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US 11,134,625 B2Granted
Irrigation emission device barb
AssigneeThe Toro Company
InventorLuis Robert Niquet
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Abstract
An irrigation emission device includes a barb that is self-piercing, and the irrigation emission device may be installed either manually or with the use of a piercing or insertion tool. In any event, the barb assists in making installation easier by piercing the hose to insert a portion of the device through the hose. Preferably, the barb will not pierce an opposing wall of the hose during installation.
Claims19
An irrigation emission device barb, comprising:
- a piercing portion configured and arranged to pierce an irrigation hose, the piercing portion having a first side, a second side, a first end, and a second end forming a generally rectangular shaped portion, the first end includes a first taper, a second taper forms a generally cone shaped portion between the first end and a bottom of the piercing portion, a third taper extends along and is formed by the first side and the second side from the first end to the second end between the first taper and the second taper, the first, second, and third tapers forming an angled tip at a distal end, the first, second, and third tapers having different angles;
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- an inlet with an inlet aperture, the inlet formed by the first side, the second side, the first end, and the second end, the inlet aperture being angled relative to the distal end, the angled inlet aperture corresponding with the third taper.
An irrigation emission device including a barb, comprising:
- a piercing portion configured and arranged to pierce an irrigation hose, the piercing portion having a first side, a second side, a first end, and a second end forming a generally rectangular shaped portion, the first end includes a first taper, a second taper forms a generally cone shaped portion between the first end and a bottom of the piercing portion, third taper extends along and is formed by the first side and the second side from the first end to the second end forming a tip at a distal end;
- an inlet with an inlet aperture, the inlet formed by the first side, the second side, the first end, and the second end, the inlet aperture being angled relative to the distal end, the angled inlet aperture corresponding with the third taper;
- a bottom portion, a first side ledge extending from a bottom of the first side and a second side ledge extending from a bottom of the second side to connect the piercing portion to the bottom portion;
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- a neck interconnecting the bottom portion and an external portion including an irrigation emission device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.