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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael E Tobias, Warren, NJ (US);
Samuel Tobias, Warren, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ; A01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47 79 ; 47 485 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed which operate to automatically deliver liquid to a plant growing medium in a pot from a receptacle positioned above the plant growing medium. The liquid flows from the receptacle under the influence of gravity and is supplied to the plant growing medium at predetermined drip rate, which may be manually adjusted.