Patents Assigned to Edwin J. Hunter
  • Patent number: 5090446
    Abstract: An adjustable pressure check valve comprises a generally cylindrical body having a throughbore communicating with an inlet and an outlet at opposite ends thereof, an annular valve seat in the throughbore, a valve member having a sealing surface for engagement with the seat disposed in the bore for movement into and out of engagement with the seat, a compression spring disposed in the throughbore for biasing the valve member into engagement with the seat, and an adjusting member for adjusting the biasing force of the spring on the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Edwin J. Hunter
    Inventors: Edwin J. Hunter, Loren W. Scott
  • Patent number: 4898332
    Abstract: A rotary stream sprinkler unit comprises a body having a water flow passage in which is disposed a flow control unit having a variable restriction in a passage to one or more arcuate passages configured to control the volume and pressure of a primary stream delivered to a rotary distributor head rotatably mounted at the outlet of the housing for dividing each primary stream into a plurality of final streams and rotating each of the final streams through a selected arc during the rotation of the rotary head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Edwin J. Hunter
    Inventors: Edwin J. Hunter, Loren W. Scott