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7461798 Collector ring for a center pivot irrigation machine  
A collector ring for use with a center pivot irrigation system which permits the mounting of a communication device above the span structure. The collector ring also includes a monitoring device...
7458521 Irrigation unit having a control system and a data storage unit  
An irrigation unit ( 20 ) for irrigating an area ( 12 ) with a fluid ( 19 ) from a fluid source ( 18 ) includes a housing ( 200 ), a nozzle ( 220 ), one or more electronic components ( 221 ), and a...
7457687 Irrigation controller with indirectly powered station modules  
An irrigation controller includes inputs for entry or selection of a watering program and a memory capable of storing the watering program. A plurality of station modules are removably received in...
7444207 Modular and expandable irrigation controller  
Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the...
7430458 Calculating an ET value for an irrigation area  
A method of method of calculating an ET value for an irrigation area is disclosed. The method includes a weather parameter measurement system collecting at least one weather parameter of a weather...
7421317 Two-wire controlling and monitoring system for the irrigation of localized areas of soil  
A controlling and monitoring system for irrigation of localized areas of soil includes a water pipeline, a plurality of controllable irrigation valves, a plurality of field sensors measuring...
7412303 Evapotranspiration unit for re-programming an irrigation controller  
An evapotranspiration (ET) unit includes a first communication link, a processor and a second communication link. The first communication link receives actual ET data from a plurality of...
7398139 Remote programming and diagnostic of decoder irrigation system  
A plurality of receptacles in an irrigation controller removably receive a plurality of modules. At least one station module is configured for insertion into a first one of the receptacles and is...
7389824 Fire extinguishing system  
An early suppression fast response fire protection system includes a sprinkler piping system with at least one sprinkler head assembly, a water supply system, and a check valve in fluid...
7383892 Preaction fire extinguishing system for ESFR cold storage applications  
An early suppression fast response fire protection system includes a sprinkler piping system with at least one sprinkler head assembly, a water supply system, and a check valve in fluid...
7363113 Intelligent environmental sensor for irrigation systems  
The invention provides a regulator system for regulating the operation of an irrigation system which is responsive to user programmed information. It has a control element for issuing watering...
7349763 System and method for systematically irrigating subregions of an irrigation region  
A method for irrigating an irrigation region ( 30 ) with an irrigation unit ( 20 ) includes the steps of subdividing the irrigation region ( 30 ) into a plurality of subregions ( 34 ), establishing...
7347384 Multi-zone sprinkler system with moisture sensors and configurable spray pattern  
An irrigation system comprises sprinkler heads with an electrically configurable spray pattern, moisture sensors, and a controller. Based upon input signals from the moisture sensors, the...
7328089 Satellite irrigation controller  
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a satellite irrigation controller that allows a user to insert a input/output card into any position in any sequence and be recognized as an input...
7318483 Fire fighting foam injection system with auto-start feature  
A fire fighting vehicle of the type having a system for introducing a liquid foam concentrate into a water delivery hose so that the percentage concentration of foamant in the mixture remains at a...
7317972 Management of peak water use  
The present invention provides systems and methods in which an irrigation management system reduces high peak water use values by utilizing a microprocessor ( 220 ) disposed in an irrigation...
7313925 Atomizer for thermal management system  
An atomizer for thermal management system for efficiently thermally managing one or more heat producing devices. The atomizer for thermal management system includes a housing having a coolant...
7309025 Fuel injection method  
A fuel injection method is provided for correcting the fuel injection amount accurately by eliminating offset components when detecting a current flowing through a solenoid for fuel injection. A...
7306167 Light-activated mist sprayer system  
An automatic mist-sprayer system comprising a control unit having electronic circuitry adapted to activate the sprayer for a predetermined interval in response to a sensed ambient light condition...
7305280 Method and system for providing offset to computed evapotranspiration values  
A system for providing irrigation control is provided. The system includes a processor configured to calculate an offset to an evapotranspiration (ET) value and an irrigation system configured to...
7303142 Novelty waterfall operatable based upon user interaction  
A novelty waterfall that includes at least one water flow surface, a pump, and a sensor that detects a change of presence of an item. The novelty waterfall further includes a controller that is...
7289886 Modular irrigation controller with separate field valve line wiring terminals  
A modular irrigation controller includes a processor capable of executing a stored watering program and controlling a plurality of removable station modules in accordance with the watering program....
7280892 Integrated sap flow monitoring, data logging, automatic irrigation control scheduling system  
An integrated system for monitoring sap flow and simultaneously performing data-logging and automatically scheduling irrigation in a field; comprising a plurality of in situ sap flow gauges that...
7280047 Real-time electronic spray deposition sensor  
An electronic spray deposition sensor for sensing deposition of liquid on an exterior surface is disclosed. The deposition sensor has a sensing surface comprising a plurality of electrically...
7275699 Mobile pumping unit for dispensing insulating material in situ  
A method and a self-contained, mobile dispensing system, wherein the material to be dispensed is formed by mixing several reactants. A generator provides power to the overall system. Storage tanks...
