On and off tube weight for drip irrigation

• US 10,342,187 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JAIN Irrigation Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: JAIN Irrigation Systems Limited
• Inventors: Narinder, Gupta, Narendra, Patil, Douglas, Wayne Burt, Ajit, B. Jain
• Primary Examiner(s): Sanchez-Medina, Reinaldo
• Assistant Examiner(s): Colon-Morales, David
• Application Number:
  US14/411,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20150313100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,202 Days
• Field of Search: 2511491, 251347, 239542, 23953315, 239456-457, 47 79
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 25/023 Dispensing fittings for drip irrigation, e.g. drippers
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 27/005 Reservoirs connected to flower-pots through conduits
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 27/008 Component parts, e.g. dispensing fittings, level indicators

Abstract

The present invention proposes a device for controlling discharge by a conduit. The device comprises a body, a mouth or a first portion attached to the body and a needle or a second portion attached to the body. The mouth and the needle are coaxial. The mouth receives an end portion of the conduit, such that when Areceived, an internal surface of the mouth is in contact with an external portion of the end portion of the conduit. The needle is arranged to be inserted into the received end portion of the conduit, such that an external surface of the needle is in contact with an internal surface of the end portion of the conduit.

Claims

1. A device for controlling discharge by a conduit, comprising:

a first portion made from a polymer embedded with a metal-based material attached to a body of the device, the first portion arranged to be coupled to an end portion of the conduit, wherein when coupled, an internal surface of the first portion is in contact with an external surface of the end portion of the conduit, and wherein the internal surface of the first portion opens out into a cavity of the device;

a fastening arrangement disposed in the internal surface of the first portion; and

a second portion made from a polymer embedded with a metal-based material, disposed inside the cavity of the device, and attached to the body of the device, the second portion and the first portion being coaxial, the second portion positioned downstream along a direction of movement of the end portion of the conduit for coupling the first portion to the end portion of the conduit, wherein the second portion is arranged to be inserted into the end portion of the conduit when the first portion and the end portion of the conduit are coupled, such that when inserted, an external surface of the second portion is in contact with an internal surface of the end portion of the conduit;

wherein the device is a single molded component, the first portion, the second portion, and the fastening arrangement control discharge by the conduit when the first portion is coupled to the end portion of the conduit and the end portion of the conduit is disposed between the internal surface of the first portion and the external surface of the second portion.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first portion is a cylinder with a first axis.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second portion is a conical needle with a second axis.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fastening arrangement comprises threads.