Nozzle and sprinkler for center pivot end
AssigneeNelson Irrigation Corporation
InventorsLee A. Perkins, Craig B. Nelson, Loren Vander Griend
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Abstract
A sprinkler nozzle for a sprinkler positioned at a distal end of a center pivot irrigation system is cooperable with a deflector plate of the sprinkler and includes a nozzle opening that is configured to distribute water back under a pivot pipe of the center pivot irrigation system to supplement a deficit of water from the sprinklers mounted along the pivot pipe
Claims18
A sprinkler nozzle for a sprinkler positioned at a distal end of a center pivot irrigation system, the center pivot irrigation system including a pivot pipe rotatably coupled with a center pivot and a plurality of sprinklers mounted along the pivot pipe, the sprinkler nozzle being cooperable with a deflector plate of the sprinkler and comprising a nozzle opening that is configured to distribute water back under the pivot pipe to supplement a deficit of water from the plurality of sprinklers mounted along the pivot pipe.
A sprinkler nozzle for a sprinkler positioned at a distal end of a center pivot irrigation system, the center pivot irrigation system including a pivot pipe rotatably coupled with a center pivot and a plurality of sprinklers mounted along the pivot pipe, the sprinkler nozzle being cooperable with a deflector plate of the sprinkler and comprising a nozzle opening shaped to control water flow to portions of the deflector plate according to a desired wetted area, wherein the desired wetted area comprises a circular area minus a circular segment and minus a sector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.