Distributor With Diversely Shaped Or Oriented Terminal Members Or Outlets Patents (Class 239/246)
  • Patent number: 12145163
    Abstract: An adjustable garden sprinkler has a base member and a plurality of irrigators. The base member has a first main body and a second main body, a plurality of connecting pipes protruding from the second main body, and a plurality of connecting pipes are provided on one side of the periphery of the connecting pipes. Each irrigator has a first housing and a second housing that opposite to each other, and a control member is provided between the first and the second housings. The control member is provided with a plurality of first through aperture, a plurality of second through aperture and a plurality of third through aperture, one end of the control member is provided with an outer threaded pipe extending out of the first housing and the second housing, a screwing cap is attached on the outer threaded pipe, and a spraying unit installed inside the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN TAI SPURT WATER OF THE GARDEN TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chin-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 12104464
    Abstract: Cleanout tools and related methods of operation. At least some of the example embodiments are cleanout tools including a tool body that defines an internal annular channel, a joiner coupled to the tool body, a sleeve telescoped within the joiner and tool body, and a ball disposed within the annular channel. The ball held within the annular channel by the sleeve, and the ball configured to move along the annular channel under force of fluid pumped into the cleanout tool. The ball creates a pulsing of fluid streams exiting the tool body. Moreover, in some example systems the fluid streams created by the tool body intersect the inside diameter of a casing at non-perpendicular angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Inventor: Michael W. Dennis
  • Patent number: 11745232
    Abstract: An apparatus for washing containers includes a support intended to be applied onto the upper edge of a container, a translating unit movable inside the container between a raised position and a lowered position, a rotating element carried by the translating unit and carrying a plurality of nozzles, and an actuation device including a vertical driving screw that controls the movement in the vertical direction of the translating unit and the rotation of the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DROMONT S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luca Drocco
  • Patent number: 11156320
    Abstract: A system is provided for applying a chemical agent within a pipe. The system includes a skid assembly, moveable longitudinally within the pipe and a delivery nozzle carried by the skid assembly and coupleable to an external chemical agent supply. A dispensing tip is carried by the delivery nozzle, the dispensing tip being configured to deliver a controlled stream of chemical agent within the pipe toward an internal surface of the pipe. The dispensing tip is held above a surface of fluid carried by the pipe while at least a portion of the skid assembly is positioned below the fluid surface. The dispensing tip delivers the controlled stream of chemical agent upwardly away from the fluid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tony Hale
  • Patent number: 9010660
    Abstract: A sprinkler head with plural selectable nozzles includes a sprinkler body having inlet and outlet bores aligned along a first axis; a nozzle magazine rotatably supported on the sprinkler body, the nozzle magazine carrying at least two nozzles and provided with at least one shut-off surface portion located between the at least two nozzles. The nozzles are selectively rotatable into an operative position between the inlet and outlet bores, the nozzle magazine being rotatable about a second axis angularly offset from the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Nelson Irrigation Corporation
    Inventors: George L. Sesser, Barton R. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8597729
    Abstract: In a method and system for forming microbeads, a polymer solution includes particles and a polymer dissolved in a solvent. A stream of the polymer solution flows into a chamber. A focusing fluid contacts and focuses the polymer stream in the chamber. The focusing fluid and the focused polymer stream flow, as a single flow stream, out from the chamber. Pendant droplets detach from a leading end of the single flow stream to form the microbeads. The focusing fluid reacts with the polymer solution to form functional groups at a surface of the microbeads for binding with biorecognition molecules. In the system, a flow focusing apparatus includes a flow focusing body shaped to define the chamber. Microbeads formed according to the methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: FIO Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Fournier-Bidoz, Warren Che Wor Chan
  • Patent number: 8585276
