Sprinkler with transversely mounted splash plate
OwnerAllan L. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A sprinkler having a body with a fluid receiving portion, having a cutting edge deployed to cut out a portion of a conduit during installation thereon to receive the fluid receiving portion, and an opposite fluid discharging portion; an arm mounted on the fluid discharging portion of the body; and a splash plate removably mounted on the arm in spaced relation to and in alignment with the fluid discharging portion for deflecting a fluid stream impinging thereupon from the fluid discharging portion into a predetermined pattern.
Claims12
A sprinkler comprising a body having a fluid passage extending therethrough and communicating with the exterior thereof for the release of a fluid stream therefrom substantially along a predetermined axis, an arm mounted on the body having a portion defining a track disposed in substantially right angular relation to said axis, a splash plate having a predetermined impact point for contact by said fluid stream when the splash plate is in an operating position and a mount engageable with the portion of the arm defining the track for movement of the splash plate along the track to carry said impact point along a path substantially intersecting said axis, and means for interlocking the splash plate and the arm in fixed position relative to each other when said impact point is in substantial coincidence with said axis.
A sprinkler for forming a predetermined spray pattern comprising:
- A. a body having a mounting portion, an opposite discharge portion and a fluid passage extending through the body from the mounting portion to the discharge portion and communicating with the exterior of the body in the discharge portion through an orifice adapted to release fluid under pressure therefrom in a fluid jet substantially along a predetermined path;
- B. an arm mounted on the body having a first portion extending endwardly from the discharge portion off set relative to said predetermined path and a second portion extending through said predetermined path in substantially right angular relation thereto and in spaced relation to the orifice and having oppositely extending shoulders;
- C. a splash plate having a mount with a passage therein dimensioned to receive the shoulders of the second portion of the arm to permit sliding movement of the mount along said second portion of the arm for moving the splash plate to an operating position, a predetermined fluid jet contact position thereon for impingement thereagainst by said fluid jet when the splash plate is in said operating position, and a plurality of fluid vanes spaced from each other and having substantially blade-like edges facing and substantially equidistant from said contact position, said blade-like edges being substantially parallel to the predetermined path of the fluid jet when the splash plate is in said operating position;
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- D. means borne by the splash plate and the arm for releasably interlocking when the splash plate reaches said operating position substantially precisely to position said contact position thereof and the vanes relative to the predetermined path of the fluid jet to form said predetermined spray pattern.
A sprinkler adapted to form a predetermined spray pattern comprising a body having a fluid passage extending therethrough and communicating with the exterior thereof for the release of a fluid stream therefrom substantially along a predetermined axis, an arm mounted on the body having a plate mounting portion disposed in substantially right angular relation to said axis, a plate having a surface for contact by said fluid stream when the plate is in an operating position and a mount engageable with said plate mounting portion of the arm for movement of the plate along the plate mounting portion to carry said surface along a path substantially intersecting said axis, and means for terminating said movement of the plate along the mounting portion of the arm and fixing said plate relative thereto when said surface is in substantial alignment with said axis whereby said fluid stream directed against the surface forms said spray pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.