Adjustable bubbler sprinkler head
First Claim
1. A sprinkler head comprising:
- an annular body having means on a lower portion thereof for fixedly securing the same to a supply member having a source of water under pressure communicated therewith;
said body having a tubular member therein defining an interiorly threaded opening extending axially in relation to said annular body;
an adjusting screw threadably mounted in said interiorly threaded opening, said screw having an enlarged head on the lower end thereof disposed in communicating relation to the water under pressure communicated with said body;
means within said body defining inlet passage means disposed in flow restricted relation with respect to said adjusting screw head whereby the axial position of said adjusting screw head determines the amount of flow of water through said inlet passage means;
said body having an annular wall disposed outwardly of said inlet passage means and extending upwardly therefrom for directing the flow of water passing through said inlet passage means upwardly along the interior thereof;
a spray adjusting member mounted on the upper end portion of said tubular member for axial adjustment with respect thereto;
said spray adjusting member having an upper end wall extending radially outwardly in a position above said annular wall so as to receive the water flowing upwardly therealong and direct the same outwardly;
said spray adjusting member having a peripheral wall extending downwardly from the periphery of said upper end wall in spaced relation to said annular wall so as to cause the flow of water directed outwardly by said upper end wall to pass downwardly between the interior of said peripheral wall and the exterior of said annular wall; and
cooperating downwardly facing surface means on the lower portion of said peripheral wall and upwardly facing surface means on said body for confining the water flowing downwardly between said peripheral wall and said annular wall into an outwardly directed spray pattern which can be varied depending upon the axial position of adjustment of said spray adjusting member with respect to said body.
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Abstract
A sprinkler head comprising an annular sprinkler body of molded plastic having a tubular member of molded plastic snapped into operative fixed relation within the central portion thereof. A flow adjusting screw is threaded within the tubular member and has its head in adjustable flow restricting relation to inlet passages in the sprinkler body. Water flowing through the controlled inlet passages moves upwardly along the interior of an annular wall in the annular body, outwardly along an end wall of a molded plastic spray adjusting member threadedly mounted on the upper end of the tubular member, downwardly between the exterior of the annular wall and the interior of a peripheral wall of the adjusting member and then radially outwardly between cooperating flow pattern defining surfaces on the spray adjusting member and sprinkler body. The axial position of the spray adjusting member determines the spray pattern which is variable from a thick umbrella sheet pattern to a plurality of annularly spaced radially extending discrete streams.
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14 Claims
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1. A sprinkler head comprising:
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an annular body having means on a lower portion thereof for fixedly securing the same to a supply member having a source of water under pressure communicated therewith; said body having a tubular member therein defining an interiorly threaded opening extending axially in relation to said annular body; an adjusting screw threadably mounted in said interiorly threaded opening, said screw having an enlarged head on the lower end thereof disposed in communicating relation to the water under pressure communicated with said body; means within said body defining inlet passage means disposed in flow restricted relation with respect to said adjusting screw head whereby the axial position of said adjusting screw head determines the amount of flow of water through said inlet passage means; said body having an annular wall disposed outwardly of said inlet passage means and extending upwardly therefrom for directing the flow of water passing through said inlet passage means upwardly along the interior thereof; a spray adjusting member mounted on the upper end portion of said tubular member for axial adjustment with respect thereto; said spray adjusting member having an upper end wall extending radially outwardly in a position above said annular wall so as to receive the water flowing upwardly therealong and direct the same outwardly; said spray adjusting member having a peripheral wall extending downwardly from the periphery of said upper end wall in spaced relation to said annular wall so as to cause the flow of water directed outwardly by said upper end wall to pass downwardly between the interior of said peripheral wall and the exterior of said annular wall; and cooperating downwardly facing surface means on the lower portion of said peripheral wall and upwardly facing surface means on said body for confining the water flowing downwardly between said peripheral wall and said annular wall into an outwardly directed spray pattern which can be varied depending upon the axial position of adjustment of said spray adjusting member with respect to said body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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