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US 12,520,776 B2Granted
Device and method for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters
AssigneeJacob Angles
InventorsJacob Angles, Ricardo Tan
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Abstract
The invention provides a device and method for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters into drip irrigation tubing. The device can be provided with a magazine capable of holding a plurality of drip irrigation emitters. The magazine feeds individual drip irrigation emitters to a plunger and sleeve arrangement that cooperate to guide the drip irrigation emitters through the device's housing and into a section of drip irrigation tubing.
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A device for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters, comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a sleeve slidably disposed in said housing, wherein said sleeve is adapted to receive a drip irrigation emitter from a magazine that is adapted to contain a plurality of drip irrigation emitters;
- c) a plunger, wherein said plunger is adapted to slide through said sleeve;
- and
- d) a cradle that is adapted to receive a section of drip irrigation tubing.
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A magazine for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters, comprising:
- a magazine body, wherein said magazine body comprises:
- a) a first channel having a first width, wherein said first channel is adapted to receive a body of a drip irrigation emitter;
- b) a second channel having a second width, wherein said second channel is adapted to receive a spout of a drip irrigation emitter;
- and
- c) a third channel having a third width, wherein said third channel is adapted to receive an inlet of a drip irrigation emitter;
- wherein said first width is greater than said second width and said third width.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.