Apparatus & method for propelling a liquid in a spiral spray
AssigneeWham-O, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Fitzgerald
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for propelling a fluid in a spiral stream. The apparatus includes a housing, and a cap member connected to the housing and discharges a stream of fluid in a spiral stream. A large gear member is coupled to the cap member for causing the cap member to rotate when the large gear member rotates. A gear assembly transfers rotation of an impeller to the large gear member when the impeller is contacted by fluid passing through an impeller opening in am impeller support. An embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for propelling a fluid in a spiral stream.
Claims14
An apparatus for propelling a fluid in a spiral stream comprising:
- a housing;
- a cap member coupled to the housing and having a cap structure defining an opening where through a fluid is propelled as a spiral stream;
- a large gear member coupled to the cap member for causing the cap member to rotate when the large gear rotates;
- an impeller-support assembly having an impeller support having a structure defining an impeller opening where through fluid passes, a generally U-shaped, support block supported by the impeller support and over the impeller opening, and an impeller rotatably supported by the support block for being contacted by fluid passing through the impeller opening for causing the impeller to rotate;
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- a gear assembly engaged to the large gear member and coupled to the impeller for transferring impeller rotation to the large gear member to cause the cap member to rotate the large gear member and to cause the housing to rotate in response to the cap member rotating.
An assembly for receiving a fluid comprising a housing, and a connector assembly against which he housing rotates.
A method for propelling a fluid in a spiral stream comprising:
- passing a fluid through a pair of tubes in communication with each other;
- rotating an impeller by passing the fluid through an opening in a support member and contacting the impeller which is rotatably supported by a generally U-shaped impeller support member;
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- transferring the rotation of the impeller to a rotating cap member having an opening through which the fluid is propelled as a spiral stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.