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning the interior of an industrial food mixing bowl of, for example, a dough mixer includes a cleaning lance with a spray nozzle assembly at an end of the lance, an actuator operable to reciprocally insert and retract the lance into or out of a food mixer bowl, and a pump operable to deliver cleaning fluid under pressure over a conduit to the lance and spray nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Trustees of the La Strada No. 2 Trust
    Inventor: Richard Stanley Michael Fenton
  • Publication number: 20130126635
    Abstract: A rotary sprinkler comprises a nozzle head and at least 8 nozzles supported by the nozzle head. The nozzles are configured to discharge water streams at substantially the same velocity, but to different radial distances from the nozzle head. Each water stream produces a spray pattern that overlaps at least one adjoining spray pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: IRRIGREEN, LLC
    Inventor: IRRIGREEN, LLC
  • Patent number: 8348179
    Abstract: A sprinkler assembly has a body, a base assembly, a wheel, a gear assembly, a discharging valve, a spraying head and a cover. The wheel is rotatably mounted in a wheel chamber in the base assembly and has a driving gear. The gear assembly has gear sets engaging each other. Each gear set has a driving gear and a driven gear coaxially mounted on the driving gear. The driving gear has a number of teeth different from that of the driving gear. The driving gear of one of the gear set engages the driving gear on the wheel. The discharging valve has at least one discharging hole. The spraying head is coaxially connected rotatably to the discharging valve and has at least one aligning hole selectively aligns respectively with the at least one discharging hole in the discharging valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kwan-Ten Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Hsiung Wang, Tzu-Meng Wang
  • Publication number: 20110210180
    Abstract: Rotary device for spraying coating product comprises: —a spray member having an edge and able to form a jet of coating product, —means of driving the rotation of the spray member and—a body which is fixed and comprises: primary orifices arranged on a primary outline surrounding the axis of rotation and intended to eject a primary air jet in a primary direction, secondary orifices arranged on a secondary outline surrounding the axis of rotation and intended to eject a secondary air jet in a secondary direction. The respective orientations of each primary direction and of each secondary direction and the respective positions of each primary orifice and of each secondary orifice cause combined jets to be formed, each resulting from the intersection between a primary air jet and a secondary air jet that are associated with one another, the region of intersection lying upstream of the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Sylvain Perinet, Franck Gerstch
  • Patent number: 7992802
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bumping-type sprinkler. The sprinkler includes a main body, where an inlet pipe coupling end is mounted at the lower end, an upper frame is mounted at the upper end, and a water outlet is arranged at lower flange nearby the upper frame. A revolving member, arranged onto the upper frame of the main body, has a torsional spring and a revolving portion. An outflow turntable is assembled corresponding to the water outlet of the main body. A pivot portion is placed centrally on the outflow turntable for screwing it laterally on the water outlet at interval. A plurality of outflow guide holes are arranged at intervals along a circular path of the eccentric circumferential portion of the outflow turntable. The outflow guide holes can be located corresponding to the water outlet in line with the change of rotation/displacement angle of the outflow turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventor: Cheng-An Wang
  • Patent number: 7726587
    Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler nozzle for use in a rotary sprinkler for projecting the entire fluid stream between about 15 and about 35 feet from the rotary sprinkler regardless of the upstream pressure. The irrigation sprinkler nozzle comprises a nozzle body having a longitudinal axis, a side wall, and an exit wall. Coupled to the nozzle body is a restrictor plate that is spaced from the exit wall. Defined by the side wall, the exit wall, and the restrictor plate is a fluid chamber. The nozzle includes an inlet to the chamber defined by the restrictor plate. Preferably, the inlet has a cross-sectional area so that a pressure inside the chamber is less than a pressure upstream of the inlet. The nozzle also has an outlet from the chamber defined by the exit wall for projecting a fluid stream outwardly from the irrigation sprinkler nozzle. The chamber may be configured to form a turbulent flow within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kevin Markley, James A. Elzey
  • Patent number: 7699066
    Abstract: Device for cleaning of surfaces under water, such as ship hulls, includes a rotary disc furnished with nozzles for discharge of pressurized liquid against the surface to be cleaned. The nozzles are mounted obliquely in relation to the rotational axis of the rotary disc and are arranged to be supplied with pressurized liquid through a hollow spindle that is concentric with the rotational axis. The nozzles have an inclination that have an orientation involving that the velocity component (Vp) of the liquid jet from each nozzle that is not perpendicular to the surface to be cleaned, has a tangential velocity component (Vt) that has the same direction as the direction of rotation (R) of the rotary disc and optionally a radial velocity component that is positive, i.e. that is directed outwards in relation to the center of the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Cleanhull Norway AS
