Oscillating lawn spray with variable width and length

• US 4,245,786 A
• Filed: 04/16/1979
• Issued: 01/20/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George Spector, Johan E. Abrahamsen
• Original Assignee: George Spector, Johan E. Abrahamsen
• Inventors: Spector, George, Abrahamsen, Johan E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forman, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US06/030,326
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• Field of Search: 239/229, 239/242, 239/264, 239/265, 239/546, 239/566, 239/567, 239/587, 239/602, 239/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 239/242
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 3/044 Tubular elements holding several outlets, e.g. apertured tubes, oscillating about an axis substantially parallel to the tubular element
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 239/01 Pattern sprinkler

Abstract

A lawn sprinkler having a perforated spray hose that is selectively flexed into a desired curvature and secured fixedly in the desired curvature in order to produce a variable water spray pattern, the device including, in one design, an adjustable jack mounted on rotatable adapters at the hose ends.

Claims

1. An oscillating lawn spray device with variable width and length of spray area, comprising a frame having a water driven oscillating mechanism at one end and a bearing block at the opposite end spaced from said mechanism, said mechanism including a inlet adapted for connection to a water supply and rotatable outlet fitting oscillated by said mechanism in combination with a flexible spray hose having spaced perforations, said hose being secured at one end to said fitting and at its other end to an adapter mounted on said block providing for hose rotation relative to said block, in further combination with means on said device for varying the curvature of said spray hose causing thereby variations in the length of the spray pattern due to the angular change in the direction of emission of each spray stream from said holes, said means including an adjustable member contacting said hose at various longitudinal positions thus causing varying hose contours.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means includes an extendable jack, pivotally and movably mounted relative to said frame and hose, an outward end of said jack having a clamp for supporting adjustably said hose, said jack including a turnbuckle for extending the jack, further including means coacting with said jack to cause lateral curvature of said hose simultaneously with curvature due to jack extension.

3. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said hose is secured to a brace comprised of segments pivotally connected together by means of set screws, said set screws selectively locking said segments rigidly together, each segment being secured to the hose at spaced locations.

4. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said spray hose and adapter are removably mounted on said block and outlet fitting.

5. The combination as set forth in claim 4, including further means mounted on said adapter adjustably engaging the hose to adjust the curvature of said hose.

6. The combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein said means further comprises a bar affixed at one end to said outlet fitting and mounted at its opposite end adjustably on said adapter, said bar supporting said member at right angles thereto, said member being longitudinally adjustable along said bar and including means for varying the distance between said bar and contact with said hose wherein said adaptor is slidably mounted through said bar opposite end and said block, whereby said bar and hose will rotate together and said adapter will slide longitudinally relative to said block.