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US 2015/0048174 A1Published application
Sprinkler Arc Adjustment Mechanism
AssigneeThe Toro Company
InventorsTravis L. Onofrio, Hyok Lee, Ralph E. Faupel
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a rotor or sprinkler that allows its watering arc to be rotated, increased, or decreased by user-rotation of the sprinkler's rotating nozzle base.
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A sprinkler, comprising:
- a sprinkler body;
- a nozzle base disposed at a top of said sprinkler body;
- a gear drive assembly driving rotation of said nozzle base relative to said sprinkler body;
- a trip assembly connected to said gear drive assembly and selectively reversing a direction that said gear drive assembly rotates said nozzle base;
- wherein user-rotation of said nozzle base in a first direction rotates a direction of a watering arc of said sprinkler and wherein user-rotation of said nozzle base in a second direction increases a size of said watering arc.
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A method of adjusting a sprinkler, comprising:
- grasping a nozzle base of a sprinkler with a hand;
- rotating said nozzle base in a first direction and beyond a first trip stop, so as to rotate angular location of a watering arc of said sprinkler;
- rotating said nozzle base in a second direction and beyond a second trip stop, so as to increase an angular size of said watering arc.
A sprinkler, comprising:
- a sprinkler body;
- a nozzle base rotatably positioned at a top of said sprinkler body;
- a gear drive assembly rotating said nozzle base relative to said sprinkler body;
- a trip assembly connected to said gear drive assembly and selectively reversing a direction that said gear drive assembly rotates said nozzle base;
- wherein manual, user-rotation of said nozzle base in a first direction increases a size of said watering arc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.