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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joe D. Byles, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Nibco Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 2/700 ; B05B 1/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 2/700 ; B05B 1/510 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus provides a controlled, continuous up-and-down motion of a pop-up sprinkler head device during an irrigation period to approximate a modified sine wave output from the pop-up sprinkler device assuring uniform coverage of an area to be irrigated without excessive watering.