Cleaning and servicing lawn sprinkler heads
OwnerCharles L. Woodinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for servicing a lawn sprinkler head removed from a sprinkler system. Included within a servicing kit is a controller that may be used to regulate the flow of water through the sprinkler head remotely from the sprinkler system, a plug to secure the hole in the sprinkler system from where the sprinkler head was removed, a spacer that may be used to retain the nozzle of the sprinkler head in the deployed position, and a cleaning tool that may be used to dislodge debris from the nozzle water exit perforations. Other features are disclosed.
Claims6
A method for cleaning and servicing a lawn sprinkler head of a sprinkler system, the lawn sprinkler head having a nozzle, the method comprising:
- removing the lawn sprinkler head from a connection in the sprinkler system;
- inserting a plug into the connection in the sprinkler system;
- attaching the lawn sprinkler head to a controller;
- attaching the controller to a hose;
- displacing the nozzle from a rest position;
- inserting a spacer about the nozzle;
- and
- forcing water from the hose through the nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.