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US 9,511,387 B2Granted
Rotating sprinkler
AssigneeNetafim, Ltd.
InventorsRon Keren, James Belford, Gad Peleg
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Abstract
A rotating sprinkler for intermittently emitting a liquid supplied by a pulsating device that forms pulses that have a beginning and an end. The sprinkler has a rotating portion that can rotate about an axis while emitting the liquid pulses to the outside environment. The sprinkler provides for rotation of the rotating portion during a portion of each pulse and for stopping rotation of the rotating portion during another portion of the pulse.
Claims14
A rotating sprinkler for use with a pulsating device,
- the pulsating device being configured to form liquid pulses and each liquid pulse has a beginning when the pulse begins and an end when the pulse ends,
- the sprinkler comprising a rotating portion configured to move in rotation about an axis, and configured to emit the liquid pulses to the outside environment, wherein
- the rotating portion is configured to initially rotate during emission of each liquid pulse, the rotating portion is configured to stop rotating before the end of each liquid pulse, and
- the rotating portion is configured to perform a terminal rotational movement after each liquid pulse,
- wherein the stopping of rotation of the rotating portion will occur after no more than 85% of a pulse time Tp has passed, and wherein the pulse time Tp is a time measured between the beginning and the end of the pulse.
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A rotating sprinkler for use with a pulsating device,
- the pulsating device being configured to form liquid pulses and each liquid pulse has beginning when the pulse begins and an end when the pulse ends,
- the sprinkler comprising a rotating portion configured to move in rotation about an axis, and configured to emit the liquid pulses to the outside environment, wherein
- the rotating portion is configured to initially rotate during emission of each liquid pulse, and
- the rotating portion is configured to stop rotating before the end of each liquid pulse,
- wherein the stopping of rotation of the rotating portion will occur after no more than 85% of a pulse time Tp has passed, and wherein the pulse time Tp is a time measured between the beginning and the end of the pulse,
- the sprinkler further comprising first and second members, the first member being fixed to move together with the rotating portion, and the second member not being fixed to move together with the rotating portion along at least one of the rotational or axial direction,
- wherein the rotation of the rotating portion during emission of a liquid pulse includes the second member moving along the rotational directions after the first member moves along the rotational direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.