EP3542907A1 - Sprinklerstruktur - Google Patents

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EP3542907A1
EP3542907A1 EP18162876.9A EP18162876A EP3542907A1 EP 3542907 A1 EP3542907 A1 EP 3542907A1 EP 18162876 A EP18162876 A EP 18162876A EP 3542907 A1 EP3542907 A1 EP 3542907A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/0409—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements
    • B05B3/0418—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements comprising a liquid driven rotor, e.g. a turbine
    • B05B3/0422—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements comprising a liquid driven rotor, e.g. a turbine with rotating outlet elements
    • B05B3/0431—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements comprising a liquid driven rotor, e.g. a turbine with rotating outlet elements the rotative movement of the outlet elements being reversible
    • B05B3/044—Tubular elements holding several outlets, e.g. apertured tubes, oscillating about an axis substantially parallel to the tubular element
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/16—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets
    • B05B1/1627—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets with a selecting mechanism comprising a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock
    • B05B1/1672—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets with a selecting mechanism comprising a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock the selectively-effective outlets being arranged on a tube or pipe
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/30—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • B05B1/3026—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling element being a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock

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  • the present disclosure relates to a sprinkler structure which contains a control bar configured to control water to flow into or not flow into the first gathering zone or the second gathering zone.
  • a conventional garden sprinkle is disclosed in US Patent No. 7258286 and US Patent No. 728714 , wherein each control element mates with a tube so that water flows out of a sole nozzle, thus limiting water spray.
  • a sprinkler device is disclosed in 2010133236 A1 , wherein water flows out of a control bar on a peripheral side of the sprinkler device via a bend section of the sprinkler device, thus reducing flowing speed.
  • at least four seal rings are arranged on the control bar, thus increasing moving resistance of the control bar.
  • a primary aspect of the present invention is to provide a sprinkler structure which contains a control bar configured to control water to flow into or not flow into the first gathering zone or the second gathering zone, thus controlling a number of the multiple nozzle elements where water sprays out.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a sprinkler structure which avoids water leakage out of the accommodation tube.
  • a sprinkler structure provided by a first embodiment of the present invention is provided according to claim 1.
  • a sprinkler structure provided by a second embodiment of the present invention is provided according to claim 2.
  • a single control element may control the water output of a plurality of nozzles. This is achieved either by having the control element controlling water entry to a plurality of chambers, each of which is connected to at least one nozzle, or by controlling water entry to a single chamber which is connected to a plurality of nozzles.
  • An example sprinkler structure contains: an accommodation tube, multiple water outflow zones separately defined on a middle section of a top of the accommodation tube, multiple grooved partitions arranged on two ends of the top of the accommodation tube respectively, multiple first water gathering zones and multiple second water gathering zones which are defined inside the multiple grooved partitions individually.
  • Each of the multiple first water gathering zones has a first inlet defined on a bottom thereof and communicating with the accommodation tube
  • each of the multiple second water gathering zones has a second inlet defined on a bottom thereof and communicating with the accommodation tube
  • the accommodation tube includes multiple first guide orifices arranged on a first peripheral side thereof
  • the accommodation tube includes multiple second guide orifices arranged on a second peripheral side thereof, wherein each of the multiple first guide orifices is located below two sides of each first water gathering zone and communicates with the accommodation tube, and each of the multiple second guide orifices is located below two sides of each second water gathering zone and communicates with the accommodation tube, hence a control bar is rotatably connected and horizontally moves in each first guide orifice and each second guide orifice.
  • the control bar includes an inflow chamber defined on a top thereof and includes a receiving portion formed on a side of the inflow chamber so as to house a stop element, such that the stop element abuts against a bottom of each first water gathering zone and of each second water gathering zone.
  • the control bar further includes two seal rings accommodated thereon and individually abutting against each first guide orifice and each second guide orifice, and the accommodation tube further includes an elongated lid connected on the top of the accommodation tube so as to cover and separate the multiple water outflow zones, the multiple first water gathering zones, and the multiple second water gathering zones.
  • the elongated lid includes multiple nozzle elements formed on a top thereof, each first water gathering zone communicates with one or more than one nozzle element, and each second water gathering zone communicates with one or more than one nozzle element.
  • a further example sprinkler structure contains: an accommodation tube including multiple water gathering zones so as to match with a control bar, each of the multiple water gathering zones having an inlet defined on a bottom of each water gathering zone and communicates with the control bar.
  • the accommodation tube includes multiple first guide orifices arranged on a first peripheral side thereof, and the accommodation tube includes multiple second guide orifices arranged on a second peripheral side thereof, wherein each of the multiple first guide orifices is located below two sides of each water gathering zone adjacent to the first peripheral side of the accommodation tube and communicates with the accommodation tube, and each of the multiple second guide orifices is located below two sides of each water gathering zone adjacent to the second peripheral side of the accommodation tube and communicates with the accommodation tube, hence a control bar is rotatably connected and horizontally moves in each first guide orifice and each second guide orifice.
  • the control bar includes an inflow chamber defined on a top thereof and includes a receiving portion formed on a side of the inflow chamber so as to house a stop element, such that the stop element abuts against a bottom of each water gathering zone.
  • the control bar further includes two seal rings accommodated thereon and individually abutting against each first guide orifice and each second guide orifice, the accommodation tube further includes an elongated lid connected on the top of the accommodation tube so as to cover and separate the multiple water gathering zones, wherein each water gathering zone communicates with two or more than two nozzle elements, hence the inflow chamber and the stop element are pushed by the control bar to control water to flow or not flow into the water gathering zone, thus controlling a number of the multiple nozzle elements where water sprays out.
  • a sprinkler structure comprises: an accommodation tube 10, multiple water outflow zones 11 separately defined on a middle section of a top of the accommodation tube 10, multiple grooved partitions 12 arranged on two ends of the top of the accommodation tube 10 respectively, multiple first water gathering zones 13 and multiple second water gathering zones 14 which are defined inside the multiple grooved partitions 12 individually, wherein a bottom of each of the multiple first water gathering zones 13 is flat and has a first inlet 131 defined thereon and communicating with the accommodation tube 10, and a bottom of each of the multiple second water gathering zones 14 has a second inlet 141 defined thereon and communicating with the accommodation tube 10.
