Patent classifications
B05B15/74
Sprinkler pressure regulator having a filter basket
A pressure regulator for use in a sprinkler assembly including a riser and a sprinkler basket includes an outer sleeve mounted in the riser at an inlet thereof and a pressure responsive member, movably mounted in the outer sleeve and movable from an open position allowing flow of water between the top surface of the filter basket and the bottom edge of the pressure responsive member and up the riser and a closed position where the bottom edge of the pressure responsive member contacts the top surface of the filter basket to prevent water from flowing. The pressure responsive member is biased in the open position and moves into the closed position when downstream water pressure exceeds a predetermined value.
Sprinkler pressure regulator having a filter basket
A pressure regulator for use in a sprinkler assembly including a riser and a sprinkler basket includes an outer sleeve mounted in the riser at an inlet thereof and a pressure responsive member, movably mounted in the outer sleeve and movable from an open position allowing flow of water between the top surface of the filter basket and the bottom edge of the pressure responsive member and up the riser and a closed position where the bottom edge of the pressure responsive member contacts the top surface of the filter basket to prevent water from flowing. The pressure responsive member is biased in the open position and moves into the closed position when downstream water pressure exceeds a predetermined value.
Variable pressure regulators and associated methods
A variable pressure regulator defining a distance between a proximal end of a piston and a floor of a piston seat is disclosed. Adjustment mechanisms for adjusting this distance to alter output pressure are disclosed.
Variable pressure regulators and associated methods
A variable pressure regulator defining a distance between a proximal end of a piston and a floor of a piston seat is disclosed. Adjustment mechanisms for adjusting this distance to alter output pressure are disclosed.
Turf System For Sprinklers
There is provided a turf cup assembly that attaches to a buried pop-up type sprinkler to blend a top of sprinkler both cosmetically and functionally with turf surrounding the sprinkler. The turf cup assembly includes a turf cup and a sleeve. The turf cup mounts to a riser of the pop-up type sprinkler. The turf cup contains soil and root structure of turf. The sleeve surrounds the turf cup and attaches to a top of a housing of a pop-up sprinkler. The sleeve can be at or slightly below grade, and the cup extends out of the sleeve during an irrigation cycle and retracts into the sleeve at the end of the irrigation cycle.
Turf System For Sprinklers
There is provided a turf cup assembly that attaches to a buried pop-up type sprinkler to blend a top of sprinkler both cosmetically and functionally with turf surrounding the sprinkler. The turf cup assembly includes a turf cup and a sleeve. The turf cup mounts to a riser of the pop-up type sprinkler. The turf cup contains soil and root structure of turf. The sleeve surrounds the turf cup and attaches to a top of a housing of a pop-up sprinkler. The sleeve can be at or slightly below grade, and the cup extends out of the sleeve during an irrigation cycle and retracts into the sleeve at the end of the irrigation cycle.
Orbital sprinkler with speed control brake
A spool and wobbler assembly for a sprinkler includes a spool section with facing spool flanges on opposite sides of a spool core, where at least one of the spool flanges includes a circumferential rolling ledge. A wobbler cage including a wobbler ring is supported on the spool section, and a water deflector plate is coupled with the wobbler cage. An underside of the wobbler ring is provided with a circumferential rolling surface that engages the circumferential rolling ledge of the at least one spool flange. The rolling surface and rolling ledge provide for smoother orbital motion of the deflector plate.
REDUCED PRECIPITATION RATE NOZZLE
A nozzle is provided having a low precipitation rate and uniform fluid distribution to a desired arcuate span of coverage. The nozzle has an inflow port having a shape corresponding to the desired arc of coverage and a size for effecting a low precipitation rate. The nozzle also has a deflector surface with a water distribution profile including ribs for subdividing the fluid into multiple sets of fluid streams. There are at least two fluid streams for distant and close-in irrigation to provide relatively uniform distribution and coverage. The nozzle may be a unitary, one-piece, molded nozzle body including a mounting portion, an inflow port, and a deflector portion.
Pressure regulator in a rotationally driven sprinkler nozzle housing assembly
A rotary sprinkler in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a riser with a nozzle assembly rotatable mounted thereon. The nozzle assembly includes a pressure regulator and flow control element.
ROTATING SPRINKLER
A rotating sprinkler is configured with only three components without need of any other manufactured component. The three components are constituted by abase component connected to a water source, a rotating head component from which a water stream is emitted which is rotatably mounted on an element of the base component, and a gravitating hammer component pivotally mounted on the head component that causes intermittent rotary motion of the head component about a vertical rotation axis by intermittently engaging the emitted stream and providing in response a reaction force. The hammer component is configured to intercept the emitted water stream within an interior space between a deflecting surface and a ramping surface when downwardly pivoted and to urge the intercepted water stream to flow upwardly along the ramped surface and to impinge upon the deflecting surface, causing the hammer component to pivot upwardly prior to being gravitated.