Irrigation sprinkler with pivoting throttle valve

An irrigation sprinkler, comprising:

• a housing having a water flow path extending therethrough;
• a nozzle mounted in an upper end of the housing and providing an extension of the water flow path for distributing a stream of water outward from the housing;
• a valve body pivotable in the water flow path between a first position in which the water flow path is substantially open and a second position in which the valve body substantially obstructs the water flow path, the valve body being pivotable about an axis that extends transversely across a major dimension of the valve body;
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• an actuator mechanism connected to the valve body for selectively pivoting the valve body between its first and second positions.

An irrigation sprinkler, comprising:

• a housing having a water flow path extending therethrough;
• a nozzle mounted in an upper end of the housing and providing an extension of the water flow path for distributing a stream of water outward from the housing;
• a valve body moveable in the water flow path between a first position in which the water flow path is substantially open and a second position in which the valve body substantially obstructs the water flow path, the valve body being moveable about an axis that traverses the water flow path;
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• an actuator mechanism connected to the valve body for selectively moving the valve body between its first and second positions, the actuator mechanism being mounted substantially externally of the water flow path.

An irrigation sprinkler, comprising:

• a cylindrical housing having a first segment of a water flow path extending therethrough in a direction substantially parallel with a first axis of the housing;
• a nozzle mounted in an upper end of the housing and defining a second segment of the water flow path connected to the first segment of the water flow path for distributing a stream of water outward from the housing;
• a valve body moveable in the first segment of the water flow path about a second axis non-parallel to the first axis between a first position in which the the first segment of the water flow path is substantially open and a second position in which the valve body substantially obstructs the first segment of the water flow path;
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• an actuator mechanism connected to the valve body for selectively moving the valve body between its first and second positions.

A irrigation sprinkler, comprising:

• an outer body;
• an inner housing having a water flow path extending therethrough, the housing being vertically reciprocable within the outer body to provide a riser;
• a nozzle mounted in an upper end of the housing and providing an extension of the water flow path for distributing a stream of water outward from the housing;
• a turbine and an adjustable arc drive linkage mounted in the housing operatively coupled to the nozzle for rotating the nozzle through an adjustable arc as water flows through the turbine;
• a valve body pivotable in the water flow path through the inner housing between a first position in which the the water flow path is open and a second position in which the valve body closes the water flow path;
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• a manually operable actuator mechanism extending through the inner housing and connected to the valve body for selectively pivoting the valve body between its first and second positions, including a drive member moveable from the exterior of an upper end of the inner housing with a tool and a linkage extending within the inner housing substantially exterior of the flow path and connecting the drive member and the valve body so that a predetermined amount of movement of the drive member pivots the valve body between the first and second positions.