Fully adjustable rotary nozzle assembly
AssigneeK-Rain Manufacturing Corp.
InventorMatthew Dwight BROOKS
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Abstract
An adjustable rotary nozzle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an upper valve element mounted in a drive element such that the upper valve element rotates with the drive element, wherein the drive element and upper valve element are mounted in a base and a lower valve element is mounted in a bottom of the base in a desired orientation relative to the base and the upper valve element such that the upper valve element and lower valve element cooperate to provide an adjustable arcuate slot opening though which water passes.
Claims17
An adjustable rotary nozzle assembly comprises:
- a drive element including at least one outer thread;
- an upper valve element mounted in the drive element, the upper valve element made of a compliant material such that a seal is provided at a connection between the drive element and the upper valve element;
- a base including a top portion with an inner thread and a bottom portion,
- wherein the drive element and upper valve element are movably mounted in the top portion of the base with the outer thread interacting with the inner thread to set a position of the drive element and upper valve element in the base;
- a lower valve element mounted in the bottom portion of the base;
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- an arc adjustment ring operably connected to the drive element and configured to rotate the drive element and upper valve element in the base such that a size of an opening between the upper valve element and the lower valve element is adjusted.
A method of constructing an adjustable nozzle assembly comprises:
- mounting an upper valve element in a drive element, wherein the upper valve element is made of a compliant material;
- mounting the drive element, including the upper valve element, in a top portion of a base;
- mounting a lower valve element in a bottom portion of the base, such that an arcuate slot is defined between the upper valve element and the lower valve element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.