Patents Assigned to Flow-Rite Controls, Inc.
  • Apparatus and method for monitoring soil moisture conditions and for maintaining soil moisture conditions
    Publication number: 20030080304
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a process which is low-cost, simple to use, reliable and long-lived and will effectively monitor the moisture condition of a volume of soil. In accordance with the invention, a light transmitting rod is placed into the soil so that its lower end is within the soil and its upper end is visible from outside the soil volume. The lower end of the rod is beveled to reflect light entering the rod from its upper end back toward the upper end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Flow-Rite Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel N. Campau