    Inventors: Robert Andersen, Thor Olay E. Sperre
  • Publication number: 20100038444
    Abstract: Many areas watered by prior art oscillating sprinklers are substantially rectangular. However, prior art oscillating sprinklers typically produce generally or substantially elliptical water distribution patterns. This geometric incompatibility causes problems and inefficiencies. Embodiments of the current invention include an oscillating sprinkler that automatically produces a substantially rectangular water distribution pattern. The substantially rectangular water distribution pattern may be produced by automatically controlling the distance from the sprinkler that streams of water travel before impacting the ground. This is accomplished by automatically and sequentially opening and closing and/or restricting flow to select nozzles at select points and within select portions of the oscillation cycle. A current invention oscillating sprinkler may reduce waste water, may reduce run-off waste water, and may automatically provide water to the corner areas of typical substantially rectangular areas to be watered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Eldon Coppersmith
  • Patent number: 7624934
    Abstract: Mechanisms and method of flow control for use in an oscillating sprinkler that varies the water stream height to lessen the adverse effects of wind on the water streams. The flow control mechanism varies water flow during rotation of a spray tube of a sprinkler to control the height of water streams in predetermined portions of the rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Breedlove, Lawrence P Heren, Scott W. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7607590
    Abstract: An adjustable oscillating sprinkler with a rectangular shaped frame having a generally tubular shaped housing rotatably attached to said frame with a nozzle strip attached to the tubular housing, where the nozzle strip has a plurality of flexible nozzles, and the sprinkler also has a pivot plate in contact with the nozzle strip and the tubular housing, where an adjusting element rotates the pivot plate about a radius of its longitudinal axis thereby adjusting the coverage pattern of the sprinkler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Melnor, Inc.
    Inventor: Juergen Nies
  • Patent number: 7458527
    Abstract: A revolving sprinkler comprises a rotatable turret assembly revolving around a rotation axis and formed with mouthpiece(s) suited to sprinkle liquid under pressure. The revolving sprinkler accommodates exchangeable mouthpieces with different throughputs-nozzle to rotation axis distance relationships, without changing a rotation velocity of the turret assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Plastro Irrigation A.C.S. Ltd.
    Inventor: Moshe Lutzki
  • Patent number: 7299999
    Abstract: An improved rotating stream sprinkler of the type having a rotatable spray head with an offset nozzle port through which a water stream is projected outwardly, resulting in a reaction force for rotatably driving the spray head to sweep the water stream over a surrounding terrain area. The spray head is rotatably mounted on a body adapted for connection to a pressurized water supply, with interengaging bearing components providing predetermined friction brake torque resisting spray head rotation. By appropriately designing the nozzle port area and offset geometry, drive torque and brake torque is maintained at a substantially constant ratio for relatively slow and substantially constant spray head rotational speed over a range of normal water supply operating pressures. A downthrust spring retains the bearing components in engagement when the water supply is turned off, but does not contribute to friction brake torque when the water supply is turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventor: Samuel C. Walker
  • Patent number: 7252246
    Abstract: An oscillating sprinkler having a pattern select feature. The sprinkler includes, in one embodiment, a tubular member having a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal slots thereon and an end portion having the same plurality of apertures therein. A plurality of lumens is formed inside the tubular member. A plurality of longitudinal series of nozzles extend through the spaced apart longitudinal slots. Each lumen is associated with one of said series of nozzles; one end of each lumen includes a fluid inlet and the other end of each lumen is closed. A selector piece is fitted to the tubular member and includes an opening to be aligned with a selected fluid inlet. The sprinkler further comprises a water-driven oscillating mechanism for oscillating the tubular member, wherein the oscillating mechanism includes a water inlet and a water outlet, wherein the water outlet is in fluid communication with the interior of the tubular member. Finally, a support structure for supporting the tubular member is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: L.R. Nelson Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence P. Heren, Michael Breedlove