  • the accommodation tube 10 includes multiple first guide orifices 15 arranged on a first peripheral side thereof so as to define a first shoulder 151, and the accommodation tube 10 includes multiple second guide orifices 16 arranged on a second peripheral side thereof so as to define a second shoulder 161, wherein each of the multiple first guide orifices 15 is located below two sides of each first water gathering zone 13 and communicates with the accommodation tube 10, and each of the multiple second guide orifices 16 is located below two sides of each second water gathering zone 14 and communicates with the accommodation tube 10, hence a control bar 20 is rotatably connected and horizontally moves in each first guide orifice 15 and each second guide orifice 16. Referring to FIG.
  • the control bar 20 includes two fitting sections 21 respectively arranged on two ends thereof and fitting with two push elements 22, wherein each of the two push elements 22 has a column 221 extending therein so as to fit with each fitting section 21 of the control bar 20, and a notch 222 is defined by an inner wall of each push element 22 and an outer wall of the column 221 so as to connect with each first guide orifice 15 or each second guide orifice 16, hence the column 221 of each push element 22 is located between each fitting section 21 and each first guide orifice 15 or between each fitting section 21 and each second guide orifice 16, and the column 221 of each push element 22 separates a limitation space A from the first shoulder 151 or the second shoulder 161 so as to control the control bar 20 to move horizontally and to be limited by each push element 22.
  • the control bar 20 includes a plane 23 defined on a top thereof, an inflow chamber 24 formed in a hole shape and passing through a middle section of the control bar 20, a receiving portion 25 formed on a side of the inflow chamber 24 so as to house a stop element 26 made of a flexible rubber, such that the stop element 26 abuts against a bottom of each first water gathering zone 13 and of each second water gathering zone 14.
  • the receiving portion 25 includes a square coupling zone 251 formed on a top thereof, a connection section 252 defined on a middle section of the receiving portion 25 and its diameter is less than the square coupling zone 251, and a through orifice 253 defined on a bottom of the receiving portion 25 and its diameter is more than the connection section 252.
  • the stop element 26 is square and is accommodated in the square coupling zone 251, and the stop element 26 has a foot 261 extending outwardly from a bottom thereof so as to fit with the connection section 252.
  • the control bar 20 further includes two slots 27 respectively defined on two sides thereof so as to accommodate two seal rings 28 which individually abut against each first guide orifice 15 and each second guide orifice 16, thus avoiding water leakage out of the accommodation tube 10.
  • the accommodation tube 10 further includes an elongated lid 30 connected on the top of the accommodation tube 10 and made of plastic material so as to cover and separate the multiple water outflow zones 11, the multiple first water gathering zones 13, and the multiple second water gathering zones 14.
  • the elongated lid 30 includes multiple nozzle elements 31 formed on a top thereof, any two adjacent of the multiple nozzle elements 31 are obliquely and separately arranged on two sides of the top of the elongated lid 30, each first water gathering zone 13 communicates with one or more than one nozzle element 31, and each second water gathering zone 14 communicates with one or more than one nozzle element 31.
  • a fixing plate 40 is mounted on the elongated lid 30, and a cap 50 covers the accommodation tube 10, wherein the fixing plate 40 includes multiple first apertures 41 formed thereon and corresponding to the multiple nozzle elements 31, and the cap 50 includes multiple second apertures 51 formed thereon and corresponding to the multiple nozzle elements 31, such that the multiple nozzle elements 31 respectively extend out of the fixing plate 40 and the cap 50 via the multiple first apertures 41 and the multiple second apertures 51.
  • the fixing plate 40 is connected on the accommodation tube 10 in an ultrasound adhesion manner, and a tip of each of the multiple nozzle elements 31 is higher than a tilted peripheral side of an upper end of each nozzle element 31, two edges of the accommodation tube 10 are individually a water supply segment and a closed segment, wherein the water supply segment of the accommodation tube 10 is driven by a control assembly (not shown) so as to actuate the accommodation tube 10 to rotatably spray water at any angles.
  • the inflow chamber 24 simultaneously communicates with the first inlet 131 of each first water gathering zone 13 and the second inlet 141 of each second water gathering zone 14 so that the water sprays out of each nozzle element 31 from the accommodation tube 10 via each of the multiple water outflow zones 11 and via the inflow chamber 24 of the control bar 20, the first inlet 131 of each first water gathering zone 13, and the second inlet 141 of each second water gathering zone 14, thus spraying the water out of each nozzle element 31 at a large area.
  • the water pushes the stop element 26 from the accommodation tube 10 via the through orifice 253 of the receiving portion 25 so that the stop element 26 is pushed by a water pressure to matingly contact with the first inlet 131 of each first water gathering zone 13, thus avoiding water leakage.
  • the stop element 26 when each push element 22 of the control bar 20 is further pushed to be stopped by the first shoulder 151 of the multiple first guide orifices 15, the first inlet 131 of each first water gathering zone 13 and the second inlet 141 of each second water gathering zone 14 are closed by the stop element 26 so as to stop the water, hence each nozzle element 31 of the first water gathering zone 13 and of the second water gathering zone 14 is closed so as to spray the water in a smaller area.
  • the stop element 26 is pushed by the water pressure to matingly contact with the first inlet 131 of each first water gathering zone 13 and the second inlet 141 of each second water gathering zone 14 so as to prevent the water flowing into each first water gathering zone 13 and each second water gathering zone 14.
  • the receiving portion 25 of the control bar 20 accommodates the stop element 26, and the inflow chamber 24 communicates with the first inlet 131 of each first water gathering zone 13 and the second inlet 141 of each second water gathering zone 14 so as to control a number of the multiple nozzle elements 31 where the water sprays out.
  • the accommodation tube 10 does not include the multiple grooved partitions 12 of the first embodiment and includes multiple water gathering zones 13', each of the multiple water gathering zones 13' has an inlet 131' defined on a bottom thereof and matching with the control bar 20, and each water gathering zone 13' communicates with two or more than two nozzle elements 31, when the control bar 20 is pushed to the second peripheral side of the accommodation tube 10 until the inflow chamber 24 communicates with the inlet 131' of each water gathering zone 13', the water sprays out of each nozzle element 31 of each water outflow zone 11 from the water supply segment 101 of the accommodation tube 10, and the water flows into each water gathering zone 13' so as to spray out of each nozzle element 31' of each water gathering zone 13' from the inlet 131' via the inflow chamber 24 of the control bar 20, hence the water sprays out of each nozzle element 31' in a large area.
  • each water gathering zone 13' is closed by the stop element 26 so that when the water is stopped flowing into each water gathering zone 13', each nozzle element 31 of each water gathering zone 13' is closed, thus spraying the water in a small area.

