Patent ID: 11882800
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of watering plants using a programmable bucket comprising:
providing a programmable bucket having:
a reservoir for water having an interior defined by sidewalls and a bottom and a cover having an opening adapted to facilitate filling of the reservoir;
a pump;
at least one minimum pressure valve;
a control enclosure;
a water level switch;
a flow meter;
a watering hose;

turning on power to the control enclosure;
providing water to the reservoir, thereby activating the water level switch, in turn activating a buzzer by the control enclosure, and stopping flow of the water into reservoir, while setting an amount of water to a calibrated value and displaying the amount of water on the control enclosure;
removing the watering hose from a recycling adaptor, activating the pump using the control enclosure whereby water fills the watering hose, once it reaches a minimum pressure valve water exits the watering hose under pressure, wherein the recycling adaptor has an opening at one end in communication with the interior of the reservoir;
stopping the pump by using the control enclosure, wherein the watering hose is full of water but water does not exit the watering hose, until a dispensing end of the watering hose is dropped below a certain level first removing the dispensing end of the watering hose from the recycling adaptor which prevents spilling;
wherein if the pump is activated with the dispensing end of the watering hose in recycling adaptor, water re-enters the reservoir through the opening at one end of recycling adaptor, signal from flow meter is ignored and reported volume in the reservoir does not change;
dispensing water by entering into the control enclosure a watering program the amount of water removing the watering hose from the recycling adaptor, a programmed amount of water exits the watering hose due to the pump being started then stopped by the control enclosure watering program; and
stopping watering by placing an end of the watering hose into the said recycling adaptor and thereby closing the recycling adaptor opening.