  • Patent number: 7234651
    Abstract: An improved irrigation spray head for use with pressurized water to produce a generally 360° spray pattern is provided. The spray head has a first channel that provides a water flow path in a generally vertical direction from the distal end of the spray head body to a main exit port. The spray head body includes a cavity having a geometry that, along with the first channel and the main exit port designs, causes the pressurized water to disperse radially outward away from the spray head body in the generally 360° spray pattern. A plurality of secondary channels provides secondary water flow paths from a plurality of interior ports in the cavity to a plurality of sidewall exit ports. The secondary channels result in a water flow out of the sidewall ports at a reduced water velocity thereby providing enhanced, close-in irrigation coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Ali R. Mousavi, Rahul R. Yarala
  • Patent number: 7234652
    Abstract: 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 deflected by an inward facing deflector that directs the water across a curved surface projects the water in the reverse direction with an adjustable water elevator for extended lift. After the sprinkler head rotates until the selector hits an adjustable stop, the inward facing deflector then pivots the sprinkler head in the opposite direction for the remainder of the coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Robert Rodeman
  • Patent number: 7198456
    Abstract: A rotary jetting tool including a pressure-balanced rotor, which is achieved using a vented volume. Axial movement of the rotor relative to the housing caused by pressure imbalances acting on the rotor selectively uncovers or opens a vent that places the volume in fluid communication with an ambient volume, enabling the rotor to achieve a pressure balanced condition. A plurality of radial clearance seals between the rotor and the housing are used to provide hydrodynamic bearings to reduce friction between the rotor and housing. The diameters of the seals are manipulated to facilitate pressure balancing of the rotor. In one embodiment, the rotor includes a centrifugal brake configured to control a maximum rotational speed of the rotor. Pressurized fluid is introduced into the rotor in an axial direction, enabling a relatively large upstream settling chamber to be incorporated into the rotor, thereby reducing inlet turbulence and improving jet quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Tempress Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack J. Kollé, Mark H. Marvin
  • Patent number: 7150414
    Abstract: A rotary disc atomizer having a disc having an axis and rotatable about the axis, the disc also having two opposite surfaces as considered in an axial direction, and a peripheral edge, the disc having a plurality of throughgoing openings so that when a liquid is supplied to one of the surfaces and flows toward the edge and then droplets are sprayed, the liquid also flows through the throughgoing holes to another of the surfaces so as to also flow radially outwardly on the other surface and form droplets thrown from the edge in a region of the other surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Inventor: Fima Goldin
  • Patent number: 7007865
    Abstract: A self-adjusting nozzle for use in injecting pressurized, and optionally pulsating, fluid into a well bore or other conduit for the purpose of cleaning out the bore or conduit, the nozzle having slidably engaged mandrel and tool tip sections, each with an axial bore, and the tool tip having a plurality of axially and circumferentially spaced discharge ports communicating with the axial bores, the mandrel being able to reciprocate inside the tool tip without operator intervention in response to obstructions encountered ahead of, around or behind the nozzle as it enters or leaves the well bore or conduit, thereby sequentially blocking or unblocking some of the discharge ports to direct more of the pressurized fluid against the obstruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Rex A. Dodd
  • Patent number: 6899285
    Abstract: 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 angle relative to the adjacent side wall surface. During each erection and retraction of the nozzle housing precipitated by initiation and cessation of water flow to the nozzle assembly, the nozzle housing will rotate incrementally to provide a plurality of streams of water defining a fan-like area from each nozzle as such nozzle comes into fluid communication with an opening in a cover enclosing the nozzle housing. Each nozzle is canted to a different angle above the adjacent surface to assist in cleaning sloping parts of the side wall/bottom surface junction and to assist in cleaning any adjacent structures extending from the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Paramount Leisure Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Goettl, Richard D. Conn
