Systems for water control

• US 3,339,842 A
• Filed: 12/05/1966
• Issued: 09/05/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raymond W. Hoeppel
• Original Assignee: Raymond W. Hoeppel
• Inventors: Hoeppel, Raymond W.
• Application Number:
  US04/607,112
• Time in Patent Office: 274 Days
• US Class Current: 137/78.2
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 25/167 Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/1866 For controlling soil irrigation

Claims

1. A WATER CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION:

AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER FOR COLLECTING WATER, AT LEAST ONE CONTAINER BEING OPEN TO THE ATMOSPHERE, SAID WATER EVAPORATING FROM SAID CONTAINER WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS BELOW 100 PERCENT;

AT LEAST ONE VALVE FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF WATER;

VALVE CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A FIRST GIVEN QUANTITY OF WATER IN SAID CONTAINER FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE AND RESPONSIVE TO A SECOND GIVEN QUANTITY OF WATER IN SAID CONTAINER, LESS THAN SAID FIRST GIVEN QUANTITY, FOR OPENING SAID VALVE, SAID VALVE OPENING UPON EVAPORATION OF WATER FROM SAID CONTAINER, FROM SAID FIRST GIVEN QUANTITY TO SAID SECOND GIVEN QUANTITY;

TIMING MEANS AUTOMATICALLY RESPONSIVE TO SAID VALVE CONTROL MEANS UPON THE OPENING OF SAID VALVE TO HOLD SAID VALVE OPEN FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME, SAID VALVE REMAINING OPEN FOR SAID PERIOD OF TIME EVEN THROUGH SAID CONTAINER IS REFILLED TO SAID FIRST GIVEN QUANTITY OF WATER PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF SAID PERIOD;

MEANS TO LIMIT THE MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF WATER COLLECTED BY SAID CONTAINER TO A THIRD GIVEN QUANTITY, SAID THIRD GIVEN QUANTITY BEING AT LEAST EQUAL TO SAID FIRST GIVEN QUANTITY;

AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WATER PASSING THROUGH SAID VALVE INTO SAID CONTAINER AT A RATE FAST ENOUGH TO FILL SAID CONTAINER WITH SAID FIRST GIVEN QUANTITY OF WATER BEFORE THE END OF SAID PRE-DETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.