Clog Resistant Drip Emitter
Dossier Overview
Applicant
Rain Bird Corporation
Inventor
Mark Murphy Ensworth; Kenny Cuong Phong; Michael A. McAfee
IPC Classification
CPC Classification
A drip emitter is provided having a clog-resistant, debris-clearing inlet filter. The emitter includes a moveable inlet that has an outer side exposed to the fluid in the supply tube, an inner side facing an interior of the emitter, and at least one inlet opening. In an operational state of the emitter, the moveable inlet moves from a first state to a second state as a result of debris at least partially blocking the at least one inlet opening. In the second state, at least some of the debris is cleared away from the inlet opening, resuming normal flow and causing the moveable inlet to move back towards the first state.
Original (Chinese)
A drip emitter is provided having a clog-resistant, debris-clearing inlet filter. The emitter includes a moveable inlet that has an outer side exposed to the fluid in the supply tube, an inner side facing an interior of the emitter, and at least one inlet opening. In an operational state of the emitter, the moveable inlet moves from a first state to a second state as a result of debris at least partially blocking the at least one inlet opening. In the second state, at least some of the debris is cleared away from the inlet opening, resuming normal flow and causing the moveable inlet to move back towards the first state.
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