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7621464 Variable velocity sprinkler transmission  
A sprinkler having a water-driven drive mechanism or motor for rotating a sprinkler head is disclosed where the drive mechanism converts a constant input rate into a variable rate to reduce tailing...
7600699 Sprinkler top with co-molded seal for riser and body  
A top for a pop-up type irrigation sprinkler that utilizes a riser that pops up from a stationary sprinkler body in accordance with an embodiment to the present invention includes a cap which is...
7530504 Clutch for rotor-type sprinkler  
A sprinkler includes a riser, an impeller mounted in the riser, and a nozzle rotatably mounted at an upper end of the riser. A drive assembly couples the impeller and the nozzle. A clutch in the...
7500620 Telescoping pop-up sprinkler  
The telescoping pop-up sprinkler includes a telescoping piston assembly that allows the piston assembly of the pop-up to extend upwards at a greater height than the length of the pop-up sprinkler...
7500619 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...
7481377 Method for cleaning pool surface  
A method for cleaning a pool surface is carried out by structure having a protruding nozzle assembly mounted in a side wall of a swimming pool in communication with a source of water for ejecting...
7458522 Covered bubbler head for a drinking fountain  
A protective cover is provided for substantially enclosing and protecting a bubbler head of a drinking fountain or the like against contamination when water flow to the bubbler head is turned off....
7404525 Nozzle base clutch  
A rotary sprinkler having a rotatable nozzle assembly for watering an arc of ground traversed or swept by the nozzle assembly as the nozzle assembly rotates is disclosed. Oscillating rotation is...
7389942 Pop-up bubbler assembly for dispensing fluid  
A pop-up bubbler assembly for drinking fountains or other appliances that includes a head with a dispensing spout that rises upward out of a housing to dispense an arc of clean water when...
7360718 Sprinkler housing with side inlet  
The invention is directed to a sprinkler body having a side inlet and improved strength and durability. The side inlet is reinforced with additional structure at a cylindrical wall defining the...
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...
7318556 Water line safety valve  
A safety valve for a lawn sprinkler system having at least one subterranean flow line and at least one head for spraying irrigation water. The valve includes a tubular member connected between the...
7303153 Side and corner strip nozzle  
A spray head provided with a plurality of nozzles defined by a base and a deflector cap. Each nozzle is provided with a deflector portion or nozzle plate for directing an upward traveling fluid in...
7296758 Automatic lift faucet  
An automatic lift faucet includes a hydraulic cylinder vertically mounted under a working top, the hydraulic cylinder having an inlet. A lifting faucet is mounted in motion fitting connection...
7293721 Check valve assembly for sprinkler head  
A check valve assembly has a coupling sleeve with a first end for connection to a pop-up or fixed sprinkler head and a second end for connection to a water supply, the coupling sleeve incorporating...
7287711 Adjustable arc rotor-type sprinkler with selectable uni-directional full circle nozzle rotation  
A sprinkler includes a drive mechanism mounted in a riser that rotates a nozzle at the top of the riser. The drive mechanism enables a user to select between oscillation of the nozzle through an...
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...
7226003 Rotary drive sprinkler with flow control and shut off valve in nozzle housing  
A flow shut off or throttling valve is provided in a sprinkler nozzle housing to enable a nozzle to be changed without having to turn off a flow pressure source. The valve intersects a flow path...
7191958 Revolving lawn sprinkler  
A revolving lawn sprinkler comprises a rotary guide plate by which the water flow is so controlled as to actuate a lobed wheel, which in turn actuates a rotary disk via a transmission mechanism. A...
7152814 Adjustable spray pattern sprinkler  
A sprinkler has a housing with an inlet portion and an outlet portion in which a first outlet aperture is formed. The first outlet aperture may cooperate with other outlet apertures to define a...
7134507 Method and apparatus for detecting a sprinkler actuation event  
A method of detecting the actuation of a sprinkler involves sensing a first fluid pressure at a first flow cross section, in one of the sprinkler and a conduit in which the sprinkler is mounted,...
7121477 Sprinkler system with relief and backflow preventer valve and warning system  
This above ground sprinkler system for a water supply provides a main supply hose having an inlet connected to the water supply and an outlet. A main valve is disposed between bib end of the hose...
7097116 Underground sprinkler with pop-up head  
An underground sprinkler with a pop-up head and a corresponding underground casing has two differentiated cylindrical parts, closed by a corresponding cover fixed to the pop-up sprinkler head,...
7090146 Above-ground adjustable spray pattern sprinkler  
An above-ground sprinkler may have a head that rotates about an angle determined by the relative angles between a pair of arc adjustment rings. Rotation of the head may be driven by a drive...
7048208 Pop-up sprinkler including water spray diverter  
A pop-up sprinkler includes a base member positionable above a ground surface and a sprinkler head having a substantially cylindrical conduit provided with a proximal end portion in fluid...
7032836 Adjustable arc, adjustable flow rate sprinkler  
A sprinkler head includes a base; an elongated stem having an inlet supported within the base; a nozzle and a stream deflector supported within the stem, the nozzle and stream deflector cooperating...
7028920 Adjustable arc sprinkler with full circle operation  
The present invention provides a sprinkler with both a reversing part-circle mode and a non-reversing full-circle mode. More specifically, the present invention provides a mechanism for disengaging...
