Automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821331-B2
Application number	US-201314419158-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2013
Priority date	Nov 5, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

An automatic control element has a sprinkler, a fluidic element connected to the sprinkler, and an outlet cover plate secured onto an outlet of the fluidic element. The fluid element further has a water inlet and a first air supply pore are symmetrically arranged on it. A second air supply pore is on the water inlet. A water distributor is formed on the sprinkler, a water tank is provided on the outer side of the sprinkler, and the water distributor is in communication with an inner cavity of the water tank. A signal nozzle is provided on the wall of the water tank, and the signal nozzle is connected to the water inlet via a conduit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency, comprising:
a sprinkler ( 4 );
a fluidic element ( 7 ) connected to the sprinkler ( 4 ); and
a water tank ( 1 ) disposed about an exterior of the sprinkler ( 4 ),
wherein the fluidic element ( 7 ) further comprises an outlet cover plate ( 10 ) disposed on an outlet of the fluidic element ( 7 ), a water inlet ( 8 ) and a first air supply pore ( 9 ) are symmetrically arranged on the fluidic element ( 7 ), and a second air supply pore ( 19 ) is formed on the water inlet ( 8 );
wherein the sprinkler ( 4 ) comprises a water distributor ( 11 ), and the water distributor ( 11 ) is in communication with an inner cavity of the water tank ( 1 );
wherein the water tank ( 1 ) is in a shape of a hollow cylinder having a through hole along an axis thereof, and a signal nozzle ( 13 ) is affixed to an exterior of the water tank and the signal nozzle ( 13 ) is connected to the water inlet ( 8 ) via a conduit ( 15 ); and
wherein the sprinkler is configured to receive water and output the water to the fluidic element directly, and send the water from the water tank to the water inlet.

2. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 1 , wherein the water distributor ( 11 ) is in an inclined straight shape, and a diameter of the water distributor ( 11 ) is 1/10 to ¼ of that of a diameter of a center hole of the sprinkler ( 4 ).

3. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 2 , wherein an angle α from a hole center line of the water distributor ( 11 ) and a hole center line of the sprinkler ( 4 ) downstream of the water distributor is less than or equal to 90°.

4. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior of the sprinkler ( 4 ) has threads, wherein the water tank ( 1 ) is threaded to the sprinkler ( 4 ).

5. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 4 , wherein a sealant is coated on a connection between the water tank ( 1 ) and the sprinkler ( 4 ).

6. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 4 , wherein a first locking nut ( 2 ) is threaded onto the sprinkler ( 4 ) to secure the water tank ( 1 ) in one location on the sprinkler ( 4 ).

7. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 5 , wherein the signal nozzle ( 13 ) is threaded to the water tank ( 1 ), and a third locking nut ( 14 ) locks the signal nozzle ( 13 ) onto the water tank ( 1 ).

8. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 5 , further comprising a second locking nut ( 5 ) disposed about a connection between the sprinkler ( 4 ) and the fluidic element ( 7 ).

9. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 1 , wherein the water tank ( 1 ) is disposed about the exterior of the sprinkler ( 4 ) by an interference fit.

10. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 9 , wherein the signal nozzle ( 13 ) is threaded to the water tank ( 1 ), and a third locking nut ( 14 ) locks the signal nozzle ( 13 ) onto the water tank ( 1 ).

11. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 9 , further comprising a second locking nut ( 5 ) disposed about a connection between the sprinkler ( 4 ) and the fluidic element ( 7 ).

12. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 1 , wherein limiting tooth slots are provided on an edge of an upper wall and an edge of the lower wall alongside the through hole of the water tank, limiting teeth are provided on the exterior of the sprinkler ( 4 ), the water tank ( 1 ) is fixedly connected to the sprinkler ( 4 ) via the limiting teeth.

13. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 12 , wherein the water tank ( 1 ) is made of a plastic, and the limiting teeth on the sprinkler ( 4 ) are made of metal.

14. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 12 , wherein the signal nozzle ( 13 ) is threaded to the water tank ( 1 ), and a third locking nut ( 14 ) locks the signal nozzle ( 13 ) onto the water tank ( 1 ).

15. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 13 , further comprising a second locking nut ( 5 ) disposed about a connection between the sprinkler ( 4 ) and the fluidic element ( 7 ).

16. The automatic control element with uniformly-distributed stepping frequency according to claim 1 , wherein a chamfer is formed at an outlet of the outlet cover plate ( 10 ), and a shape of the outlet of the outlet cover plate ( 10 ) is square, circular, elliptic, or ovaloid.

Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu

Inventors

• Zhu Xingye
• Liu Junping
• Yuan Shouqi
• Li Hong
• Jiang Jianyuan
• Liu Xingfa

Classifications

• Y10T137/87346

  Including mixing feature · CPC title

• Y10T137/87265

  Dividing into parallel flow paths with recombining · CPC title

• B05B3/06 Primary

  by jet reaction · CPC title

• A01G25/00

  Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like (special apparatus or adaptations for fertilising-liquids A01C23/00; nozzles or outlets, spraying apparatus B05B) · CPC title

• B05B7/0425 Primary

  without any source of compressed gas, e.g. the air being sucked by the pressurised liquid · CPC title