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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074897 | Sprinkler with variable arc and flow rate A variable arc sprinkler may be set to numerous positions along a continuum to adjust the arcuate span of the sprinkler. The sprinkler includes a nozzle body and a valve sleeve that helically engage each other to define an arcuate slot that may be adjusted at the to... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7980488 | Sprinkler with geared viscous hesitator and related method A rotary sprinkler includes: a shaft having a cam, the cam having a plurality of radially outwardly projecting cam lobes; a rotatable water distribution plate adapted to be impinged upon by a stream emitted from a nozzle causing at least the water distribution plate... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7789323 | Dual-mode sprinkler head A dual-mode sprinkler includes a nozzle arranged to supply a stream to a rotatable water-distribution plate. The sprinkler can be adjusted between free-spinning and retarded or braked rotation, enabling multi-use applications for the sprinkler. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7717361 | Distributor plate with diffuser on fixed shaft A water distribution plate and diffuser plate assembly for distributing a stream emitted from a sprinkler nozzle comprising: a shaft having one end attached to a sprinkler component and an opposite end supporting first and second plates in axially spaced relationshi... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7584904 | Sprinkler with viscous hesitator A sprinkler device incorporates a rotatable shaft having a cam, the cam having a radially outwardly projecting shaft lobe. A water distribution plate is supported on one end of the shaft and is adapted to be impinged upon by a stream emitted from a nozzle causing th... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7562833 | Sprinkler with magnetic nutating mechanism and related method A sprinkler including a sprinkler head incorporating a nozzle; a spool fixed to the sprinkler head in proximity to the nozzle; a cage assembly loosely mounted on the spool, the assembly including a distribution plate at a first end of the assembly downstream of the ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7426933 | Dishwasher with kinetic energy water distribution system An improved water distribution system is provided for a dishwasher. The system includes one or more disks mounted in the dishwasher for rotation about a vertical axis, and one or more water nozzles in the dishwasher for directing a water jet onto the disks. The wate... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7395977 | Sprinkler apparatus A sprinkler apparatus 10 for providing more even coverage of a sprinkled area with water which is achieved by a different speed of rotation of a water deflector 13 relative to a water diffuser 12 in a wobbling sprinkler head. A diffuser head ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7337988 | Regulating turbine for sprinkler The present invention provides a turbine with dual sets of fins and a stator assembly for directing water onto both sets of fins. The water flow directed to the first set of fins generates slightly more force than the water flow directed to the second set of fins. I... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337715 | Juice extractor including pressure-actuated nozzle and associated methods A juice extractor may include a juice extraction assembly, and at least one pressure-actuated spray nozzle having an inlet to be connected to a controllable fluid pressure source and a spray outlet directed toward the juice extraction assembly and moving between a r... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322533 | Rotary stream sprinkler with adjustable deflector ring A sprinkler includes a riser having an inlet end and an outlet end. A nozzle is rotatably supported at the outlet end of the riser and has a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending stream forming slots. An orifice member is removably mounted adjace... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7287710 | Sprinkler with magnetic nutating mechanism and related method A sprinkler head includes: a body assembly including an adapter, a nozzle, a spindle and a first magnet, the spindle supporting a spool having a pair of axially-spaced radially-oriented spool flanges; a nutating cage loosely mounted on the spindle, between the radia... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7240860 | Water distribution plate for rotating sprinklers A rotor plate for a sprinkler includes a water impingement surface bounded by an annular peripheral wall and having a radial center, and adapted to be impinged upon by a stream emitted from a nozzle. The water impingement surface is formed to include at least one ra... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237726 | Paint sprayer gun A paint sprayer gun includes a gun body set, an air-floating member set, which includes a tubular shaft suspending inside the gun body set, a sleeve fixedly mounted inside the gun body set around the tubular shaft and having through holes for guiding in compressed a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234652 | Double curved surface deflector system for rotary sprinklers The present invention is a double curved surface deflector system for rotary sprinklers providing for a 360-degree rotation using both clockwise and counterclockwise movements. A spray coupler directs water in forward and rear directions. The forward direction is de... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232081 | Spray nozzle with adjustable ARC spray elevation angle and flow An adjustable spray nozzle with adjustable arc of coverage as well as spray elevation angle and flow rate. A very simple adjustable arc of coverage spray nozzle configuration is also disclosed which may be easily assembled for a particular precipitation rate and/or ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232078 | Speed limiting for rotary driven sprinkler A speed limiting mechanisms for turbine-driven fluid distribution apparatus usable with compressible fluid such as compressed air and incompressible fluid such as water. Dynamic viscous damping of the turbine output power train is used to control the rotational spee... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7168634 | Debris resistant collar for rotating stream sprinklers A sprinkler head having a deformable member forming a collar is disclosed. The deformable member allows the sprinkler head to resist entry of foreign grit or matter within the sprinkler head, and allows the sprinkler head to eject or force out foreign matter from wi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163105 | Froth flotation process and apparatus A froth flotation process typically used to separate particulate materials such as coal, has a mixed size feed (1) separated in a sieve bend (2) into a stream of relatively fine particles (3) and a stream of relatively coarse particles (14 | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137568 | Apparatus and method for flow diverter A flow diverter for diverting an initial flow stream of pressurized fluid from a source of pressurized fluid. The flow diverter comprises a housing having an upstream end, an inlet opening in the upstream end, a downstream end generally opposed to the upstream end, ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131601 | Rotational atomizer turbine and rotational atomizer A rotational atomizer turbine of the present invention is designed to drive a bell-shaped disk in a rotational atomizer for a coating unit. The rotational atomizer turbine includes a housing, a rotatable turbine wheel with several turbine blades connected to a shaft... