Ebb and flow watering system
AssigneeIP Holdings, LLC
InventorsMartin Carskadon, Patrick Barrett
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Abstract
An ebb and flow watering system having controls for starting an internal timing clock when a fluid in a control bucket reaches a fill level, restarting the internal timing clock if the fluid drops below the fill level, and shutting off the fill pump if the internal timing clock runs for a complete fill period; and starting an internal timing clock when the fluid in the control bucket reaches a drain level, restarting the internal timing clock if the fluid raises above the drain level, and shutting off the drain pump if the internal timing clock runs for a complete drain period.
Claims19
A method of controlling an ebb and flow watering system comprising:
- starting an internal timing clock when a fluid in a control bucket reaches a fill level;
- restarting the internal timing clock if the fluid drops below the fill level;
- shutting off the control bucket filling operation if the internal timing clock runs for a complete fill period;
- starting an internal timing clock when the fluid in the control bucket reaches a drain level;
- restarting the internal timing clock if the fluid raises above the drain level;
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- shutting off a control bucket draining operation if the internal timing clock runs for a complete drain period.
An ebb and flow watering system controller adapted to start an internal timing clock when a fluid in a control bucket reaches a fill level,
- restart the internal timing clock if the fluid drops below the fill level,
- shut off the control bucket filling operation if the internal timing clock runs for a complete fill period,
- start an internal timing clock when the fluid in the control bucket reaches a drain level,
- restart the internal timing clock if the fluid raises above the drain level, and
- shut off a control bucket draining operation if the internal timing clock runs for a complete drain period.
An ebb and flow watering system comprising a control bucket in fluid communication with one or more plant containers, and an ebb and flow watering system controller adapted to start an internal timing clock when a fluid in a control bucket reaches a fill level,
- restart the internal timing clock if the fluid drops below the fill level,
- shut off the control bucket filling operation if the internal timing clock runs for a complete fill period,
- start an internal timing clock when the fluid in the control bucket reaches a drain level,
- restart the internal timing clock if the fluid raises above the drain level, and
- shut off a control bucket draining operation if the internal timing clock runs for a complete drain period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.