7275604 Multi-zone firewall detection system  
A sprinkler system includes a control panel including a processor, a power supply source, and a memory including software instructions for automatically toggling the system between operating and...
7266428 Irrigation controller water management with temperature budgeting  
The present invention provides methods for water conservation with AC, DC, or ambient light powered irrigation controllers without the use of complex ET (evapotranspiration) data or ET related...
7264177 Methods, systems and apparatuses for automated irrigation and chemical treatment  
An automated irrigation and chemical treatment system comprising a user input device adapted to communicate with a control unit; a mixing chamber adapted to communicate with the control unit and...
7264176 Laminar water jet with pliant member  
An apparatus having a housing with a water channel, for instance a laminar water flow, flowing there through. A pliant member is provided together with an at least one water input, an at least one...
7261245 Adaptive irrigation of vegetation  
Adaptive irrigation of vegetation is achieved with a probe implanted into the soil for detecting rootage wetness needs by measuring soil impedance with contacts distributed along the probe. When a...
7257465 Open architecture modularity for irrigation controllers  
An irrigation controller includes a base unit with a removable and programmable control panel and backplane circuitry for communicating with a plurality of removable modules capable of performing a...
7248945 Remote programming and diagnostic of decoder irrigation system  
A plurality of receptacles in an irrigation controller removably receive a plurality of modules. At least one station module is configured for insertion into a first one of the receptacles and is...
7245991 Distributed architecture irrigation controller  
A processor is connected by a bus to a plurality of station modules, each station module being connected to a corresponding valve and having a micro-controller. The processor executes a stored...
7243005 Modular irrigation controller  
A modular expandable irrigation controller has rotary, slide, lever, bayonet, screw, cam, hard, over-center, fork or push-pull locks for positively securing station modules in receptacles,...
7232079 Determining whether thermal fluid-ejection nozzle ejected fluid upon firing based on temperature and/or resistance  
A method of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that determines the temperature and/or firing resistance of a thermal fluid-ejection nozzle as the fluid-ejection nozzle is fired. The...
7229026 System and method for use in controlling irrigation and compensating for rain  
The present embodiments provide methods and system for use in irrigating and controlling irrigation. In some embodiments, a method pauses irrigation at a field station when an amount of rain...
7225058 Modular irrigation controller with indirectly powered station modules  
An irrigation controller includes inputs for entry or selection of a watering program and a memory capable of storing the watering program. A plurality of station modules are removably received in...
7225057 Virtual dial irrigation controller  
The present invention includes an irrigation controller utilizing a “virtual” dial. In particular, the present invention contemplates an electronic programming and controlling interface that is...
7216659 Low power system for wireless monitoring of an environment and irrigation control  
The present invention relates to a system and components thereof for intelligently watering an environment. The system comprises at least one sensor for monitoring particular environmental...
7213772 Spray delivery system  
A mobile, real-time, closed-loop system for delivering an aerosol spray to a treatment area during a treatment period of time employs a prime mover having a spray nozzle through which an air volume...
7207499 Apparatus and method for producing porous polymer particles  
An apparatus and method for producing porous polymer particles is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotating atomizer wheel ( 39 ) onto which a uniform thin layer of a polymer may be applied via...
7206669 Two-wire controlling and monitoring system for the irrigation of localized areas of soil  
A two-wire controlling and monitoring system for irrigation of localized areas of soil includes a water pipeline, a plurality of controllable irrigation valves, a plurality of field sensors...
7201333 Intermittent automatic irrigation system  
An automatic irrigation system having a simplified structure can intermittently supply water (and liquid fertilizer) required by farmer products under water saving conditions depending on the...
7191955 Irrigation unit having a control system that performs a self-test and a cleaner that cleans the unit  
An irrigation unit ( 20 ) for irrigating an area ( 12 ) with a fluid ( 19 ) from a fluid source ( 18 ) includes a housing ( 200 ), a nozzle ( 220 ), one or more electronic components ( 221 ), and a...
7188783 Home fragrance dispenser  
A home fragrance dispenser has a reservoir for holding fragrance oil. The reservoir is capped with a silicone rubber cap with a vapor port therein for emitting vaporized fragrance oil. A capillary...
7188781 Method and apparatus for detecting a liquid spray pattern  
During a liquid spray pattern detection procedure, the sensor ( 50, 52 ) is operable to detect the presence or absence of an edge of the dispensed liquid spray pattern. The nozzle ( 18 ) of the...
7182272 System and method for facilitating control of irrigation systems  
A system for providing reliable communications between components of an irrigation system is provided. The system includes a central control, a number of communication systems each representing a...
7182271 Apparatus and method for detecting liquid flow from a spray device  
A flow sensor for detecting liquid flow generated by a spray device is non-invasive and capable of responding to rapid changes in the flow. The flow sensor includes a light emitter and a light...
7182145 Water bucket system  
A water bucket system having a water bucket is provided. The water bucket system comprises computer controlled loading of the water bucket from a water source, partial drop control means for...
7182144 Fire-fighting robot  
Provided is a fire-fighting robot that can quickly start to fight a fire occurring at a hazardous location, which firefighters cannot access, and extinguish fires occurring at any location without...
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