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Irrigation system and method

  • US 9,167,757 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2013
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An irrigation system, comprising:

  • a main irrigation line;

    lateral driplines, each of the lateral driplines being divided into multiple zones along a respective length thereof and including a plurality of emitters at each of the multiple zones; and

    a plurality of controllable valves disposed remotely from the emitters along each of the respective lengths of each of the lateral driplines at zone borders between each of the multiple zones such that each plurality of emitters at each of the multiple zones is disposed non-inclusively between sequential controllable valves,each one of the plurality of controllable valves on each of the lateral driplines being actuatable to activate corresponding emitters in the associated zone in a zone by zone cycle and each one of the plurality of emitters being replaceable to vary an amount of deliverable fluid by the zone by zone cycle.

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