  • Patent number: 6796273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water director for distributing a surge or flow of water to one or more of a plurality of output ports, which can vary in shape, size, and number, typically for use in marine and fresh water aquariums. Water pumped through a conduit into the hermetically sealed Switching Current Water Director (SCWD), powers an internally mounted gear driven fluid motor, which turns a rotational valve, alternately opening and closing a plurality of water outlet ports. When mounted externally to an aquarium, proper placement of output nozzles, which are connected to a water conduit attached to the various SCWD outlet ports, provides the desired opposing, or switching back and fourth currents. Depending on the inlet and outlet port configuration, the SCWD can be adapted to suit many applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventor: Paul Michael Muscarella
  • Patent number: 6788334
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for inspecting hollow spaces such as pipes, conduits, structures or containers. The device consists of the following: a probe with a built-in camera (5.0) whose objective is oriented towards a front end of a base body (1.0) of said probe; a hose-type supply line to the probe for a liquid or gaseous medium, said line being connected to the back end of the base body of said probe; a supply unit for the hose-type supply line, which is situated outside of the area where the probe is being used; at least one outlet nozzle (3.0) for the medium, which is located on the probe; and transmission means which are provided between the camera (5.0) and an evaluating and/or reproducing unit. At least three rotating outlet nozzles for the medium are situated on the periphery of the base body (1.0) between its front and back end and the jet axis of the medium is angled at 0° to 45° from the central longitudinal axis between the front and back end of the base body (1.0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Inventor: Hans Oberdorfer
  • Patent number: 6764024
    Abstract: A rotary nozzle for compressed air foam (CAF) has a barrel mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. The barrel is mounted to a CAF supply conduit and has a cross-sectional area substantially larger than the cross-sectional area of the conduit. Two non-equal orifices in the barrel, located on the opposite sides of the axis of rotation, distribute CAF such that it covers an almost complete, typically a circular area on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventor: George Crampton
  • Patent number: 6651898
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for atomizing liquids which has: a) a rotatable apparatus for the reception of liquids to be atomized, the apparatus is defined by a cylinder having an interior chamber that runs the length of the cylinder with an internal diameter of about 10 to about 25 millimeters, the cylinder has an upper end with an opening into the interior chamber, which opening is adapted to receive liquids to be atomized, the cylinder has a closed lower end that terminates with a floor, the outer surface of the cylinder is defined by an outer casing having a plurality of circular hole-type nozzles extending up about 20 to about 120 millimeters from the lower end of the cylinder in an axial direction, the hole-type nozzles are in fluid communication with the interior chamber for introducing the liquid to be atomized into the nozzles; and b) a drive operably connected to the cylinder for rotating the hollow cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Roche Vitamins Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Nowotny, Guido Schaer
  • Publication number: 20030150929
    Abstract: A spinning fountain display comprising a rotatable object 10 and means 13 for rotating the object 10 in either direction about an axis of rotation 18. A plurality of nozzles 54, 55 open at the periphery of the object 10 and are provided by a plurality of feeder passages 50 which form single entry nozzles 54 and/or feeder passages 61, 62 which form dual entry nozzles 55 or multi-entry nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas R. Simmons
  • Patent number: 6561199
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the interior of a vessel for containing a sanitary product by ejecting a rotating stream of cleaning fluid. The apparatus features a stationary housing that forms an inlet for receiving a flow of cleaning fluid, a rotatable housing mounted for rotation on the stationary housing about a first axis, and a nozzle for ejecting the cleaning fluid, the nozzle being rotatably mounted on the rotatable housing so that the nozzle rotates about a second axis. A planetary gear train is driven by an impeller driven by the flow of cleaning fluid and drives the rotation of the rotatable housing. The planetary gear train is located between the apparatus inlet and the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Gamajet Cleaning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bentley F. Gleeson, Andrew K Delaney, Minh Quang Le, Robert E. Delaney
  • Publication number: 20030029931
