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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:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas H. Runge, Manasquan, NJ (US);
Larry Kent Hopkins, Escondido, CA (US);
Michael James Grundy, Phelan, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas H. Runge, Manasquan, NJ (US);
Larry Kent Hopkins, Escondido, CA (US);
Michael James Grundy, Phelan, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention describes a rain sensor that counts water drops with a microcontroller. After a predetermined threshold of water drops have been counted, the rain sensor interrupts an irrigation schedule of an irrigation controller.