Dual Control Spray Nozzle with Detachable Head

• US 20160250651A1
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Glenn A. Ayers
• Original Assignee: Glenn A. Ayers
• Inventors: Ayers, Glenn A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,849,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/16 having selectively- effective outlets
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/3026 the controlling element being a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock B05B1/3006, B05B1/326 take precedence; gate valves or sliding valves in general F16K3/00; cocks in general F16K5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 12/002 Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers for single units B05B11/00

Abstract

A handheld sprayer nozzle is provided that has dual levers connected to an internal rotary valve for easily and comfortably controlling and turning on and off the flow of water or other liquid or fluid emitted through the sprayer nozzle and out of its head from either side of the sprayer regardless of the orientation of the sprayer head relative to a user holding the sprayer nozzle. The handheld sprayer nozzle is connectable to an end of a pressurized hose. The sprayer nozzle'"'"'s dual control levers are located on opposite sides of the sprayer nozzle so as to be generally located in positions opposite to one another and may be easily operated from either side of the sprayer nozzle by a user'"'"'s thumb. The sprayer nozzle'"'"'s head is also detachable so that sprayer heads of different lengths and spray patterns can be attached to the sprayer nozzle for different uses.

Claims

1. A sprayer nozzle comprising a first lever and an opposing second lever for turning on and off and controlling a flow of liquid from a spray head of the sprayer nozzle by operation of the first lever or second lever from either side of the sprayer nozzle.

2. The sprayer nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first lever and second lever are manually adjustable from any orientation of the sprayer nozzle when held in a hand of a user.

3. The sprayer nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first lever and second lever are tabs protruding from a rotatable lever.

4. The sprayer nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first lever and second lever are oriented in a plane that is generally the same as that of front and rear faces of a head of the sprayer nozzle.

5. The sprayer nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first lever and second lever are oriented in a plane that is generally perpendicular to a plane in which front and rear faces of a head of the sprayer nozzle are oriented.

6. The sprayer nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first lever and second lever are manipulable by one or more thumbs, fingers, or hands of a user to turn on, turn off, and control the flow of fluid through the sprayer nozzle that is emitted out of a head of the sprayer nozzle.

7. The sprayer nozzle of claim 1, wherein the first lever and second lever are adjustable to open, close, and control a volume of fluid passing through a rotary valve.

8. A sprayer nozzle comprising one or more detachable spray shafts.

9. The sprayer nozzle of claim 8, further comprising a first lever and an opposing second lever for turning on and off and controlling a flow of liquid from a spray head of the sprayer nozzle by operation of the first lever or second lever from either side of the sprayer nozzle.

10. The sprayer nozzle of claim 9, wherein the first lever and second lever are manually adjustable from any orientation of the sprayer nozzle when held in a hand of a user.

11. The sprayer nozzle of claim 8, wherein the one or more detachable spray shafts are attachable and detachable to and from a second end of a sprayer shaft of the sprayer nozzle.

12. The sprayer nozzle of claim 8, wherein the one or more detachable spray shafts are constructed to vary in shape, size, length, and configuration of spray pattern through location, size, and arrangement of spray apertures in a head of the spray shaft.

13. The sprayer nozzle of claim 9, wherein the first lever and second lever are tabs protruding from a rotatable lever.

14. The sprayer nozzle of claim 9, wherein the first lever and second lever are oriented in a plane that is generally the same as that of front and rear faces of a head of the sprayer nozzle.

15. The sprayer nozzle of claim 9, wherein the first lever and second lever are oriented in a plane that is generally perpendicular to a plane in which front and rear faces of a head of the sprayer nozzle are oriented.

16. A sprayer nozzle comprising a first lever and an opposing second lever for turning on and off and controlling a flow of liquid from a spray head of the sprayer nozzle by operation of the first lever or second lever from either side of the sprayer nozzle and further comprising one or more detachable spray shafts.

17. The sprayer nozzle of claim 16, wherein the first lever and second lever are manually adjustable from any orientation of the sprayer nozzle when held in a hand of a user.

18. The sprayer nozzle of claim 16, wherein the one or more detachable spray shafts are attachable and detachable to and from a second end of a sprayer shaft of the sprayer nozzle and are constructed to vary in shape, size, length, and configuration of spray pattern through location, size, and arrangement of spray apertures in a head of the spray shaft.

19. The sprayer nozzle of claim 16, wherein the first lever and second lever are tabs protruding from a rotatable lever.

20. The sprayer nozzle of claim 16, wherein the first lever and second lever are oriented in a plane that is generally the same as or generally perpendicular to a plane in which front and rear faces of a head of the sprayer nozzle are oriented.