    Abstract: A rotatable aerosol product 10 comprising an aerosol product 11 and a rotatable stand 12 attached to the bottom part of the aerosol product, wherein spray continues during rotation and the rotation frequency is 35 frequencies/minute or lower. A spray hole 13a of a nozzle 13 is positioned eccentrically from the rotation center and rotated by counteraction of spray from the nozzle 13. Rotation frequency is regulated by a friction force between a rotation member 31 and a fixed member 32 or a ball 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Shigekazu Zanma, Masazumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6505783
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for internally sealing live low pressure residential gas supply lines, including gas main tap and associated fittings, by applying sealant to the inside surface of the gas line. Sealing assemblies allow tapping and insertion of tools without gas escape to atmosphere, as well as application of sealant under gas pressure passed through a supply line which has the ability to rotate in order to feed itself through elbows and fittings to the point where sealing is required, as well as achieve uniform spray coverage of the target pipe's inner surface with sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Gas Research Institute
    Inventors: Richard M. Lazarski, Jr., Thomas V. Gobin, Alan J. Spivey
  • Publication number: 20020027171
    Abstract: A rotary nozzle for compressed air foam (CAF) has a barrel mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. The barrel is mounted to a CAF supply conduit and has a cross-sectional area substantially larger than the cross-sectional area of the conduit. Two non-equal orifices in the barrel, located on the opposite sides of the axis of rotation, distribute CAF such that it covers an almost complete, typically a circular area on the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventor: George Crampton
  • Patent number: 6332581
    Abstract: A sprinkler nozzle for a rotary sprinkler comprises two water flow passages extending therethrough, namely an upper passage and a parallel lower passage. The upper passage includes a straight, substantially cylindrical bore having stream straightening vanes, the upper passage watering radially outer portions of the watered pattern. The lower passage comprises a diffuser that reduces the energy of the water flowing into the lower passage by providing an expanded volume, namely a volume having a greater cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of the inlet. The water exits the diffuser through an outlet which includes a rear edge that forms an impact surface against which a portion of the boundary layer flow is directed. This impact surface is arch shaped and deflects the intercepted portion of the boundary layer flow from the top to the bottom of the lower passage. The boundary layer flow is then dumped onto a lower ramp of the outlet of the lower passage which lower ramp is downwardly inclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: The Toro Company
    Inventors: Douglas E. Chin, Chad P. McCormick
  • Patent number: 6328225
    Abstract: A rotary nozzle for compressed air foam (CAF) has a barrel mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. The barrel is mounted to a CAF supply conduit and has a cross-sectional area substantially larger than the cross-sectional area of the conduit. Two non-equal orifices in the barrel, located on the opposite sides of the axis of rotation, distribute CAF such that it covers an almost complete, typically a circular area on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventor: George Crampton
  • Publication number: 20010013557
    Abstract: A rotary drive sprinkler having a multiplicity of nozzles which can be changed at any time. The nozzle assembly can have a cylindrical housing having a plurality of nozzles to rotate against a cylindrical housing having at least one stream outlet opening. A nozzle assembly can have a cylindrical cavity at its outer portion receiving a flexible nozzle strip for directing flow from a nozzle housing. A nozzle sleeve, or ring, having a plurality of exit nozzles around the outside of the nozzle assembly can be rotated about an inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Carl L.C. Kah, Carl L.C. Kah
  • Patent number: 6164562
    Abstract: A rotary type swingable sprayer comprising a fixing tube head, a rotatable tube head, and a nozzle tube. The rotatable tube head is installed atop the fixing tube head, and the nozzle tube is installed atop the rotatable tube head. The lower end of the fixing tube head is connected with a water tube for guiding water. When water flows through the rotatable tube head, the rotatable tube head will swing nearly a full cycle repeatedly so as to drive the nozzle tube above to swing repeatedly. Thus, water is jetted out from the distal end of the nozzle tube. Therefore, water is sprayed out nearly through a full cycle in the whole area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: Chung-Cheng Wu
  • Patent number: 6123271
