Pivot

Details Pivot Pivot

1990-10-30

1993-10-26

Kashnikow, Andres

Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing

Mobile distributor

Irrigation device

B05B 312

Patent

active

052558576

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a device to maintain the alignment of two articulated elongate members, particularly adjacent spans of a mobile irrigator or pivot, there being a flexible joint between the spans, connecting them together and having freedom of rotation about the x- and y- axis and limited freedom to rotate about the z-axis, the joint including a sensor device for sensing movement and converting same to electrical energy for feeding to a computer for correcting alignment. The sensor may be a Hall Effect device or an optical sensor device.

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