Automatic water sprinkler regulator

• US 9,380,750 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yuan MEI Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yuan MEI Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, King Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): HARTMAN JR, RONALD D
• Application Number:
  US13/815,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20140229024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• Field of Search: 700/284, 239 69- 70, 239/99
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 25/165 Cyclic operations, timing systems, timing valves, impulse operations

Abstract

An automatic water sprinkler regulator is provided to control sprinkler coverage and times for water cycles. The regulator comprises control interface, series of control buttons, water inlet part, water outlet part, control processor. An improvement made in the present invention focuses on rendering a control interface with multiple approaches to control times for water cycles to make for a controller interface that can be set for irrigating by way of a series of control buttons.

Claims

1. A water sprinkler regulator, comprising an adjustable operation interface MENU for an irrigation sprinkler regulator, the interface MENU comprises:

a. TIME timer, for setting a current time according to a location where the setting is made;

b. TODAY, for setting a current date on which the timer is set;

c. WATER DAY for cycle, for setting a predetermined day for watering in a week or a number of times for watering in a week;

d. ZONE for irrigation zone, for setting one or more than one irrigation zone;

e. WATER CYCLE for number of irrigation, for setting number of irrigation on a day for watering;

f. START TIME for start time for irrigation;

g. HOW LONG for total irrigation time;

h. SOAK FUNCTION for segmented irrigation, which comprises WATER segmented watering time and SOAK wetting time, wherein irrigation is achieved during the WATER segmented watering time and a watering suspension is provided during the wetting time for water absorbance, wherein a duration of the watering time and a duration of the wetting are both configured to be adjustable to adapt to a required water amount for topography, area, or soil in different zones; and

i. PROGRAM for mode setting, which comprises an automatic mode (AUTO), a delay mode (DELAY), a manual mode (MANUAL) and shut-off (OFF).

2. The water sprinkler regulator according to claim 1, there is one or more than one ZONE irrigation zone.

3. A method for setting irrigation for a water sprinkler regulator, which comprises a watering nozzle control module, and gives effect to a manner of ordering in response to irrigation command and flexible setting for watering time for each irrigation station, comprising the steps executed by a processor of:

displaying a WATER CYCLE interface on a display panel for setting a number of times of irrigation;

displaying a START TIME interface on the display panel for setting an irrigation starting time;

displaying a HOW LONG interface on the display panel for setting an irrigation time duration; and

displaying a SOAK FUNCTION interface on the display panel for setting a segmented irrigation which comprises setting a predetermined watering time and setting a predetermined wetting time for a watering suspension following the watering time, wherein during the wetting time, the irrigation is stopped for water absorbance, wherein a duration of the watering time and a duration of the wetting time are both adjustable to adapt to a required water amount for topography, area, or soil in different zones.

4. The method, as recited in claim 3, further comprising a step of setting different durations of the watering time and the wetting time via an input button for lands with different water absorbance abilities.

5. The method, as recited in claim 3, further comprising a step of setting different durations of the watering time and the wetting time via an input button for lands with different slope rates.