Patent ID: 7108205
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: A01G,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A drip irrigation apparatus comprising: a tube formed of a sidewall, said tube having an exterior surface and having an interior conduit defined by an inner surface of said sidewall; a plurality fluid disbursement assemblies positioned sequentially along said inner surface of said tube, each said fluid disbursement assemblies forming a continuous passage for communicating fluid from said interior conduit to said exterior surface, said passage defined by: a first flowpath for fluid running axially along said sidewall; a second flowpath running along said sidewall substantially parallel to said first flowpath; an elongated inlet port communicating with said interior conduit; said inlet port running axially along said first flowpath; an elongated first labyrinth segment running axially along said first flowpath, said first labyrinth segment having a starting end and a terminating end; said inlet port in sealed communication with said starting end of said first labyrinth segment; a discharge chamber running along said second flowpath; said discharge chamber in sealed communication with the termination end of said first labyrinth segment; said inlet sorts running along said first flowpath of each of said sequentially spaced plurality of disbursement assemblies, overlapping the discharge chamber, of each preceding fluid disbursement assembly; and at least one discharge port communicating through said sidewall with said discharge chamber.