US 6,047,897 A · Sprinkler system and sprinkling method for vehicle running test course

Abstract

A sprinkler system for a vehicle running test course having an incline in the direction of the width of the vehicle running test course such that said vehicle running test course has a higher side and a lower side. The sprinkler system including a concave placement channel constructed on one or both sides of the vehicle running test course; multiple sprinklers capable of sprinkling water over the vehicle running test course being installed in the concave placement channel; a concave installation channel constructed on the higher side of the vehicle running test course; and multiple water sprinkler nozzles placed in the concave installation channel. The water sprinkler nozzles sprinkle water onto the higher side of the vehicle running test course such that the sprinkled water flows downward along the surface of the vehicle running test course toward the lower side of the vehicle running test course.

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Dependent claims

A sprinkler system for a vehicle running test course having an incline in the direction of the width of said vehicle running test course such that said vehicle running test course has a higher side and a lower side, comprising:

a concave placement channel constructed on at least one of said higher side of said vehicle running test course and said lower side of said vehicle running test course;
a plurality of sprinklers capable of sprinkling water over said vehicle running test course, said plurality of sprinklers being installed in said concave placement channel;
a concave installation channel constructed on said higher side of said vehicle running test course;
and
a plurality of water sprinkler nozzles placed in said concave installation channel, whereby said plurality of water sprinkler nozzles sprinkle water onto said higher side of said vehicle running test course such that the sprinkled water flows downward toward the lower side of the vehicle running test course.

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A sprinkling method for a vehicle running test course having an incline in the direction of the width of the vehicle running test course such that the vehicle running test course has a higher side and a lower side, comprising the steps of:

sprinkling water from a plurality of sprinklers placed on at least one of the higher side of the vehicle running test course and the lower side of the vehicle running test course with sufficient force that the sprinkled water reaches the entire surface of the test course;
thereafter, terminating the sprinkling water from the plurality of sprinklers;
and
sprinkling water from a plurality of sprinkler nozzles placed on the higher side of the vehicle running test course, whereby the sprinkled water flows downward along the surface of the vehicle running test course towards the lower side of the vehicle running test course causing the entire surface of the vehicle running test course to remain wet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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