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AssigneeLindsay Manufacturing Company
InventorsRichard W. Parod, Charles H. Meis
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An irrigation assembly has a main pipeline supported at intervals by mobile towers, a plurality of drop tube assemblies at spaced intervals along the pipeline and a collector positioned to receive water from the drop tube assembly. A plurality of targets are positioned on the ground in the paths of motion defined by the movement of the collectors. The targets may be dishes. Each dish preferably has a perforated drain that penetrates beneath the surface of the ground. Interaction between the collector and the target causes the water stored within the collector to be released into the target. The irrigation assembly may provide for underground irrigation without a collector where a dish or trough receives water from the drop tube assembly and underground drains allow for water to be dispersed below the ground.
An irrigation assembly comprising a main pipeline connected to a water supply, the pipeline being supported at intervals by mobile towers, and a plurality of collectors in fluid communication with the pipeline for receiving water from the pipeline, each collector having walls defining a water inlet and a water retaining cavity.
An irrigation assembly comprising a main pipeline connected to a water supply, the pipeline being supported at intervals by mobile towers, a plurality of drop tube assemblies downwardly extending from the main pipeline, a collector associated with each drop tube assembly and in fluid communication therewith for receiving water from the pipeline, each collector having walls defining a water inlet and a water retaining cavity, the movement of the collectors over the ground defining a plurality of collector paths and a plurality of stationary targets positioned on the ground with at least one target in each collector path for receiving water from the collector.
A movable irrigation assembly comprising a main pipeline supported at intervals by mobile towers, a plurality of drop tube assemblies connected to the main pipeline section, a plurality of stationary targets positioned on the ground, and a plurality of moisture probe assemblies being mounted to one of said irrigation assembly and said targets for selectively testing the soil moisture level during operation thereof.
A method of operating an irrigation assembly of the type having a main pipeline connected to a water supply and supported at intervals by mobile towers, comprising the steps of:
An irrigation assembly comprising a main pipeline connected to a water supply, the pipeline being supported at intervals by mobile towers, a plurality of drop tube assemblies extending downwardly from the main pipeline, the movement of the drop tube assemblies over the ground defining paths, and a plurality of stationary troughs positioned on the ground and at least partially within the paths for receiving water from the drop tube assemblies.
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