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US3289418A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sub soil irrigating means

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-02-28
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Granted: 1966-12-06
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Expires: 1984-02-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John W Edgerton

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 17:27
CPC Classifications
E; E02; E02B; E02B13/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 248 words
A SUB-SOIL IRRIGATING DEVICE COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL MANIFOLD ENCLOSING A WATER TIGHT CHAMBER THEREIN, A HANDLE FIXED TO THE MANIFOLD FOR ITS PLACEMENT AND HOLDING OF THE DEVICE IN USE, MEANS FOR EFFECTING A WATER LINE WITH THE MANIFOLD CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF WATER INJECTING NOZZLES MOUNTED BY AND DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE MANIFOLD; EACH OF SAID NOZZLES COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY THAT IS MOUNTED BY THE MANIFOLD AND IS OPEN AT ITS UPPER END TO SAID CHAMBER AND OPEN AT ITS LOWER END, A VALVE STEM EXTENDING THROUGH AND CONTAINED IN THE TUBULAR BODY WITH CLEARANCE FOR WATER DISCHARGE BETWEEN THEM AND EXTENDED AT ITS ENDS FROM UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR BODY, A VALVE HEAD MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID VALVE STEM TO CLOSE AGAINST AND NORMALLY BE HELD SEATED AGAINST THE TUBULAR UPPER END BY WATER CONFINED UNDER PRESSURE IN THE CHAMBER; EACH OF SAID STEMS EXTENDING BEYOND THE LOWER END OF ITS RESPECTIVE TUBULAR BODY A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE SO AS TO PROTRUDE BEYOND THE TUBULAR BODY LOWER END WHEN ACTUATED UPWARDLY BY PRESSURE OF ITS LOWER END AGAINST AND INTO THE SOIL THUS TO FACILITATE GROUND PIERCING BY THE TUBULAR BODY; AND EACH OF SAID STEMS LOOSELY FITTING IN ITS RESPECTIVE TUBULAR BODY SUCH THAT INSERTION OF SAID NOZZLE TUBULAR BODY SOIL WILL EFFECT THE LIFITNG OF EACH VALVE HEAD INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER FOR DISCHARGE OF WATER FROM THE MANIFOLD AND NOZZLE TUBULAR BODIES AGAINST AND INTO THE SOIL.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 248 words
A SUB-SOIL IRRIGATING DEVICE COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL MANIFOLD ENCLOSING A WATER TIGHT CHAMBER THEREIN, A HANDLE FIXED TO THE MANIFOLD FOR ITS PLACEMENT AND HOLDING OF THE DEVICE IN USE, MEANS FOR EFFECTING A WATER LINE WITH THE MANIFOLD CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF WATER INJECTING NOZZLES MOUNTED BY AND DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE MANIFOLD; EACH OF SAID NOZZLES COMPRISING A TUBULAR BODY THAT IS MOUNTED BY THE MANIFOLD AND IS OPEN AT ITS UPPER END TO SAID CHAMBER AND OPEN AT ITS LOWER END, A VALVE STEM EXTENDING THROUGH AND CONTAINED IN THE TUBULAR BODY WITH CLEARANCE FOR WATER DISCHARGE BETWEEN THEM AND EXTENDED AT ITS ENDS FROM UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR BODY, A VALVE HEAD MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID VALVE STEM TO CLOSE AGAINST AND NORMALLY BE HELD SEATED AGAINST THE TUBULAR UPPER END BY WATER CONFINED UNDER PRESSURE IN THE CHAMBER; EACH OF SAID STEMS EXTENDING BEYOND THE LOWER END OF ITS RESPECTIVE TUBULAR BODY A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE SO AS TO PROTRUDE BEYOND THE TUBULAR BODY LOWER END WHEN ACTUATED UPWARDLY BY PRESSURE OF ITS LOWER END AGAINST AND INTO THE SOIL THUS TO FACILITATE GROUND PIERCING BY THE TUBULAR BODY; AND EACH OF SAID STEMS LOOSELY FITTING IN ITS RESPECTIVE TUBULAR BODY SUCH THAT INSERTION OF SAID NOZZLE TUBULAR BODY SOIL WILL EFFECT THE LIFITNG OF EACH VALVE HEAD INDEPENDENTLY OF ONE ANOTHER FOR DISCHARGE OF WATER FROM THE MANIFOLD AND NOZZLE TUBULAR BODIES AGAINST AND INTO THE SOIL.

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