Gear typed sprinkler assembly

• US 8,348,179 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2011
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kwan-ten Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kwan-ten Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Po-Hsiung, Wang, Tzu-Meng
• Primary Examiner(s): Gorman, Darren W
• Application Number:
  US13/018,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20120097760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 239200-206, 239/225.1, 239/237, 239/240, 239/242, 239/246, 239/248, 239/263.3, 239/273, 239/275, 239/DIG.1
• US Class Current: 239/240
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 3/0422 with rotating outlet elements

Abstract

A sprinkler assembly has a body, a base assembly, a wheel, a gear assembly, a discharging valve, a spraying head and a cover. The wheel is rotatably mounted in a wheel chamber in the base assembly and has a driving gear. The gear assembly has gear sets engaging each other. Each gear set has a driving gear and a driven gear coaxially mounted on the driving gear. The driving gear has a number of teeth different from that of the driving gear. The driving gear of one of the gear set engages the driving gear on the wheel. The discharging valve has at least one discharging hole. The spraying head is coaxially connected rotatably to the discharging valve and has at least one aligning hole selectively aligns respectively with the at least one discharging hole in the discharging valve.

Claims

1. A sprinkler assembly comprising:

a body having

a holding chamber defined in the body; and

a connecting plug formed on one end of the body and having an inlet;

a base assembly mounted in the holding chamber of the body and comprising

a lower base having

a top;

a bottom;

a wheel chamber formed in the bottom; and

a water entrance formed in the bottom and communicating with the wheel chamber via a passage; and

an upper base being hollow, formed on and protruding from the top of the lower base and having a bottom segment separated from the top of the lower base to define a gap between the bottom segment of the upper base and the top of the lower base and communicating with the wheel chamber in the lower base;

a wheel rotatably mounted in the wheel chamber in the lower base and having

a driving gear mounted through the top of the top of the lower base and held in the gap between the lower and upper bases; and

multiple blades formed around the driving gear and each blade having a free end corresponding to the passage;

a gear assembly comprising multiple gear sets engaging each other, each gear set comprising a driving gear and a driven gear coaxially mounted on the driving gear and having a number of teeth different from that of the driving gear, wherein the driving gear of one of the gear set engages the driving gear on the wheel;

a discharging valve mounted on the base assembly and having

a valve board mounted on the base assembly; and

at least one discharging hole defined through the valve board;

a spraying head being hollow, coaxially connected rotatably to the discharging valve and having

a bottom;

multiple spraying holes defined in the spraying head at positions away from the bottom of the spraying head;

a driven gear mounted around the bottom of the spraying head and engaging the driven gear of one of the gear sets of the gear assembly; and

at least one aligning hole defined through the bottom of the spraying head and selectively aligning respectively with the at least one discharging hole in the discharging valve; and

a cover mounted on the body and having a through hole defined through the cover and through which the spraying head extends out.

2. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower base further has three gear axles formed on and protruding from the top of the lower base, separated from each other and including a first gear axle, a second gear axle and a third gear axle;

the gear sets are respectively mounted rotatably around the gear axles;

the driving gear on the wheel engages the driving gear on the gear set that is mounted around the first gear axle; and

the driven gear on the spraying head engages the driven gear on the gear set that is mounted around the second gear axle.

3. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the base assembly further comprises a bottom lid attached to the bottom of the lower base to close the wheel chamber and the water entrance and having

a wheel axle around which the wheel is mounted rotatably formed on and protruding from the bottom lid;

and

a water opening defined through the bottom lid and aligning and communicating with the water entrance in the lower base; and

the upper base further has an axle hole defined in the bottom segment of the upper base and into which a top of the wheel axle is mounted.

4. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein

the upper base further has a post hole defined in a top of the upper base;

the discharging valve further has

a positioning post formed on and protruding from a bottom of the valve board and mounted securely in the post hole in the upper base; and

a spindle hole defined in a top of the valve board; and

the spraying head further has a spindle formed on and protruding from the bottom of the spraying head and mounted rotatably in the spindle hole in the valve board of the discharging valve.

5. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the gear assembly comprises six gear sets including

a first gear set mounted around the first gear axle on the lower base and engaging the driving gear on the wheel;

a second gear set mounted around the second gear axle on the lower base and engaging the first gear set;

a third gear set mounted around the third gear axle on the lower base and engaging the second gear set;

a fourth gear set mounted around the second gear axle on the lower base and engaging the third gear set;

a fifth gear set mounted around the third gear axle on the lower base and engaging the fourth gear set; and

a sixth gear set mounted around the second gear axle on the lower base and engaging the fifth gear set and the driven gear on the spraying head.

6. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the spraying head comprises

an upper head being hollow and having

multiple first spraying holes defined through a top of the upper head;

a conical bottom; and

multiple inclined slots formed in the conical bottom;

a lower head connected to the conical bottom of the upper head and having

a conical recess defined in a top of the lower head and holding the conical bottom of the upper head inside to define multiple second spraying holes by the conical recess in cooperation with the inclined slots in the conical bottom of the upper head.

7. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein

the cover further has

multiple connecting tubes formed on a bottom of the cover and connected respectively with the gear axles on the lower base;

and

multiple connecting columns formed on and protruding from the bottom of the cover; and

the upper base further has multiple column holes defined in the top of the upper base and mounted respectively around the connecting columns on the cover.

8. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein

the lower base further has a central hole defined through the lower base and communicating with the wheel chamber and the gap between the lower and upper bases;

and

the upper base further has multiple side openings defined in the upper base and communicating with the holding chamber in the body.

9. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base assembly further comprises a bottom lid attached to the bottom of the lower base to close the wheel chamber and the water entrance and having

a wheel axle around which the wheel is mounted rotatably formed on and protruding from the bottom lid;

and

a water opening defined through the bottom lid and aligning and communicating with the water entrance in the lower base; and

the upper base further has an axle hole defined in the bottom segment of the upper base and into which a top of the wheel axle is mounted.

10. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the upper base further has a post hole defined in a top of the upper base;

the discharging valve further has

a positioning post formed on and protruding from a bottom of the valve board and mounted securely in the post hole in the upper base; and

a spindle hole defined in a top of the valve board; and

the spraying head further has a spindle formed on and protruding from the bottom of the spraying head and mounted rotatably in the spindle hole in the valve board of the discharging valve.

11. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spraying head comprises

an upper head being hollow and having

multiple first spraying holes defined through a top of the upper head;

a conical bottom; and

multiple inclined slots formed in the conical bottom;

a lower head connected to the conical bottom of the upper head and having

a conical recess defined in a top of the lower head and holding the conical bottom of the upper head inside to define multiple second spraying holes by the conical recess in cooperation with the inclined slots in the conical bottom of the upper head.

12. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the lower base further has a central hole defined through the lower base and communicating with the wheel chamber and the gap between the lower and upper bases;

and

the upper base further has multiple side openings defined in the upper base and communicating with the holding chamber in the body.

13. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the gear assembly comprises six gear sets including

a first gear set mounted around the first gear axle on the lower base and engaging the driving gear on the wheel;

a second gear set mounted around the second gear axle on the lower base and engaging the first gear set;

a third gear set mounted around the third gear axle on the lower base and engaging the second gear set;

a fourth gear set mounted around the second gear axle on the lower base and engaging the third gear set;

a fifth gear set mounted around the third gear axle on the lower base and engaging the fourth gear set; and

a sixth gear set mounted around the second gear axle on the lower base and engaging the fifth gear set and the driven gear on the spraying head.

14. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein

the cover further has

multiple connecting tubes formed on a bottom of the cover and connected respectively with the gear axles on the lower base;

and

multiple connecting columns formed on and protruding from the bottom of the cover; and

the upper base further has multiple column holes defined in the top of the upper base and mounted respectively around the connecting columns on the cover.

15. The sprinkler assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the cover further has

multiple connecting tubes formed on a bottom of the cover and connected respectively with the gear axles on the lower base;

and

multiple connecting columns formed on and protruding from the bottom of the cover; and

the upper base further has multiple column holes defined in the top of the upper base and mounted respectively around the connecting columns on the cover.