Abstract: In one aspect, a method for feeding animals includes selecting a plurality of strains of sporulated living microbes and form a microbial solution; and applying the microbial solution to a carrier. In another aspect during use, the method includes feeding animals with the microbial infused carrier to deliver microbes to a gastrointestinal tract alive; and germinating the microbes in the digestive tract and stimulating local intestinal immunity with the microbes.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) in water for pathogenic control are described. The systems and methods generate an oxidation reduction potential that provides pathogenic control of the solution as well as pathogenic control of the surfaces with which the solution comes in immediate contact. The system is designed to disinfect and cleanse at least one wall by discharging the water/ozone solution onto the wall at the upper end thereof.

Abstract: A drip emitter is provided for delivering irrigation water from a supply tube to an emitter outlet at a reduced and relatively constant flow rate. Water enters the emitter through a first inlet and proceeds into a first chamber. When the water pressure is above a predetermined level, a one-directional valve opens to allow fluid flow past the first chamber, through a tortuous path flow channel, and through an emitter outlet. A second inlet is used to compensate for water pressure fluctuations in the supply tube to maintain output flow at a relatively constant rate. Water enters the second inlet and presses a flexible diaphragm toward a water metering surface to provide pressure-dependent control of the output flow. A copper member is mounted to the emitter over the emitter outlet to prevent plant root intrusion into the emitter outlet.

Abstract: A cleaning device for a paint brush comprises a hollow nozzle attached to a source of pressurized cleaning solution such as water, solvent, liquefied hot soap or alike. The distal tip of the nozzle is equipped with a poppet valve such that the body of the valve protrudes from the distal tip. The proximal section of the nozzle is adapted to be attached to a source of cleaning solution, that in the most basic configuration being a common tap water valve. When the water valve is opened, the brush is moved towards the nozzle. Upon engaging with the heel or bristles of the brush, the poppet valve moves inwards and opens the flow of water towards the center of the brush allowing washing out any remaining wet and dissolved paint. In another embodiment of the invention, the cleaning device includes a hollow handle attached to a source of pressurized cleaning solution and equipped with one or more nozzles each having a poppet valve.

Abstract: The present invention is a rain water downspout for shooting water away from a building. It includes a vertical downspout column for receiving and holding rainwater. The downspout column has an outlet at its lower end. A buoyant column inside the downspout column rests on the bottom of the downspout column and blocks the downspout column outlet until the downspout column fills with enough water to cause the buoyant column to float. A nozzle is attached to the downspout outlet. The nozzle can be oriented to shoot a stream of water away from the building. When the buoyant column inside the downspout rises, water flows out of the downspout column under pressure and shoots out from the nozzle away from the building.

Abstract: A sprayer spraying liquid or pulverulent substances, particularly fire-extinguishing or fire-inhibiting substances, comprises a tank adapted to hold the substance to be sprayed, a sprayhead, a rising pipe extending from said tank to said sprayhead, and a pressure vessel, which contains a gaseous fluid and communicates through a shutoff valve with the tank.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a sprinkler head for a center pivot irrigation system capable of operation under high or low water pressure. A plurality of sprinkler heads are employed in the system, each of which includes a housing defining a water outlet and constructed to issue a jet of water therefrom. A spray deflector is carried in overlying relation to the outlet by an external frame secured to the housing in a position to intercept the jet of water and deflect it into a predetermined spray pattern. The spray deflector is movable relative to the outlet between a first position protectively covering the outlet and a second position spaced from the outlet to create the spray pattern, the spray deflector being movable from the first position to and maintained in the second position by the jet of water, and returnable to the first position by gravity.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a spray head device for use in a center pivot irrigation system which is capable of operation under high or low water pressure. The spray head device includes an enclosed housing adapted for connection to a source of water, and which houses water jet apparatus constructed to issue a jet of water and sized for a predetermined range of volume flow. A frame connected to the housing suspends a diffuser element in a position where it is impinged by the jet of water to disperse the water into a flow pattern of predetermined configuration. A resilient washer is carried by the water jet apparatus to provide a substantially constant volume output. The water jet apparatus and diffuser element are removably and interchangeably carried by the enclosed housing and frame, respectively, whereby the rated volume flow of the spray head device may be varied.

Abstract: A spray or atomizing nozzle is provided. The nozzle comprises a vortex chamber, an outward-flaring outlet orifice and a movable spray-control body. The spray-control body, in the non-operative state of the nozzle, rests on the flaring rim of said outlet orifice, while in the operative state the spray-control body, being impacted by the liquid issuing from the outlet orifice, is slightly lifted off the flaring rim of the outlet orifice, facilitates deflection of the impacting liquid outwards and produces a droplet spraying effect. Due to the negative-pressure zone created in the vortex chamber, the spray control body is maintained floating in a position of equilibrium at a close distance from the orifice rim, whereby the droplet-size spectrum of said spray is controlled.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a center pivot irrigation system capable of operation under high or low water pressure and a constant volume sprinkler head therefor, which together provide uniform water distribution over an agricultural field notwithstanding the presence of hills and valleys in the field, pressure fluctuations of the water source, friction losses or the direction or magnitude of the wind. The system employs a plurality of sprinkler heads each of which provides a constant volume of water to the annular area over which it travels. Because the annular areas increase in size and total water requirements with increasing distance from the center pivot, the water delivering capacity of each sprinkler head is chosen as a direct function of its radial distance from the center pivot, thus insuring the same water distribution to all points on the field. Each sprinkler head is designed to produce a spray pattern that extends laterally outward with a predetermined directional orientation.

Abstract: A spray head apparatus having a liquid deflecting back plate which utilizes the Coanda effect to achieve a widely dispersed spray pattern is disclosed. The back plate is vertically movable and is positioned above and biased toward the upwardly facing open end of a vertical flow pipe so that the back plate rises as the pressure of a liquid inside the flow pipe increases.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve, e.g. for oil tankers comprising a valve housing, in the interior of which there is provided a valve seat for an upwardly opening valve body which carries a drop-shaped throttling member located in a flow-off opening at the top of the valve housing at a distance from the valve seat.