Hand-held water nozzle for gardening or washing

• US 6,511,001 B1
• Filed: 06/03/2002
• Issued: 01/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dustin Huang
• Original Assignee: Dustin Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Dustin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mar, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dinh Q.
• Application Number:
  US10/159,937
• Time in Patent Office: 239 Days
• Field of Search: 239/525, 239/526, 239/587.1, 239/587.5, 239/587.6, 239/588, 239/532, 239/289, 239/140, 285/184, 285/185, 285/123, 285/168, 285/273, 285/275, 285/279, 285/272
• US Class Current: 239/526
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/18 Roses; Shower heads with means for adding soap or the like E03C1/046; jet regulators E03C1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/652 whereby the jet can be oriented

Abstract

A hand-held water nozzle includes a handle and a nozzle head fastened to a head mount which is rotatably fastened to a seat in conjunction with a slide block. The seat is fastened fixedly to the handle. The head mount is provided with a toothed portion. The slide block is provided with a toothed portion. The toothed portions of the head mount and the slide block are engaged with each other, thereby enabling the nozzle head to be angularly adjusted in a series of steps.

Claims

1. A hand-held water nozzle comprising:

a handle comprising, in an interior, a water channel, and, at one end thereof, a hose connector fastened thereto such that the hose connector is aligned with said water channel, said handle provided at another end with a tubular seat fastened thereto, said tubular seat provided in the side wall of a hollow interior with a water admitting hole in communication with said water channel of said handle, said seat comprised of a closed end and an open end opposite to said closed end, said seat further provided in the hollow interior with a fastening pillar extending toward said open end from an inner wall of said closed end such that said fastening pillar is comprised of, in a free end, a threaded hole, and, in an outer wall, a plurality of retaining ribs;

a spring fitted over said fastening pillar such that an inner end of said spring urges the inner wall of said closed end of said seat;

a slide block comprised of an axial through hole which is in turn provided in an inner wall with a plurality of retaining slots, said slide block being mounted on said fastening pillar of said seat such that said retaining ribs are received in said retaining slots, and that an inner end of said slide block is urged by an outer end of said spring, said slide block further provided at an outer end with a toothed portion;

a head mount provided in an interior with a water slot which is comprised of, in a top wall, a through hole and, in a center, a tubular projection comprising an axial through hole and a toothed portion located at an inner end thereof whereby said head mount is rotatably mounted on said fastening pillar of said seat such that said axial through hole of said tubular projection is fitted over said fastening pillar, and that said toothed portion of the inner end of said tubular projection is engaged with said toothed portion of said slide block, and further that said head mount is fastened to said fastening pillar of said seat by a fastening bolt which is engaged with said threaded hole of the free end of said fastening pillar via said axial through hole of said tubular projection and said axial through hole of said slide block; and

a nozzle head provided at one end with at least one water discharging hole and fastened at another end to said head mount such that said water discharging hole is in communication with said through hole of the top wall of said water slot of said head mount whereby said nozzle head is turned along with said head mount at the time when said head mount is turned on said fastening pillar serving as a pivot, with said nozzle head being turned in relation to said seat in a series of steps by virtue of the engagement of said toothed portions of said slide block and said tubular projection of said head mount.

2. The hand-held water nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein said head mount is comprised of an inner end edge;

wherein said seat is comprised of, at an open end, an annular groove, and a washer located in said annular groove such that said washer is in an intimate contact with said inner end edge of said head mount.

3. The hand-held water nozzle as defined in claim 1, wherein said head mount is comprised of an outer end edge having a flange, said head mount further comprised of a cover whereby said cover is provided in an open end with a retaining groove and is joined with said outer end edge such that said retaining groove retains said flange of said outer end edge of said head mount.