Patents by Inventor Reed R. Smith

Reed R. Smith 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).

  • Long reach dropped wheel-line irrigation system
    Patent number: 4700897
    Abstract: A wheel line irrigation system provided with a plurality of rotary, impact-type, high volume sprinklers, each of the sprinklers provided with a nozzle having a large discharge port of 0.5 inches in diameter or greater. The pipeline is axially affixed to laterally spaced wheels; the pipeline including a main line, having a substantially horizontal longitudinal axis, and a plurality of dropped line portions, of modified V-shape, to which each respective sprinkler is attached. The inlet port of each nozzle is located at or below the longitudinal axis of the main line and preferably in a vertical plane with the main line to overcome the reactive thrust of the sprinkler and to reduce the oscillation, caused by the impact arm, of each sprinkler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Inventors: Alvin D. Smith, Darin E. Smith, Reed R. Smith