Watering device
OwnerAndrew Staplesinventor
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Abstract
A watering tube 10 300-400 mm long is insertable at the drip line of a shrub by mounting the tube on the leading end of a driver. The driver and tube are driven into the ground using a sinking hammer 16. The tube has an internal wall taper to permit easy separation of the driver from the tube 10 after sinking. The driver 2 is hollow with a swaged entry end 6 allowing the plug of soil produced by insertion to rise up the driver. The driver has a lever-operated retractor 20-36 which reacts against the top 12 of the sunken tube and separates the driver from the tube.
Claims10
A watering tube capable of being mounted on the parallel sided leading end of a driver for sin in the ground, the tube having a leading end and a trailing end, an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall being tapered in a direction which assists separation from the driver on retraction of the driver.
A moulded tube for directing water to the roots of a plant, having an inner wall and an outer wall with a trailing end and a leading end for sinking in the ground, the inner wall being tapered such that the size of the inner wall at the trailing end is larger than the size of the inner wall at the leading end, the length of the tube being from 300-500 mm.
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