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US728714A (en) 1902-11-21 1903-05-19 William B Hogg Cleaning mechanism for tanks.
US6478241B1 (en) * 2000-10-04 2002-11-12 Wen Li Guo Sprinkler having individually operated outlet openings
US6736340B1 (en) * 2003-05-28 2004-05-18 Wang Tzu-Meng Controlling device for a sprinkler
US7258286B1 (en) 2006-03-24 2007-08-21 Yuan Mei Corp. Water shutoff and discharge control device for sprinklers
GB2436306A (en) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-26 Yuan Mei Corp Water shutoff and discharge control apparatus for sprinklers
WO2010133236A1 (de) * 2009-05-19 2010-11-25 Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. Kg Beregnungsvorrichtung

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US728714A (en) 1902-11-21 1903-05-19 William B Hogg Cleaning mechanism for tanks.
US6478241B1 (en) * 2000-10-04 2002-11-12 Wen Li Guo Sprinkler having individually operated outlet openings
US6736340B1 (en) * 2003-05-28 2004-05-18 Wang Tzu-Meng Controlling device for a sprinkler
US7258286B1 (en) 2006-03-24 2007-08-21 Yuan Mei Corp. Water shutoff and discharge control device for sprinklers
GB2436306A (en) * 2006-03-24 2007-09-26 Yuan Mei Corp Water shutoff and discharge control apparatus for sprinklers
WO2010133236A1 (de) * 2009-05-19 2010-11-25 Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. Kg Beregnungsvorrichtung

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