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the interior of a vessel by ejecting a rotating stream of fluid. The apparatus features a gear train driven by the fluid received by an inlet, a stationary housing, a rotatable housing mounted for rotation on the stationary housing about a first axis, and a nozzle for ejecting the fluid, the nozzle being rotatably mounted on the rotatable housing so that the nozzle rotates about a second axis. A gear train is located between the inlet and the nozzle. In addition, a first gear, which, along with the gear train, drives rotation of the rotatable housing about the first axis, and a second gear, which drives the rotation of the nozzle housing about the second axis, are disposed on opposite sides of the second axis. A deflector deflects fluid running along the input drive shaft away from the gear train housing and a passage drains the deflected fluid to the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Gamajet Cleaning Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Delaney, Minh Quang Le, Bentley F. Gleeson, Warren F. Geiger
  • Patent number: 6062490
    Abstract: A sprinkling apparatus constructed as a square sprinkler has a nozzle arrangement with a straight row of nozzles, whereof each has a nozzle inlet connected by a nozzle duct to a nozzle outlet. At least in a portion between the nozzle inlet and nozzle outlet, the nozzles are constructed as rubber-like water guidance ducts, which are disconnectable by a force action transversely to the water flow direction. For the disconnection of individual nozzles clamping sliders are provided and are displaceable transversely to the water flow direction against the rubber-like nozzles and in the case of a displacement in each case disconnect or release again a nozzle. This permits a very variable adjustment of the sprinkling pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Gardena Kress +Kastner GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Katzer, Wolfgang Lindermeir
  • Patent number: 5918813
    Abstract: A rotating spray head (2) includes a hollow stem (4) to which a body (18) is rotatably mounted. The body has a generally cylindrical outside surface (14) and distal and proximal ends (18,16); the ends have generally U-shaped edges (49). The inlet stem and body define a generally cylindrical reservoir (38) therebetween. A pair of offset side nozzles (42) are formed through the outside surface of the body. End nozzles (48) are formed through each of the U-shaped edges. Liquid flows from the reservoir through the side nozzles along offset flow paths to spin the body and through the end nozzles along flow paths passing generally through the axis. The rotating spray head thus provides a simple, compact spray nozzle which can provide a full 360.degree. spray pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Inventor: David L. Rucker
  • Patent number: 5749524
    Abstract: A side driving element for an irrigation device with an oscillating arm comprises a casing. Inside the casing there is rotatably housed a turbine rotor having an axis of rotation parallel to that of the oscillating arm of the irrigation device. The rotor powers the oscillating arm. An external mouth connects to a supply conduit of an irrigation liquid. The mouth has an axis lying in a plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotor, and communicates with an internal rectilinear conduit aligned with the mouth and directed toward the rotor, so that a jet of irrigation liquid supplied by said supply conduit is not subjected to deviations before reaching the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Claber S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianfranco Roman
  • Patent number: 5746374
    Abstract: A rotary sprinkler is provided having a stationary base with a water inlet for attachment to a conventional garden hose and a main housing operatively mounted on the base for rotation about a vertical axis. A turret assembly comprising a turret housing is operatively mounted on the main housing for concomitant rotation therewith during operation. The turret housing has an outer surface, a generally cylindrical inner surface, and a tapered inner surface. A plurality of nozzle interface extensions are attached to the outer surface and extend radially outwardly therefrom on an axis generally perpendicular to the tapered inner surface. A plurality of outwardly extending ribs are also attached to the outer surface of the turret housing to facilitate the user rotating the turret housing relative the main housing. A plurality of nozzles are seated in the nozzle interface extensions. Water discharged from the nozzles is deflected by a deflector slidingly disposed on the turret housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Melnor Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio G. Simonetti, Howard W. Andrews
  • Patent number: 5657928
    Abstract: An adjustment structure of a rotary sprinkler, including a rotary seat, a plastic rotary tube body, a rubber pad, several adjustment ball valves and a plastic pressing cover. The rotary seat includes a head portion and a tail portion connected therewith. An adjustment member is disposed on the head portion and formed with a fitting hole and a water-incoming head. The tail portion is formed with a fitting hole. The plastic rotary tube body has a close end and an open end. The rotary tube body is formed with an axial channel and several water-outgoing holes are formed on a bottom of the axial channel. The rubber pad is disposed with several concaves. An orifice is disposed on a bottom of each concave. Each adjustment ball valve has a lower ball portion and an upper post portion. An upward tapered sprinkling hole extends from a center of a top face of the post portion to a bottom end of the ball portion. The plastic pressing cover is formed with several through holes on a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Inventor: May-Be Jian
