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US 11,745,207 B2Granted
Sprinkler with modular components and pop up deflector with lug(s) for rotational engagement
AssigneeNelson Irrigation Corporation
InventorsSteven E. Crawford, Andrew B. Hellie, Craig B. Nelson
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Abstract
A sprinkler includes a pop-up deflector plate that is engageable with a brake assembly in an extended position. A brake module is secured to a sprinkler body and includes a rotatable connector coupled with the brake assembly. The pop-up deflector plate is disposed adjacent the nozzle and engages the rotatable connector in the extended position.
Claims17
A sprinkler comprising:
- a sprinkler body;
- a brake module secured to the sprinkler body and including a rotatable connector coupled with a brake assembly;
- a nozzle module cooperable with the sprinkler body and including a nozzle;
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- a deflector plate coupled with the nozzle module, the deflector plate being displaced in the nozzle module by impact with a water stream from the nozzle from a retracted position to an extended position, the deflector plate including a stream deflector surface, a torque shaft, and a connection member, wherein the connection member engages the rotatable connector in the extended position, and wherein in the retracted position, the connection member is spaced from and disengaged from the rotatable connector.
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A sprinkler comprising:
- a sprinkler body;
- a brake module secured to the sprinkler body and including a rotatable connector coupled with a brake assembly;
- a nozzle;
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- a pop-up deflector plate disposed in a path of a stream emitted from the nozzle and displaceable from a retracted position to an extended position by impact with the stream, the pop-up deflector plate engaging the rotatable connector in the extended position, the pop-up deflector plate comprising a connecting structure, wherein the connecting structure positively engages the rotatable connector in the extended position and disengages from the rotatable connector in the retracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.