Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfg. Corp.

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Donald W Smeller

Stephen H Govero

Mark Randall McClaran

An implement organizer is provided for rapid and easy mounting onto a receptacle, particularly such as a trash barrel. The implement organizer includes a lid adapted for rapid and secured mounting on the receptacle, and for receiving a multitude of implements which pass through the lid and extend downwardly to a lower nest. The nest defines an arrangement of upwardly open cups for receiving and aligning ends of the implements in a seated manner. The lid and nest are adapted to fit into substantially any receptacle within a wide range of sizes.

Implement organizer

An improved irrigation device is provided for precision, relatively low energy and close range delivery of irrigation water to crops and the like with little or no soil erosion. The irrigation device comprises a generally cylindrical body for connection to the lower end of a vertical drop tube adapted for connection in turn to a water supply pipe, for example, of a traveling irrigation system, such as a center pivot or linear system. The cylindrical body carries a downwardly open nozzle for discharge of water into a pressure-regulated chamber defined in part by a funnel-shaped regulator cover slidable about the cylindrical body. The chamber is shaped or otherwise includes means for dissipating a substantial portion of the flow energy of the water discharged into the chamber. Water collecting within the pressure-regulated chamber produces a low pressure head sufficient to float the regulator cover sufficently to create a narrow annular gap through which a thin bubble-like film or curtain of water is emitted at a regulated low pressure for close range delivery into a furrow between adjacent crop rows.

Low energy irrigation device

An improved irrigation boom assembly is provided for relatively rapid and easy mounting onto the main water distribution pipe of a traveling irrigation system, particularly such as a center pivot or linear travel system. The improved boom assembly includes a water supply drop pipe adapted for rapid and secure mounting onto the main distribution pipe by an improved clamp assembly and for receiving water from the distribution pipe via a flexible feed hose. The drop pipe has a manifold at its lower end designed for facilitated connection to a lightweight boom comprising a pair of elongated wing tubes cantilevered outwardly therefrom in opposite directions, wherein the wing tubes are each supported in an adjustably selected geometry by a respective pair of support cables anchored between the drop pipe and the wing tube and threaded through support struts mounted at spaced intervals along the wing tube spans. The outboard end of each wing tube includes an easily removable end fitting to permit periodic flushing. Irrigation spray heads are easily mounted onto the wing tube end fittings and further to the drop pipe manifold and at selected points along the wing tubes to provide the desired irrigation coverage. In addition, the wing tubes are adapted for facilitated attachment of guy wires near their outboard ends to control the spacing relative to wing tubes of an adjacent boom. Moreover, the wing tubes are adapted to stack in compact nested relation for facilitated shipping and/or storage.

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Donald W Smeller