Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Flechs

Ronald D. Flechs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4461598
    Abstract: A machine for installing drip irrigation conduit consisting of a horizontally extended hose and upright risers spaced along the hose, the machine being adapted to move along a predetermined track of conduit installation; the machine having a pair of coulters and a moldboard disposed to generate a furrow having a vertical wall and an opposite wall at an acute angle to the vertical; a reel for transporting preprepared conduit which is drawn from the reel by previously buried conduit as the machine moves along the track; a pair of downwardly convergent, planar guards extended along the furrow and individually upwardly along respective walls; a wheel disposed between the guards for rotation in a plane parallel to such opposite wall, the wheel having fingers spaced about it circumferentially and extended toward the guard along the vertical wall; elements for guiding the hose from the reel for engagement by the fingers at the lower sector of the wheel to lay the conduit in the bottom of the furrow; elements for gui
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Inventor: Ronald D. Flechs