Adjustable sprinkler nozzle

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the sprinkler nozzle having an adjustable flow volume, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having means for throwing a plurality of discrete water sub-streams directed together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the water sub-streams are grouped together to collectively form the water stream;
• (b) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body such that every component of the flow adjustment means rotates in unison with the nozzle body during rotation of the nozzle body, wherein the flow adjustment means includes means for selectively blocking at least one predetermined increment of multiple ones of the water sub-streams, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (c) means on the nozzle body for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the sprinkler nozzle having an adjustable flow volume, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall with the rotational axis being generally perpendicular to the top wall of the nozzle body;
• (b) a plurality of individual nozzle ports provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body which ports are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to point outwardly relative to the rotational axis;
• (c) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body such that every component of the flow adjustment means rotates in unison with the nozzle body during rotation of the nozzle body, wherein the flow adjustment means includes means for selectively blocking a desired number of nozzle ports in the nozzle port array with the other ports in the array remaining open, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream being collectively thrown by those nozzle ports which remain open;
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• (d) a torque receiving member on the nozzle body which is rotatably driven by the drive means.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body;
• (b) nozzle means carried on the nozzle body for discharging water from the nozzle body, wherein the nozzle means comprises a plurality of flexible nozzle tubes which are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to provide a water stream projected generally in the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis which water stream is made of the combination of individual sub-streams issuing from the nozzle tubes;
• (c) selectively operable means carried on the nozzle body for vertically bending at least some of the flexible nozzle tubes up and down to raise or lower the trajectory of the water sub-streams exiting from the bent nozzle tubes;
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• (d) means on the nozzle body for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the water stream having an adjustable trajectory, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall;
• (b) a plurality of individual nozzle ports provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body which ports are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to point generally in the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis, wherein the nozzle ports are formed by radially outer ends of nozzle tubes carried on the nozzle body and wherein such tubes have radial inner ends, wherein the nozzle tubes are flexible between their inner and outer ends;
• (c) a trajectory adjustment member carried on the nozzle body for vertical movement on the nozzle body, wherein the trajectory adjustment member is operatively coupled to the nozzle tubes such that the vertical movement of the trajectory adjustment member raises or lowers the outer ends of a plurality of the nozzle tubes relative to their inner ends to raise or lower, respectively, the trajectory of the water stream being formed by the water issuing from such adjusted nozzle tubes;
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• (d) a member on the nozzle body suited to be connected to the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A sprinkler nozzle for throwing at least one adjustable water stream, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall;
• (b) nozzle means provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body for throwing a water stream to one side of the nozzle body:
• (c) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body for selectively adjusting the flow volume of the water stream being thrown by the nozzle means, wherein the flow adjustment means is accessible from the top wall of the nozzle body to allow the user to selectively operate the flow adjustment means from above the sprinkler nozzle;
• (d) trajectory adjustment means carried on the nozzle body for selectively adjusting relative to the horizontal the trajectory angle of inclination of the water stream being thrown by the nozzle means, wherein the trajectory adjustment means is accessible from the top wall of the nozzle body to allow the user to selectively operate the trajectory adjustment means from above the sprinkler nozzle;
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• (e) wherein the flow adjustment means and the trajectory adjustment means are separately operable from one another such that adjustments of the flow volume and of the trajectory angle can be made independently of one another.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the sprinkler nozzle having an adjustable flow volume, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall with the rotational axis of the nozzle body being generally perpendicular to the top wall of the nozzle body;
• (b) a plurality of individual nozzle ports provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body which ports are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to point outwardly relative to the rotational axis;
• (c) a rotatable flow adjustment member rotatably carried on the nozzle body and having a surface that is movable past the nozzle array as the flow adjustment member is rotated, wherein the surface abuts against the nozzle port array for selectively blocking desired ones of the nozzle ports in the nozzle port array with the other ports in the array remaining open, and wherein the surface has an extended length with a plurality of differently shaped notched sections being spaced along the length thereof such that the differently shaped notched sections each sequentially register with the nozzle port array to open various different combinations of nozzle ports in the nozzle port array as the surface is rotated past the nozzle port array and the different notched sections are brought into registry with the nozzle port array;
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• (d) a torque receiving member on the nozzle body which is rotatably driven by the drive means.

