Traveling irrigation sprinkler and method of irrigation sprinkling

Claim 1

A METHOD OF IRRIGATING AN AREA OF A FIELD HAVING A PERFORATED FURROW THEREIN AND A SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE AT A POSITION ADJACENT AND FURROW WITH THE USE OF A SELF PROPELLED STEERABLE IRRIGATING DEVICE CARRYING SPRINKLER HEAD MEANS AND A LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE COLLAPSIBLE HOSE WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF TRANSPORTING SAID HOSE ON SAID DEVICE IN A COLLPASED WOUND-IN CONDITION FREE OF CONTAINED WATER FROM A POSITION REMOTE FROM SAID SOURCE TO A POSITION ADJACENT SAID SOURCE BY MOVING SAID DEVICE THERETO, POSITIONING ONE END OF SAID HOSE AT SAID SOURCE, MOVING SAID DEVICE IN ONE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID SOURCE ALONG A FIRST POSITION OF THE FURROW A DISTANCE GENERALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE HOSE WHILE PROGRESSIVELY POSITIONING THE HOSE PARALLEL TO THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID FURROW, COMMUNICATING THE SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE WITH SAID SPRINKLER HEAD MEANS THROUGH SAID HOSE WHILE SAID DEVICE IS DISPOSED AT THE END OF THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID FURROW SO AS TO OPERATE SAID SPRINKLER HEAD MEANS TO IRRIGATED THE ADJACENT AREA OVER WHICH THE LATTER IS CARRIED, PROPELLING SAID DEVICE IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID WATER SOURCE POSITION TO PROGRESSIVELY IRRIGATE THE ADJACENT AREA OF THE FIELD, STEERING THE PROPELLED DEVICE BY SENSING THE ELONGATED CONTOUR OF SAID FURROW SO THAT SAID DEVICE FOLLOWS A PATH CONFORMING TO THE FURROW, DISCONTINUING THE PROPELLING OF THE DEVICE AFTER IT HAS TRAVELED ALONG SAID FURROW A DISTANCE AT MOST GENERALLY EQUAL TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF SAID HOSE, DISCONNECTING SAID HOSE FROM THE SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE , AND PROGRESSIVELY COLLAPSING AND WINDING UP THE HOSE INTO A TRANSPORTABLE BUNDLE ON SAID DEVICE FREE OF CONTAINED WATER.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF IRRIGATING AN AREA OF A FIELD HAVING A PERFORATED FURROW THEREIN AND A SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE AT A POSITION ADJACENT AND FURROW WITH THE USE OF A SELF PROPELLED STEERABLE IRRIGATING DEVICE CARRYING SPRINKLER HEAD MEANS AND A LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE COLLAPSIBLE HOSE WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF TRANSPORTING SAID HOSE ON SAID DEVICE IN A COLLPASED WOUND-IN CONDITION FREE OF CONTAINED WATER FROM A POSITION REMOTE FROM SAID SOURCE TO A POSITION ADJACENT SAID SOURCE BY MOVING SAID DEVICE THERETO, POSITIONING ONE END OF SAID HOSE AT SAID SOURCE, MOVING SAID DEVICE IN ONE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID SOURCE ALONG A FIRST POSITION OF THE FURROW A DISTANCE GENERALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE HOSE WHILE PROGRESSIVELY POSITIONING THE HOSE PARALLEL TO THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID FURROW, COMMUNICATING THE SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE WITH SAID SPRINKLER HEAD MEANS THROUGH SAID HOSE WHILE SAID DEVICE IS DISPOSED AT THE END OF THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID FURROW SO AS TO OPERATE SAID SPRINKLER HEAD MEANS TO IRRIGATED THE ADJACENT AREA OVER WHICH THE LATTER IS CARRIED, PROPELLING SAID DEVICE IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID WATER SOURCE POSITION TO PROGRESSIVELY IRRIGATE THE ADJACENT AREA OF THE FIELD, STEERING THE PROPELLED DEVICE BY SENSING THE ELONGATED CONTOUR OF SAID FURROW SO THAT SAID DEVICE FOLLOWS A PATH CONFORMING TO THE FURROW, DISCONTINUING THE PROPELLING OF THE DEVICE AFTER IT HAS TRAVELED ALONG SAID FURROW A DISTANCE AT MOST GENERALLY EQUAL TO TWICE THE LENGTH OF SAID HOSE, DISCONNECTING SAID HOSE FROM THE SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE , AND PROGRESSIVELY COLLAPSING AND WINDING UP THE HOSE INTO A TRANSPORTABLE BUNDLE ON SAID DEVICE FREE OF CONTAINED WATER.