Automatic watering apparatus for houseplants
OwnerLeonard Goldberg, James P. Romano +1inventors
InventorsLeonard Goldberg, James P. Romano, John J. Feketa
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Abstract
An automatic plant watering apparatus having a cavity for receiving a standard houseplant pot, a reservoir for holding water, a pump for removing water from the reservoir, a host for delivering water from the pump to a plant positioned in the cavity. The pump is operated by a microcontroller that is programmed to measure a first time period during which the pump is not operated, and a second time period during which the pump is operated. According, the apparatus can be programmed to automatically water a house plant at predetermined intervals, as well as deliver a predetermined amount of water.
Claims14
An automatic plant watering apparatus, comprising:
- a tank having an inner cavity and an outer cavity, the inner cavity having a bottom surface and two inner walls and the outer cavity having a bottom surface and two outer walls, wherein the bottom surface and the two outer walls of the outer cavity surrounding the bottom surface and the two inner walls of the inner cavity in spaced relation thereto, thereby defining a reservoir therebetween;
- a lower tube having a first end and second end, the first end of the lower tube connected to the tank below the bottom surface of the inner cavity;
- an electric pump having an input side and output side, the input side of the pump connected to the second end of the lower tube;
- an upper tube having a first end and a second end, the first end of the upper tube connected to the output side of the pump;
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- a microcontroller electrically connected to the pump and programmed to selectively operate said pump without the need for priming.
An automatic plant watering apparatus, comprising:
- a tank having an inner cavity and an outer cavity, the inner cavity having a bottom surface and two inner walls and the outer cavity having a bottom surface and two outer walls, wherein the bottom surface and the two outer walls of the outer cavity surrounding the bottom surface and the two inner walls of the inner cavity in spaced relation thereto, thereby defining a reservoir therebetween;
- a pump fluidly connected to said reservoir below the bottom surface of the inner cavity so that the pump does not require priming;
- a microcontroller interconnected to said pump, wherein said microcontroller includes a first timer for measuring a first time period during which said pump is not operated and a second timer for measuring a second timer period during which said pump is operated;
- and a tube interconnecting said pump and the inner cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.