Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drip line and emitter and methods relating to same
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Application No.: US15331407Application Date: 2016-10-21
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Publication No.: US09877442B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Jae Yung Kim , Mark Richard Edris , Mark M. Ensworth , Michael Leo Donoghue , Berj Zakarian
- Applicant: Rain Bird Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Azusa
- Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
- Current Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Azusa
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP
- Main IPC: A01G25/02
- IPC: A01G25/02 ; B29C47/00 ; B29C47/02 ; B29L23/00

Abstract:
An irrigation emitter and drip line, and methods relating to same, are provided for reducing the flow and pressure of fluid via an emitter or plurality of emitters defined by two concentric tubes. In one form, the first tube defines an emitter inlet and connected pressure-reducing flow channel and the second tube is extruded over the first tube to enclose the emitter inlet and flow channel and defines an outlet connected to an end of the flow channel opposite the inlet to create an emitter for converting fluid flowing at a high flow rate in the lumen and at the first end of the inlet to a fluid with a low flow rate at the outlet of the emitter. In another form, a drip line is provided having a plurality of such emitters. Various other forms and methods relating to the emitter and drip line are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170035006A1 DRIP LINE AND EMITTER AND METHODS RELATING TO SAME Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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