Patents Assigned to Sensitive Flow Systems Pty Ltd
  • Irrigation apparatus
    Patent number: 7681356
    Abstract: A method and apparatus (10) for irrigating a plant, the method including the step of placing an end of a fibrous wick (50) in communication with a source of water (21) with the wick (50) delivering the water to a moisture zone proximal to a subterranean root structure of the plant. The deliver of this water is controlled by constricting the wick (50) to a predetermined degree by means of a constriction member (30) in order that the irrigation of the plant is substantially self regulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sensitive Flow Systems Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Leonard Frederick Sheldrake, Craig Mounsey, Neil Davidson, Mark Gilroy, Cambell Smyth
  • Irrigation Apparatus
    Publication number: 20080035753
    Abstract: A method and apparatus (10) for irrigating a plant, the method including the step of placing an end of a fibrous wick (50) in communication with a source of water (21) with the wick (50) delivering the water to a moisture zone proximal to a subterranean root structure of the plant. The deliver of this water is controlled by constricting the wick (50) to a predetermined degree by means of a constriction member (30) in order that the irrigation of the plant is substantially self regulating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Sensitive Flow Systems Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Leonard Frederick Sheldrake, Craig Mounsey, Neil W Davidson, Mark A Gilroy, Cambell Smyth