Apparatus, system and method for water-conserving irrigation utilizing check-valve screens
AssigneeSalco Products, Inc.
InventorTravis Komara
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Abstract
The invention is an apparatus, system, and method for water-conserving irrigation utilizing check-valve equipped devices. By implementing a filtering device, for example a screen, adapted to connect to a connector of an irrigation outlet nozzle of said irrigation system, and employing a valve within the screen designed to prevent a flow of fluid out of the connector when a fluid pressure into said valve is less than a threshold pressure, every outlet to an irrigation system may be sealed to preserve water and prevent overirrigation caused by low head drainage.
Claims39
An apparatus for conserving water in an irrigation system comprising:
- a filtering device adapted to connect to a connector of an irrigation outlet nozzle of said irrigation system, and
- a valve within said filtering device to prevent a flow of fluid out of said connector when a fluid pressure into said valve is less than a threshold pressure.
An apparatus for conserving water in an irrigation system comprising:
- a low volume irrigation outlet nozzle, and
- a valve within said low volume irrigation outlet nozzle to prevent a flow of fluid out of said low volume irrigation outlet nozzle when a fluid pressure into said valve is less than a threshold pressure.
An irrigation system for conserving water comprising:
- an irrigation fluid source,
- a plurality of irrigation outlet nozzles, and
- irrigation pipes to route a fluid from said irrigation fluid source to said plurality of irrigation outlet nozzles;
- wherein each irrigation outlet nozzle comprises:
- a filtering device adapted to connect to a connector of each irrigation outlet nozzle of said irrigation system, and
- a valve within said filtering device to prevent a flow of fluid out of said connector when a fluid pressure into said valve is less than a threshold pressure.
A method of conserving water in an irrigation system comprising:
- installing a valve into a filtering device,
- connecting said filtering device to a connector of said irrigation system,
- turning on a fluid pressure to allow a fluid to flow to said irrigation system,
- turning off said fluid pressure, and
- preventing a flow of fluid out of said connector when said fluid pressure into said valve is less than a threshold pressure using said valve.
A method of conserving water in an irrigation system comprising:
- installing a valve to a low volume irrigation outlet nozzle,
- turning on a fluid pressure to allow a fluid to flow to an irrigation system,
- turning off said fluid pressure, and
- preventing a flow of fluid out of said low volume irrigation outlet nozzle when said fluid pressure into said valve is less than a threshold pressure using said valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.