Irrigation apparatus

Claim 1

IRRIGATION APPARATUS COMPRISIN: A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS OF PIPE; COUPLING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID SECTIONS OF PIPE IN END TO END FLUID COMMUNICATING RELATIONSHIP AND SERVING AS A WHEEL HUB; A PLURALITY OF WHEELS MOUNTED COAXIALLY WITH SAID PIPE WITH SAID COUPLING MEANS AS A HUB, SAID COUPLING MEANS SERVING TO RIGIDLY INTERCONNECT SAID PIPE AND SAID WHEELS FOR ROTATION AS A UNIT OF SAID WHEELS, SAID COUPLING MEANS AND SAID PIPE; AN ELONGATED DRIVE SHAFT; A PLURALITY OF SUPPORTS AFFIXED AT SPACED APART POSITIONS TO SAID SECTIONS OF PIPE FOR CO-ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT WITH SAID PIPE AND ADAPTED TO PROVIDE ROTATIONAL BEARING SUPPORT FOR SAID DRIVE SHAFT; AN ANNULAR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED COAXIALLY WITH SAID PIPE; A MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ANNULAR MEMBER TO HOLD SAID MEMBER ROTATIONALLY IMMOBILE DURING ROTATION OF SAID PIPE, SAID COUPLING MEANS AND SAID WHEELS; AND A MEANS DRIVINGLY INTERCONNECTING SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND SAID ANNULAR MEMBER TO TRANSLATE ROTATION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT INTO ROTATION OF SAID PIPE, SAID COUPLING MEANS, SAID WHEELS AND SAID SUPPORTS AND INTO PLANETARY REVOLUTION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT AROUND THE AXIS OF SAID PIPE IN RESPONSE TO SAID ROTATIONAL IMMOBILITY OF SAID ANNULAR MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID APPARATUS ROLLS OVER A GROUND SURFACE AS A UNIT.