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Rotary sprinkler with intermittent motion

  • US 5,758,827 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1995
  • Issued: 06/02/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rotary sprinkler comprising:

  • a supporting structure having an inlet for receiving irrigation water;

    a sprinkler head mounted for rotational movement on the supporting structure and adapted to receive irrigation water from the inlet;

    a drive motor carried by the supporting structure;

    a drive train having a rotational output and being drivingly coupled to the motor and to the sprinkler head so that the rotational output can impart rotational movement to the sprinkler head;

    said drive train including an intermittent motion mechanism for causing a pause in said rotational output whereby the sprinkler head is rotated intermittently; and

    said intermittent motion mechanism including a driving gear and a driven gear, said driving and driven gears having gear tooth surfaces which are engageable to cause the driving gear to drive the driven gear and disengageable to enable creation of said pause.

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