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US 2026/0076319 A1Published application
Device and method for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters
AssigneeJacob ANGLES
InventorsJacob ANGLES, Ricardo TAN
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Abstract
The invention provides a device and method for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters into drip irrigation tubing. The device can be provided with a magazine capable of holding a plurality of drip irrigation emitters. The magazine feeds individual drip irrigation emitters to a plunger and sleeve arrangement that cooperate to guide the drip irrigation emitters through the device's housing and into a section of drip irrigation tubing.
Claims20
A device for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters, comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a sleeve slidably disposed in said housing, wherein said sleeve is adapted to receive a drip irrigation emitter from a magazine that is adapted to contain a plurality of drip irrigation emitters;
- c) a plunger slidably disposed in said sleeve;
- and
- d) a cradle that is adapted to receive a section of drip irrigation tubing.
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A magazine for repeatedly installing drip irrigation emitters, comprising:
- a magazine body, wherein said magazine body comprises at least one of:
- a) a body channel that is adapted to receive a body of a drip irrigation emitter;
- b) a spout channel that is adapted to receive a spout of a drip irrigation emitter;
- and
- c) an inlet channel that is adapted to receive an inlet of a drip irrigation emitter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.