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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Hozelock Limited, Birmingham, GB;
Inventor:
John Baldwin, Worcestershire, GB;
Assignee:
HOZELOCK LIMITED, Birmingham, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A garden watering controller for operating a valve for controlling a supply of water into a garden watering arrangement includes a light sensor for sensing ambient light levels and a central unit for receiving sensed light level signals from the light sensor and for outputting control signals for operating the valve in dependence on the sensed light level signals. The central unit may be arranged to determine the occurrence of dawn and dusk.