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7109605 | Electric load apparatus, method for processing abnormality, and computer readable recording medium recording program for causing computer to execute processing of abnormality in electric load apparatus Control apparatus (30) forcefully stops inverter (14) and inverter (31) when DC/DC converter (12) is anomalously stopped. Additionally, when one of inverters (14, 31) is anomalously stopped while DC/DC converter (12) is norm... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7100842 | Two-axis full-circle sprinkler A sprinkler device comprising a sprinkler body having a longitudinal center axis, an inlet at one end and an outlet nozzle at an opposite end; and a rotor plate supported axially spaced and laterally offset from the outlet nozzle; the rotor plate mounted for orbital... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086608 | Shaft seal with grease retainer A seal arrangement for a rotatable shaft that is secured at one end thereof in a housing, and that mounts a water distribution plate on an opposite end thereof, the shaft seal comprising a flexible annular member having a radially inner portion including at least on... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070122 | Wobbling sprinkler head A wobbling irrigation sprinkler head for attachment to a water conduit has a wobbling sprinkler head facing upward from the water supply conduit. The sprinkler head has a base having an attachment portion for attaching to a water source and a nozzle mounted to the b... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066404 | Sprinkler spray shield A spray shield apparatus for shielding against spray from a sprinkler head and which can be quickly and easily attached and detached from a sprinkler standpipe or riser. The spray shield apparatus (20) has a semi-cylindrical body (22) enclosed within a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025287 | Shaft seal with grease retainer A seal arrangement for a rotatable shaft that is secured at one end thereof in a housing, and that mounts a water distribution plate on an opposite end thereof, the shaft seal comprising a flexible annular member having a radially inner portion including at least on... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014125 | Sprinklers A rotary sprinkler (10) including a water inlet, a water outlet arranged for rotation about a rotation axis (14), a water director associated with the water outlet and a watering pattern determiner associated with at least one of the water outlets and ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6959838 | Toy water gun with distributor wheel The present invention is directed to a toy gun system that may include a toy gun having a housing with a nozzle, wherein the toy water gun may be adapted to discharge an output stream of liquid through the nozzle. The toy gun system may further include a wheel fabri... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6932279 | Wobbling sprinkler head A wobbling sprinkler head has a sprinkler head main frame having a nozzle base having a nozzle therein and at least one arm extending therefrom supporting a deflector supporting base. The nozzle base is attached to a water supply and has a water inlet for directing ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6920937 | Deck/hall extended coverage horizontal sprinkler arrangement In the embodiments described in the specification, a deck/hall extended coverage horizontal sprinkler arrangement has a sprinkler body with frame arms oriented in a vertical plane and a deflector mounted on the frame arms having semi-conical sections on opposite sid... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921029 | Method and apparatus for reducing the precipitation rate of an irrigation sprinkler A method and apparatus for reducing the effective precipitation rate of an irrigation sprinkler during an irrigation cycle without disrupting the supply of pressurized water from the source opening and closing the inlet to the sprinkler riser at timed intervals thro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6899287 | Rotary sprinkler An irrigation sprinkler with two viscous brakes. The viscous brakes work in conjunction with each other to maintain a low RPM and also to rotate a water stream diffuser. The water stream is first directed toward a deflector that offsets the stream and angles it towa... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6848629 | Children's water toy A children's water toy that has a base unit for directing flow of a fluid in a substantially vertical direction and a spraying unit configured to receive fluid from the base member and rebound the fluid to direct it out of the bottom of the spraying unit so that the... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827291 | Reversible adjustable arc sprinkler A reversible, adjustable arc sprinkler head comprising a sprinkler body incorporating a fixed nozzle; a spray plate mounted on one end of a support cage for rotation with the support cage in one or the other of two opposite directions about a first axis arranged coa... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6814305 | Reversible adjustable arc sprinkler A reversible, adjustable arc sprinkler head includes a sprinkler body incorporating a fixed nozzle; a spray plate mounted for rotation in one or the other of two opposite directions about a first axis arranged coaxially with a stream emitted from the nozzle, and for... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6719218 | Multiple discharge shower head with revolving nozzle A shower head has a housing with a water inlet and a control valve which connects to the housing inlet and has a plurality of water outlets. The control valve regulates the flow of water to a plurality of circumferentially arranged spray openings and to a nozzle whi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715404 | Sprinkler unit for fermenting system A sprinkler for a fermenting system comprises a nozzle having an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a support arm having a first end attached to the nozzle. The support arm is shaped in a fashion to position a second end of the support arm substantially center... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6691336 | High flow cyclone spa jet A spa jet for delivering water from an upstream source of water under pressure to the interior of a spa, the spa jet having a housing with an inlet tube communicating with the source of water and a chamber wall defining a generally cup shaped chamber. A r... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6688539 | Water distribution plate for rotating sprinklers A rotor plate for a sprinkler includes a water impingement surface bounded by an annular peripheral wall and having a radial center, and adapted to be impinged upon by a stream emitted from a nozzle. The water impingement surface is formed to include at l... | 02/10/2004 |
