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US 2013/0240459 A1Published application
Irrigation diverter, and related systems and methods
OwnerFrank Andrewsinventor
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An irrigation diverter for diverting a flow of liquid from a larger flow includes a housing, a filter to trap unwanted debris, a cleaner to remove the trapped debris from the filter, and a turbine to power the cleaner. The housing has an inlet and an outlet. The filter is disposed between the inlet and the outlet and operable to allow liquid entering the housing through the inlet to flow to the outlet while preventing debris in the liquid from reaching the outlet. The cleaner scrapes the filter to remove the debris trapped by the filter, and the turbine extracts energy from the larger flow of liquid to power the cleaner. By powering the cleaner with energy extracted from the flowing liquid, one does not have to frequently visit the diverter to manually remove debris from the filter. And, the filter may be continuously cleaned to prevent a buildup of debris trapped by the filter. This, in turn, allows a substantially steady flow of liquid through the diverter and toward a desired location away from the stream, river, lake and/or canal that the diverted is located in.
An irrigation diverter for diverting a flow of liquid from a larger flow of liquid, the irrigation diverter comprising:
An irrigation system comprising:
A method for diverting liquid flowing in a canal, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.