Switch-equipped sprinkler

• US 7,100,845 B1
• Filed: 10/24/2005
• Issued: 09/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elvis Hsieh
• Original Assignee: Elvis Hsieh
• Inventors: Hsieh, Elvis
• Primary Examiner(s): Keasel, Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): GORMAN, DARREN W
• Application Number:
  US11/255,934
• Time in Patent Office: 316 Days
• Field of Search: 239/447, 239/444, 239/448, 239/449, 239/525, 239/558, 239/559, 239/563, 239/582.1, 239/436, 239/443, 239/446, 239/548, 239/560, 239/562, 239/565, 239/581.1, 239/DIG.1
• US Class Current: 239/447
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/1627 with a selecting mechanism comprising a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock B05B1/1681 takes precedence; gate valves or sliding valves in general F16K3/00; cocks in general F16K5/00
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/18 Roses; Shower heads with means for adding soap or the like E03C1/046; jet regulators E03C1/08

Abstract

A switch-equipped sprinkler including a main body, a rotary water-distributing switch and a color-changeable warning facial cap mounted in a facial cap of the sprinkler. The switch is mounted in the main body. The switch has an operating handle arranged between the facial cap and the handle of the sprinkler. In the case that the temperature of the water exceeds a set value, the color-changeable facial cap will warn a user. The switch is operable with single handle to control the path of the water flow and switch the figures of the sprinkled water as necessary.

Claims

1. A switch-equipped sprinkler comprising a rear cap, a water-distributing tray, a switch and a facial cap, wherein:

the rear cap has a hollow handle integrally connected with the rear cap, a first connecting section being disposed at a center of the rear cap, a first water outlet and a second water outlet being disposed under the first connecting section;

the water-distributing tray is mounted on a front side of the rear cap, a tubular body being arranged on a circumference of the water-distributing tray, a third water outlet being formed on the tubular body, an upper water outlet being formed on the tubular body above the third water outlet, a second connecting section being disposed at a center of the water-distributing tray for fixedly connecting with the first connecting section of the rear cap;

the switch is mounted in the tubular body of the water-distributing tray and composed of an operating handle and a guide section, the guide section being formed with a fourth water outlet for communicating with the second water outlet and the third water outlet, the guide section being further formed with a fifth water outlet for communicating with the first water outlet, the fifth water outlet being positioned above the fourth water outlet approximately opposite to the fourth water outlet without communicating with the fourth water outlet, the guide section having a first stop section formed on a back face of the fourth water outlet for blocking the second water outlet, the guide section further having a second stop section formed on a back face of the fifth water outlet for blocking the first water outlet; and

the facial cap is mounted on the water-distributing tray, a massaging cap being screwed in a center of the facial cap, the facial cap and the massaging cap being formed with multiple perforations through which the water is ejected.

2. The switch-equipped sprinkler as claimed in claim 1, wherein a resilient member and a stop member are disposed in the rear cap near the handle, a toothed section being formed on a backside of the switch, whereby the resilient member can push the stop member to engage with the toothed section.

3. The switch-equipped sprinkler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second water outlet of the rear cap via the fourth water outlet of the switch communicates with the third water outlet of the tubular body, whereby the water can be ejected from the perforations of the facial cap and the fifth water outlet of the switch communicates with the first water outlet of the rear cap, whereby the water can flow through a sixth water outlet to the upper water outlet and enter the perforations of the massaging cap at the center.

4. The switch-equipped sprinkler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the massaging cap is made of a plastic material the color of which is thermally changeable.