurized water.
What is disclosed and claimed herein is a cleanable mobile drip irrigation unit.
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Also shown is the hollow portion 4 that allows water to be pushed through the semi-circular hollow ring which is shown in phantom. Further shown is an input nozzle 5 for inputting water into the ring 1 by the attachment of a pressurized hose (the hose is not part of the invention). Water is supplied to the device such that the water is under pressure, like for example, from a water hose or the like.
There is a plurality of small spaced-apart openings 6 in a surface of the semi-circular hollow ring 1 as is shown in
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The semi-circular hollow ring is tubular, and the tube has a diameter of ¼ inch to 2 inches. The diameter of the ring is 4 inches to 8 inches and the hollow interior of the hollow ring is ¼ to 1⅞ inches in diameter.