6971588 Pop-up cleaning head for swimming pool and method  
A cleaning head for installation in a swimming pool floor fitting ( 9 ) includes a pop-up cylinder ( 5 ) having a plurality of first camming elements ( 44 ) disposed on its outer wall, a...
6964379 Exterior fire suppression system and method for installation  
An exterior fire suppression system includes a sprinkler system that is connected to a water supply. The sprinkler system is mounted within the structure and is substantially hidden from view when...
6957782 Irrigation spray nozzle with two-piece color identifier and radially shaped orifice  
An exterior portion of the nozzle with a top side viewable from above the turf or ground surface mates with a base portion of the nozzle to define a nozzle orifice and a flow path leading to the...
6942164 Rotating stream sprinkler with turbine speed governor  
A rotating stream sprinkler of the type having a rotatable deflector with spiral vanes engaged by one or more water jets for imparting a rotary drive torque to the deflector, which converts the...
6905078 Headlamp washer system  
A spraying device comprising a housing 12 containing a top and bottom portion defining a chamber therein for fluid ingress and egress into the bottom portion wherein the housing includes an outer...
6899285 Partially rotating above surface nozzle  
A protruding nozzle assembly, mounted in a side wall of a swimming pool in communication with a source of water, will eject through a nozzle of a nozzle housing a stream of water at a predetermined...
6894586 Radial bulk annular resonator using MEMS technology  
A MEMS resonator includes an annular resonator body defined by an inner radius and an outer radius, a first electrode positioned within the inner radius and spaced from the resonator body, and a...
6848632 Pop-up irrigation sprinkler having bi-level debris strainer with integral riser ratchet mechanism and debris scrubber  
A frusto-conical strainer is mounted on the lower end of a pop-up riser for filtering out debris from water entering the lower inlet end of a surrounding outer housing to prevent clogging of the...
6814304 Rotating stream sprinkler with speed control brake  
A rotating stream sprinkler of the type having a rotatable deflector for sweeping small streams of irrigation water in a radially outward direction to irrigate adjacent vegetation, wherein the...
6799732 Water sprinkler head with integral off-on water flow control valve and adaptive fittings therefor  
A sprinkler head assembly comprised of a base located at the upper end of a riser tube and which base carries an insert with an opening allowing for distribution of water. In accordance with the...
6705548 Nozzle for spraying a surface and method of spraying  
A nozzle for spraying surfaces is equipped with a piston rod centrally arranged in a feeding duct. The piston rod has an impact plate which is held by a spring in a position aligned with the...
6695223 Adjustable stator for rotor type sprinkler  
An adjustable stator is mounted in the lower end of a pop-up sprinkler riser and includes a vertically extending frame portion and a pair of valve portions that extend horizontally from an upper...
6651904 Multi-jet watering nozzle with counter-rotating elements for underground pop-up sprinkler  
A watering nozzle ( 16 ) for underground pop-up sprinkler ( 1 ) comprises a bottom part ( 17 ) and a top part ( 37 ) comprising a distribution cylinder ( 40 ). The bottom part ( 17 ) is provided...
6648241 Life extending, pop-up sprinkler insert  
A life extending, pop-up sprinkler comprising a riser pipe, a collar, a pop-up shaft with a threaded head, an O-ring, a weight, and a spray insert. The riser pipe is threaded at both ends. The...
6629648 Height adjustable riser for a sprinkler  
An adjustable riser for adjusting the elevational position of an irrigation sprinkler with respect to the surrounding ground level and/or with respect to the height of surrounding vegetation to be...
6629569 Pop up roof sprinkler system  
A pop up roof sprinkler system includes a building having a roof, a fire retardant solution, a dispensing tube that has a distal portion extending outwardly from the roof, and a cap member. The cap...
6601244 Apparatus for cleaning swimming pools  
A removable retainer for holding a nozzle stem in a body has opposed indentations for receiving the tines of a forded tool. The periphery of the retainer and the inner edge of the body are relieved...
6547159 Connector kit for irrigation devices  
Kits ( 29 ) for increasing the height of sprinkler water origination include reducing connectors ( 14 )( 14 a )( 14 b ) or variants thereof The connectors have a wide cylindrical member ( 21 )( 21...
6530531 Riser tube with slotted ratchet gear for pop-up irrigation sprinklers  
A pop-up sprinkler of the type that includes a riser that moves upwardly out of a sprinkler housing when water pressure is applied and that allows manual adjustment of the angular orientation of...
6502764 Pop-up sprinkler with internal debris cup  
A pop-up sprinkler is provided with an internally mounted and upwardly open debris cup for capturing debris such as dirt and pebbles falling into the sprinkler, to prevent such debris from...
6499678 Shut-off mechanism for sprinklers  
The combination of a case enclosed sprinkler and shut-off valve having the dual function of shutting off the flow of water to a case enclosed sprinkler so that case enclosed sprinkler can be...
6494386 Sprinkler head housing  
A sprinkler head housing encloses, supports, and provides access to a sprinkler head in order to allow maintenance and access to the sprinkler head. The sprinkler head housing includes a top and a...
6488218 Sprinkler head conversion for pop-up assembly  
A pop-up sprinkler assembly includes a cylindrical housing having a cap on an upper end thereof, the cap having an opening, a lower end of the cylindrical housing having an internal thread for...
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