Enichem Agricoltura S.p.a.

Aldino Rivi

Augusto Fabbri

Emilio Barosso

A disposable sprinkler line for localized irrigation comprising a hose having outlet holes at equal distances from each other, and inner flexible membranes attached to the inner wall of the hose capable of forming interstices with the inner wall in the presence of a water flow. The inner flexible membranes are provided with openings at regular intervals and staggered relative to the outlet holes in the hose for receiving the pressurized water.

Sprinkler line for localized irrigation

A device for the automatic and pulsed delivery of an irrigation liquid, which can be connected, at its upstream side, to a source liquid under a constant or substantially constant pressure, and at its downstream side, to a distribution network equipped with pressure-responding valves. These valves are capable of closing, during the step charging of the distribution system, at a pressure equal to, or substantially equal to, the liquid feed pressure, and of opening, during irrigation liquid expelling, when the pressure decreases under said value. The device comprises a Venturi device, fed with the same irrigation liquid, from whose region of constricted stream a duct is branched off, to transmit to a sliding member depressure generated by the Venturi. As a function of such a depressure, a sliding member reciprocatingly shifts between a position of opening of the irrigation liquid delivery port, and a position of closure of said port and of simultaneous or subsequent venting towards the atmosphere, so as to cause a pressure drop and the explusion of the irrgation liquid from the distribution network, and the beginning again of the cycle. An irrigation facility incorporating this device is connected to a distribution network equipped with a plurality of pressure-responding valves, each one of which is provided with a delivery nozzle.

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Ferrara, Italy

Aldino Rivi