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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Netafim, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventor:
Abraham Schweitzer, Kibbutz Hatzerim, IL;
Assignee:
Netafim, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 25/16 (2013.01); A01G 25/023 (2013.01); Y10T 137/87877 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87893 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87917 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87925 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87981 (2015.04);
Abstract
An irrigation column for a drip irrigation system has a fluid conducting line for receiving fluid from a fluid source upstream. The irrigation column further includes a plurality of drip line segments extending alongside the fluid conducting line, a plurality of zone valves located along the fluid conducting line, and a plurality of control tubes extending alongside the fluid conducting line. And each control tube is in fluid communication with a respective one of the zone valves for actuating the zone valve.