Watering system for connection to a water supply and an electrical supply for use in watering plants and the like

A watering system for connection to a water supply and electrical supply for use in watering plants and the like located within an area to be watered, said system comprising:

• (a) a substantially horizontal single track extending within said area to be watered, said track being supported at a fixed elevation, said track having brackets for a flexible hose and electrical conductor mounted along said track;
• (b) a hose carrier movably supported entirely on said single track, said carrier having distribution means for said hose and conductor thereon;
• (c) an electrically powered drive system movably supported on said track, said drive system having propulsion means thereon to move said drive system in either direction along said track, said hose carrier being connected by a cable to said drive system so that as said drive system moves, the carrier moves simultaneously in the same direction as said drive system but at one-half of the velocity of said drive system;
• (d) spraying means on said drive system and control means to spray water as the drive system moves along said track;
• (e) a water outlet and an electrical outlet located substantially at a mid-point along said track;
• (f) said flexible hose extending from said water outlet to said distribution means on said carrier and to said drive system, said electrical conductor extending from said electrical outlet to said distribution means on said carrier and to said drive system to power said propulsion means, said conductor extending adjacent to said hose, said distribution means placing said hose and said conductor on said brackets as said drive means moves along said track from one end to the other end and vice-versa, the carrier being located substantially at the mid-point when the drive is at one end and substantially at an opposite end when the drive is at said opposite end, said hose and said conductor always being substantially fully extended but not being used to move said hose carrier relative to said drive system.