  • Patent number: 5617886
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, a high pressure fluid blaster includes a rotating nozzle which has a plurality of separate fluid jet orifices. The fluid jet orifices are geometrically configured such that rotation of the nozzle in a single direction, i.e. clockwise, results in the desired metal cleaning or stripping. The plurality of jets are divided into two or more sets, each set having at least one jet therein, with the jets in each set oriented at a different angle from the jets in the other sets. This configuration will produce tubular streams of fluid as the nozzle rotates such that the streams first converge, then intersect, and finally diverge. As the jet streams are applied to a surface after the streams have diverged, they score the surface with concentric circular grooves due to the force of the high pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1997
    Inventor: George J. Mathieus
  • Patent number: 5598977
    Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler nozzle comprising a nozzle body having an elongated range nozzle passageway formed therethrough, a spreader nozzle outlet fed by a pressure reducing chamber disposed below the passageway, and a tertiary nozzle outlet disposed laterally of the passageway and above the spreader nozzle outlet, the tertiary nozzle outlet receiving water from the pressure reducing chamber through a pressure reducing flow port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Anthony Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Charles D. Lemme
  • Patent number: 5598976
    Abstract: A spray arm of a dish washer having improved washing efficiency by providing the spray arm to pulsate through utilizing the feeding and draining action of washing water, comprises first and second rotation nozzles oppositely formed in each end of the spray arm; a ball moved by washing water fed into the spray arm and the weight of the ball itself, the ball for closing either one of the first and the second nozzles, and a guide member for guiding the ball to move only in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae W. Jang, See M. Jeon
  • Patent number: 5579787
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning a container having a top, an opening in the top, bottom, sides and a longitudinal axis comprises a sprayhead for spraying cleaning solution inside the container and being translatably moveable along the container longitudinal axis and rotatably moveable about the container longitudinal axis. The sprayhead has a pair of spray nozzle orifices opposing and crossing one another and being aimed downwardly into the container. Respective solution streams exiting the pair of nozzle orifices cross and clean the bottom of the container completely to its center. An alternative form of cleaning apparatus for cleaning a container having a fixed agitator comprises a sprayhead for spraying cleaning solution having a pair of nozzle orifices oppositely directed to one another and being aimed toward the sides of the container and defining an axis offset from the sprayhead longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: MPW Industrial Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert B. Wood
  • Patent number: 5570712
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, a high pressure fluid blaster includes a rotating nozzle which has a plurality of separate fluid jet orifices. The fluid jet orifices are geometrically configured such that rotation of the nozzle in a single direction, i.e. clockwise, results in the desired metal cleaning or stripping. The plurality of jets are divided into two or more sets, each set having at least one jet therein, with the jets in each set oriented at a different angle from the jets in the other sets. This configuration will produce tubular streams of fluid as the nozzle rotates such that the streams first converge, then intersect, and finally diverge. As the jet streams are applied to a surface after the streams have diverged, they score the surface with concentric circular grooves due to the force of the high pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Inventor: George J. Mathieus
  • Patent number: 5544814
    Abstract: A rotatable outlet nozzle for use in a rotary sprinkler adapted to be rotatably mounted and driven in a sprinkler housing and comprising a through-flow tube portion, a curved deflector wall portion merging with an outlet end of the tube and defining a main outlet and an auxiliary outlet formed in the deflecting wall in a position thereof opposite the main outlet, the positioning and dimensions of the auxiliary outlet being such that an auxiliary water spray emerges therefrom in a direction opposite to that of a main water spray emerging from the main outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Dan Mamtirim, Israeli Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Benjamin Spenser