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US 3,955,764 AGranted
Sprinkler adjustment
AssigneeTelsco Industries, Inc.
InventorCharles W. Phaup
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Abstract
An adjustable nozzle for rotary pop-up sprinklers which allows an operator to accurately position the arc of coverage to any desired location while the pop-up sprinkler is in operation without rotating the entire sprinkler relative to the riser on which it is threaded.
Claims8
An adjustable nozzle for a pop-up sprinkler head having a cylindrical cover plate aperture through which the nozzle is to operate, which comprises:
- a. a hollow cylinder structure positioned in said aperture having a closed upper end and structure forming flow orifices through the side wall near said closed upper end for directing spray from said nozzle,
- b. a hollow nozzle drive tube structure positioned coaxially with and below said cylinder,
- c. normally enmeshed up facing and down facing clutch teeth carried by said cylinder and said drive tube, respectively, and
- d. resilient means positioned between confronting portions of said cylinder and said drive tube to permit downward movement of said cylinder relative to said drive tube to disengage said teeth and permit rotation of said cylinder relative to said drive tube for adjustment of the spray axis.
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An adjustable nozzle for a pop-up sprinkler head having a cylindrical cover plate aperture through which the nozzle is to operate, which comprises:
- a. a hollow cylinder positioned in said aperture having a closed upper end and structure defining flow orifices through the side wall near said closed upper end for directing spray from said nozzle,
- b. a hollow nozzle drive tube positioned coaxially with and below said cylinder,
- c. a hollow sleeve secured to the upper end of said drive tube and presenting an upper gasket shoulder facing the bottom of said cylinder and a down facing toothed shoulder below said gasket shoulder,
- d. a downward extending clutch member secured to the lower end of said cylinder and having an up facing shoulder having teeth enmeshed with the teeth on said down facing shoulder, and
- e. a compressible gasket on said gasket shoulder normally to maintain said teeth enmeshed while permitting depression of said cylinder relative to said drive tube to disengage said teeth to permit rotation of said cylinder relative to said drive tube for adjustment of the spray axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.