A sprinkler nozzle, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body;
• (b) nozzle means carried on the nozzle body for discharging water from the nozzle body, wherein the nozzle means comprises a plurality of flexible nozzle tubes which are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to provide a water stream projected generally in the same direction which water stream is made of the combination of individual sub-streams issuing from the nozzle tubes;
• (c) selectively operable means carried on the nozzle body for vertically bending at least some of the flexible nozzle tubes up and down to raise or lower the trajectory of the water sub-streams exiting from the bent nozzle tubes, wherein the bending means comprises:
• (i) a trajectory adjustment member carried on the nozzle body, wherein the trajectory adjustment member has an array of openings corresponding in number to the numbers of nozzle tubes that are to be bent with one nozzle tube passing through each opening and with the opening engaging that nozzle tube radially outwardly of a vertically fixed inner end thereof;
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• (ii) a rotatable actuation member carried on the nozzle body for sliding the adjustment member up and down on the nozzle body to allow the trajectory adjustment member to bend the nozzle tubes up or down about their vertically fixed inner ends, wherein the actuation member is accessible from and may be rotated from a top wall of the nozzle body.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body having means for throwing a plurality of discrete water sub-streams directed together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the water sub-streams are grouped together to collectively form the water stream;
• (ii) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body such that every component of the flow adjustment means rotates in unison with the nozzle body during rotation of the nozzle body, wherein the flow adjustment means includes means that operatively controls flow through multiple ones of the nozzle ports for selectively changing the number of water sub-streams thrown from the nozzle body, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (iii) means on the nozzle body operatively connected to the drive means for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body having means for throwing a plurality of discrete water sub-streams directed together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the water sub-streams are grouped together to collectively form the water stream;
• (ii) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body such that every component of the flow adjustment means rotates in unison with the nozzle body during rotation of the nozzle body, wherein the flow adjustment means includes means for selectively blocking at least one predetermined increment of multiple ones of the water sub-streams, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (iii) means on the nozzle body operatively connected to the drive means for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall with the rotational axis being generally perpendicular to the top wall of the nozzle body;
• (ii) a plurality of individual nozzle ports provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body which ports are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to point outwardly relative to the rotational axis;
• (iii) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body such that every component of the flow adjustment means rotates in unison with the nozzle body during rotation of the nozzle body, wherein the flow adjustment means includes means for selectively blocking a desired number of nozzle ports in the nozzle port array with the other ports in the array remaining open, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream being collectively thrown by those nozzle ports which remain open;
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• (iv) a torque receiving member on the nozzle body operatively connected to the drive means which is rotatably driven by the drive means.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body;
• (ii) nozzle means carried on the nozzle body for discharging water from the nozzle body, wherein the nozzle means comprises a plurality of flexible nozzle tubes which are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to provide a water stream projected generally in the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis which water stream is made of the combination of individual sub-streams issuing from the nozzle tubes;
• (iii) selectively operable means carried on the nozzle body for vertically bending at least some of the flexible nozzle tubes up and down to raise or lower the trajectory of the water sub-streams exiting from the bent nozzle tubes;
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• (iv) means on the nozzle body operatively connected to the drive means for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body connected to the drive means, the nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall;
• (ii) nozzle means provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body for throwing a water stream to one side of the nozzle body;
• (iii) flow adjustment means carried on the nozzle body for selectively adjusting the flow volume of the water stream being thrown by the nozzle means, wherein the flow adjustment means is accessible from the top wall of the nozzle body to allow the user to selectively operate the flow adjustment means from above the sprinkler nozzle;
• (iv) trajectory adjustment means carried on the nozzle body for selectively adjusting relative to the horizontal the trajectory angle of inclination of the water stream being thrown by the nozzle means, wherein the trajectory adjustment means is accessible from the top wall of the nozzle body to allow the user to selectively operate the trajectory adjustment means from above the sprinkler nozzle;
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• (e) wherein the flow adjustment means and the trajectory adjustment means are separately operable from one another such that adjustments of the flow volume and of the trajectory angle can be made independently of one another.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the sprinkler nozzle having an adjustable flow volume, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a plurality of nozzle ports pointing together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the nozzle ports throw a plurality of discrete water sub-streams which together form the water stream;
• (b) at least one flow adjustment member which operatively controls flow through multiple ones of the nozzle ports for selectively changing independently of the nozzle body's rotational position the number of water sub-streams thrown from the nozzle body, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (c) a drive connection on the nozzle body for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the sprinkler nozzle having an adjustable flow volume, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a plurality of nozzle ports pointing together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the nozzle ports throw a plurality of discrete water sub-streams which together form the water stream;
• (b) at least one flow adjustment member for selectively blocking independently of the nozzle body's rotational position at least one predetermined increment of multiple ones of the nozzle ports, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (c) a drive connection on the nozzle body for receiving a rotary force from the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler having a drive means for rotating the nozzle about a rotational axis, wherein the nozzle throws at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time, the sprinkler nozzle having an adjustable flow volume, which comprises:

