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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Valmont Industries, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Inventor:
Jerry Gerdes, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Valmont Industries, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 3/08 (2006.01); B05B 1/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/12 (2006.01); A01G 25/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 1/1636 (2013.01); A01G 25/092 (2013.01); B05B 1/12 (2013.01); F16K 3/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes a variable sprinkler orifice device that can change orifice sizes using a rotating disk with multiple orifices along the circumference of the disk. According to first preferred embodiment, the implement preferably includes a conduit in which water is directed through a series of rotatable plates which preferably include incrementally sized orifices. According to a further preferred embodiment, the variable orifices are automatically and quickly adjusted based on VRI data to change the combination of orifices used.