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Apparatus for connection with a sill cock for communicating water under pressure from the sill cock with a hose having a lawn sprinkler communicating therewith comprising a water control unit having a female coupler for connection with the sill cock, a male coupler for connection with the hose, a va

Apparatus for connection with a sill cock for communicating water under pressure from the sill cock with a hose having a lawn sprinkler communicating therewith comprising a water control unit having a female coupler for connection with the sill cock, a male coupler for connection with the hose, a valve between the couplers and a battery operated valve mechanism operable in response to the connection of the electric current thereto for effecting movement of the valve from a closed position into an opened position, and a manually portable programming unit containing a battery operated programming keyboard, a battery operated display, and batteries operatively connected therewith. Plug and socket assemblies serve to mount the portable unit in supported relation on the first unit in an operative position and for disengagement to enable the portable unit to be disposed in a remote position with respect to the fixed first unit such that a user can operate the programming keyboard remote from the first unit allowing for observation of the display at close eye-level proximity both with respect to the selection of future sprinkling time periods and single immediate opening and closing movements of the valve.

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Apparatus for connection with a sill cock for communicating water under pressure from the sill cock with a hose having a lawn sprinkler communicating therewith comprising a female coupler for connection with the sill cock, a male coupler for connection with the hose, valve means beneath said coupler

Apparatus for connection with a sill cock for communicating water under pressure from the sill cock with a hose having a lawn sprinkler communicating therewith comprising a female coupler for connection with the sill cock, a male coupler for connection with the hose, valve means beneath said couplers movable into opened and closed positions with respect thereto so as to permit and prevent respectively communication of the water under pressure from the sill cock when said female coupler is connected therewith with the hose when said male coupler is connected therewith, battery means for providing a source of electrical current, battery operated vale moving means operable in response to the connection of the electric current from said battery means therewith for effecting movement of said valve means from its closed position into its opened position, battery operated programming means for (1) selecting a sprinkler time period in the future when it is desired to water with the sprinkler and (2) selecting an immediate single valve menas movement either from its position into its closed position or from its closed position into its opened position when it is desired respectively either to communicate the hose with water under pressure or to shut off the hose from communication with the water under pressure, battery operated display means for displaying the sprinkler time period selected by said programming means, a water control unit containing said male coupler, said valve menas, said battery operated valve moving means and said female coupler so as to render said water control unit operable to be fixed to the sill cock in supported relation thereby when said female coupler is connected therewith, a manually portable programming unit containing said battery operated programming means, said battery operated display means, and said battery means operatively connected with said battery operated programming means and said battery operated display means, mounting means operatively associated with both of said units for interengagement to mount said portable programming unit in supported relation on said water control unit in an operative position and for disengagement to enable the portable programming unit to be disposed in a remote position with respect to said water control unit such that a user can operate said programming means remote from said water control unit allowing for observation of said display means at close eye-level proximity, and means operable (1) when a sprinkler time period has been selected on said programming means and said portable programming unit is mounted in supported relation on said water control unit in said operative position for connecting an electrical current from said battery means with said battery operated valve moving means when the sprinkler time period selected on said programming means arrives so as to cause said valve means to be moved into its opened position and water under pressure from the sill cock connected with said female coupler to flow into the hose connected with said male coupler during the selected sprinkler time period, (2) in response to the mounting of said portable programming unit in supported relation on said water control unit in said operating position when a single valve means movement has been selected on said programming means with said portable programming unit disengaged from said water control unit for connecting an electrical current from said battery means with said battery operated valve means so as to cause said valve means to be moved through the single movement selected and (3) when a single valve means movement is selected on said programming means with said portable programming unit supported on said water control unit in said operating position for connecting an electrical current from said battery means with said battery operated valve mean so as to caues said valve means to be moved through the single movement selected.