• (a) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall with the rotational axis being generally perpendicular to the top wall of the nozzle body;
• (b) a plurality of individual nozzle ports provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body which ports are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to point outwardly relative to the rotational axis;
• (c) at least one flow adjustment member for selectively blocking independently of the nozzle body's rotational position a desired number of nozzle ports in the nozzle port array with the other ports in the array remaining open, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream being collectively thrown by those nozzle ports which remain open;
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• (d) a torque receiving member on the nozzle body which is rotatably driven by the drive means.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body having a plurality of nozzle ports pointing together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the nozzle ports throw a plurality of discrete water sub-streams which together form the water stream;
• (ii) at least one flow adjustment member which operatively controls flow through multiple ones of the nozzle ports for selectively changing independently of the nozzle body's rotational position the number of water sub-streams thrown from the nozzle body, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (iii) a drive connection between the nozzle body and the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body having a plurality of nozzle ports pointing together in generally the same outward direction relative to the rotational axis of the nozzle body such that the nozzle ports throw a plurality of discrete water sub-streams which together form the water stream;
• (ii) at least one flow adjustment member for selectively blocking independently of the nozzle body's rotational position at least one predetermined increment of multiple ones of the nozzle ports, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream;
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• (iii) a drive connection between the nozzle body and the rotational drive means to allow the nozzle body to be rotated about its rotational axis.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall with the rotational axis being generally perpendicular to the top wall of the nozzle body;
• (ii) a plurality of individual nozzle ports provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body which ports are grouped together in an array on one side of the nozzle body to point outwardly relative to the rotational axis;
• (iii) at least one flow adjustment member for selectively blocking independently of the nozzle body's rotational position a desired number of nozzle ports in the nozzle port array with the other ports in the array remaining open, thereby to adjust the flow volume of the water stream being collectively thrown by those nozzle ports which remain open;
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• (iv) a torque receiving member on the nozzle body which is connected to and rotatably driven by the drive means.

A rotary sprinkler, which comprises:

• (a) a housing;
• (b) a nozzle rotatably carried on the housing for rotation about a rotational axis, the nozzle configured to disperse at least one water stream outwardly relative to the rotational axis such that rotational movement of the nozzle causes the water stream to traverse over and sprinkle an arc of ground that is wider than an arc segment sprinkled by the water stream itself at any given instant of time;
• (c) drive means for rotating the nozzle about the rotational axis;
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• (d) wherein the nozzle comprises:
• (i) a nozzle body connected to the drive means, the nozzle body having a top wall and a peripheral sidewall extending downwardly from the top wall;
• (ii) at least one nozzle port provided in the sidewall of the nozzle body for throwing a water stream to one side of the nozzle body;
• (iii) a user settable flow adjustment member movably carried on the nozzle body for selectively adjusting the flow volume of the water stream being thrown by the nozzle port, wherein the flow adjustment member is accessible from the top wall of the nozzle body to allow the user to selectively operate the flow adjustment member from above the sprinkler nozzle;
• (iv) a user settable trajectory adjustment member movably carried on the nozzle body and operatively coupled to the nozzle port for selectively adjusting relative to the horizontal the trajectory angle of inclination of the water stream being thrown by the nozzle port, wherein the trajectory adjustment member is accessible from the top wall of the nozzle body to allow the user to also selectively operate the trajectory adjustment member from above the sprinkler nozzle;
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• (e) wherein the flow adjustment means and the trajectory adjustment means are separately operable from one another such that adjustments of the flow volume and of the trajectory angle can be made independently of one another.