Patent classifications
B05B3/16
Sprinkler nozzle spray width indicator apparatus and method
According to some embodiments, an oscillating sprinkler system is provided that includes: a central tubular portion having at least one row of flexible nozzles; a cam plate located inside a peripheral wall of said central tubular member, said cam plate having a plurality of cam slots for adjusting positions of said flexible nozzles upon rotation of said cam plate within said peripheral wall; and said peripheral wall including a window via which an edge of said cam plate is observable during rotation of said cam plate such as to designate an extent of angular displacement of the nozzles based on the positioning of the cam plate within the window.
Cleaning head for an in-floor pool cleaning system
A cleaning head for an in-floor pool cleaning system is provided. The cleaning head includes a sleeve having a passage and an insert extending through the passage of the sleeve. The insert includes a flow path and an aperture, wherein the flow path is a curved, such as a question mark shape, and exits through the aperture. The insert is moveable between a first position with the aperture retained with in the sleeve and a second position with the aperture extending beyond the sleeve. The flow path may include an overturn at the aperture. The insert includes a nozzle, a nozzle housing, an upper guide, a lower guide and a weight with the flow path extending through each component. The nozzle includes an angled inlet opening that corresponds to an angled outlet opening of the nozzle housing that engage each other when the nozzle is coupled within the nozzle housing.
Cleaning head for an in-floor pool cleaning system
A cleaning head for an in-floor pool cleaning system is provided. The cleaning head includes a sleeve having a passage and an insert extending through the passage of the sleeve. The insert includes a flow path and an aperture, wherein the flow path is a curved, such as a question mark shape, and exits through the aperture. The insert is moveable between a first position with the aperture retained with in the sleeve and a second position with the aperture extending beyond the sleeve. The flow path may include an overturn at the aperture. The insert includes a nozzle, a nozzle housing, an upper guide, a lower guide and a weight with the flow path extending through each component. The nozzle includes an angled inlet opening that corresponds to an angled outlet opening of the nozzle housing that engage each other when the nozzle is coupled within the nozzle housing.
SHOWERHEAD WITH REMOTE PORTING
A showerhead may include a first plenum in fluid communication with a first group of nozzles, a second plenum in fluid communication with a second group of nozzles, and a water direction assembly in fluid communication with the first plenum, the second plenum, and a fluid inlet, and alternatingly fluidly connecting the first plenum and the second plenum with the fluid inlet. The water direction assembly may include a turbine and a shutter arranged to oscillate between positions, oscillation of the shutter alternatingly fluidly connecting the first and second plenums with the fluid inlet.
NOZZLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PULSATILE JET OF FLUID
A nozzle with an inlet and an outlet, including a shell, a rotor element located inside the shell and configured to be driven into rotation about a rotation axis upon being subjected to the action of a fluid flow entering the nozzle inlet and circulating through the nozzle towards the nozzle outlet, and a stationary splitter element located inside the shell, downstream of the rotor element, along the passage of the fluid flow. The rotation axis coincides with a main direction along which the fluid flow projects from the nozzle outlet. The rotor element includes peripheral helical grooves configured to permit passage of the fluid flow and cause rotation of the rotor element. The splitter element includes splitter openings communicating with a downstream end of the peripheral helical grooves to cause splitting and modulation of the fluid flow as a function of rotation of the rotor element with respect to the stationary splitter element. The nozzle further includes flow conditioning elements located inside the shell, downstream of the splitter openings, and configured to cause recombination of the fluid flow, split and modulated by the splitter element, into a pulsatile jet of fluid projecting from the nozzle outlet along the main direction that coincides with the rotation axis.
NOZZLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A PULSATILE JET OF FLUID
A nozzle with an inlet and an outlet, including a shell, a rotor element located inside the shell and configured to be driven into rotation about a rotation axis upon being subjected to the action of a fluid flow entering the nozzle inlet and circulating through the nozzle towards the nozzle outlet, and a stationary splitter element located inside the shell, downstream of the rotor element, along the passage of the fluid flow. The rotation axis coincides with a main direction along which the fluid flow projects from the nozzle outlet. The rotor element includes peripheral helical grooves configured to permit passage of the fluid flow and cause rotation of the rotor element. The splitter element includes splitter openings communicating with a downstream end of the peripheral helical grooves to cause splitting and modulation of the fluid flow as a function of rotation of the rotor element with respect to the stationary splitter element. The nozzle further includes flow conditioning elements located inside the shell, downstream of the splitter openings, and configured to cause recombination of the fluid flow, split and modulated by the splitter element, into a pulsatile jet of fluid projecting from the nozzle outlet along the main direction that coincides with the rotation axis.
GAPPED SCANNER NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
A fluidic scanner nozzle comprising an interaction chamber defined between an upstream end and a downstream end with a longitudinal chamber axis. The upstream end having an inlet opening for receiving and delivering pressurized fluid into said interaction chamber along said chamber axis. The downstream end having an outlet orifice for issuing a generally conical outlet spray of liquid droplets from said chamber into ambient environment and an axial gap positioned between said upstream end and said downstream end. The upstream and downstream ends may define inner cavities having a hemisphere shape. The axial gap may define a cylindrical sidewall segment aligned between an upper hemisphere shaped inner cavity and a lower hemisphere shaped inner cavity. The axial gap includes a selected axial length and an inside diameter that may be either a continuous axial gap or a stepped axial gap.
GAPPED SCANNER NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD
A fluidic scanner nozzle comprising an interaction chamber defined between an upstream end and a downstream end with a longitudinal chamber axis. The upstream end having an inlet opening for receiving and delivering pressurized fluid into said interaction chamber along said chamber axis. The downstream end having an outlet orifice for issuing a generally conical outlet spray of liquid droplets from said chamber into ambient environment and an axial gap positioned between said upstream end and said downstream end. The upstream and downstream ends may define inner cavities having a hemisphere shape. The axial gap may define a cylindrical sidewall segment aligned between an upper hemisphere shaped inner cavity and a lower hemisphere shaped inner cavity. The axial gap includes a selected axial length and an inside diameter that may be either a continuous axial gap or a stepped axial gap.
IRRIGATION SPRINKLER
An irrigation sprinkler may comprise a sprinkler, a connecting base, an operating member, a driving lever, and a locating unit. A protruding portion protruding from a central portion of a top surface of the operating member has an arc-shaped top end to form two abutting surfaces at two sides of the arc. Moreover, one of the two abutting surfaces is configured to be abutted by the driving lever when the irrigation sprinkler changes the rotating direction. The driving lever has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and a bottom end of the third portion has an upward recess formed at a central portion thereof. The recess of the third portion of the driving lever is configured to cover the protruding portion completely, which improves the driving actions between the driving lever and the operating member.
AIRBORNE MATERIAL SPREADING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SPREADING MATERIAL
A spreading assembly is provided. The spreading assembly comprises a spreadable material container, a spreading mechanism, and a motor. The spreading mechanism is rotatably mounted to a bottom section of the material container and can disperse the spreadable material 360? around the spreading assembly. The motor is operatively connected to the spreading mechanism to engage same in rotation. The spreading assembly comprises a coupling assembly to engage the spreading assembly with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to transport the spreading assembly while it operates.