TWI600370B - Sprinkler - Google Patents

Description

Impact sprinkler

The present invention relates to a percussive sprinkler; in particular, to an innovative structural designer that is easy to assemble a steering control device.

According to the impact irrigating sprinklers used for irrigating large-area crops and horticulture, it is quite common, because the percussive sprinklers are capable of circulating or reciprocating sprinkling in the circumferential region, in order to further enhance the impact. The practicality of the sprinkler, so that the industry has developed a structure that can change the yaw direction of the impact sprinkler, so that the irrigation area of the percussive sprinkler is out of the circular limit.

In general, the body of the percussive sprinkler is generally formed with a lateral casing for mounting a steering control device, and a top portion and a bottom surface of the casing are respectively formed with a penetrating portion; the steering control device includes There is an L-shaped first link pivoted to the bottom of the housing and a transverse second link, and the free end of the second link is disposed upwardly with a linkage structure, wherein the linkage structure is first The free ends of the links each extend through a corresponding penetration. The two angle control devices respectively disposed under the body, when adjusting the angle between the two angle control devices, can change the timing at which the first link touches the second link, forcing the impact sprinkler to reciprocally change its rotation (sprinkling) direction, and the effect of the watering machine. After the steering is performed, the relative position between the first link and the second link is temporarily ensured, and a torsion spring is disposed between the first link and the second link. The two ends of the torsion spring are respectively disposed to be positioned on the first link and the second link. Due to the spatial configuration of the structure, the torsion spring is not only small in size but also thin in wire diameter. Therefore, in the existing assembly process, the torsion springs must be disposed in a manual manner, one by one, in a slow and order manner. For the percussive sprinkler, Increased labor costs and the inability to automate mass production, resulting in no significant room for improvement in market prices.

Therefore, in view of the problems existing in the above-mentioned conventional technologies, how to develop an innovative structure that can be more ideal and practical, and the relevant industry should further consider the goals and directions of breakthrough.

In view of this, the inventor has been engaged in the manufacturing development and design experience of related products for many years. After detailed design and careful evaluation, the inventor has finally obtained the practical invention.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a percussive sprinkler, and the technical problem to be solved is to think about an innovative breakthrough in how to develop a new steering control device with more ideal practicability.

The technical feature of the present invention is mainly the impact sprinkler, which mainly comprises: a body, which is sequentially divided into a mounting portion and a socket portion according to its function; wherein the mounting portion The upper system is provided with a swinging member and is provided with a water jet head. When the water body of the water jet head is sprayed on the swinging member, the swinging member can be reciprocatingly swinging relative to the body; the socket portion is The utility model relates to a hollow tubular structure, which is connected to an external water source, thereby introducing the water body into the body, and then ejecting through the water jet head to achieve the purpose of automatic watering; an angle control device installed on the body sleeve portion By controlling the swing angle of the body, the irrigation sprinkling area of the impact sprinkler is limited to a sector-shaped area; the angle control device comprises two stoppers respectively sleeved on the sleeve portion, the two limits The movable member is selectively rotatable relative to the socket portion, and the angle formed between the two stoppers is the maximum yaw angle when the body is actuated; and is mounted on the body and selectively coupled to the pendulum a steering control device, the steering control device includes a first link and a second link that are horizontally pivoted on the body, and a torsion spring, wherein the two ends of the torsion spring are respectively connected to a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod; a first through hole is formed on the first connecting rod, and the first through hole is horizontally disposed with a buckle portion and an outwardly widening guide from the inside to the outside. The structure of the second perforation is the same as that of the first perforation, and has a buckle portion and a guiding portion, but the direction is opposite; the two ends of the torsion spring are respectively placed on the first perforation With the second perforation.

The main effects and advantages of the present invention are that, in the process of assembling the torsion spring, the two guiding portions can respectively correspond to the corresponding clamping sections, and the restoring force of the torsion spring preloading is used to guide the corresponding portions. In the buckle portion, the difficulty of assembling the torsion spring is reduced.

Please refer to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, which are preferred embodiments of the present invention, but such embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and are not limited by the structure in the patent application; The sprinkler includes a body 10, which is sequentially divided into a mounting portion 11 and a socket portion 12 according to its function; wherein the mounting portion 11 is provided with a swinging member 13 and is provided with a swinging member 13 The water jet head 14 is configured to reciprocate the swinging member 13 relative to the body 10 when the water body sprayed by the water jet head 14 acts on the swinging member 13; the socket portion 12 is a hollow tubular structure body, and It is connected to an external water source, so that the water body is introduced into the body 10 and then ejected through the water jet head 14 to achieve the purpose of automatically sprinkling water on the area. A lateral casing 16 is formed on the main body 10. The bottom surface and the top surface of the casing 16 are respectively formed with a first transparent portion 161 and a second transparent portion 162.

The impact sprinkler further includes an angle control device 20 mounted on the body 10 for controlling the swing angle of the body 10 to limit the irrigation sprinkler area of the percussive sprinkler to a sector. The angle control device 20 includes two stoppers 21 and 22 respectively sleeved on the sleeve portion 12 of the body 10. The two stoppers 21 and 22 are selectively rotatable relative to the sleeve portion 12, and The angle formed between the two stoppers 21, 22 is the maximum swing angle when the body 10 is actuated.

Please refer to the steering control device 30 mounted on the main body 10 and selectively coupled with the swinging member 13 as shown in Figures 5, 6, and 7. The steering control device 30 includes horizontal horizontal pivoting. a first link 31 and a second link 32 in the housing 16 and a torsion spring 33, wherein the two ends of the torsion spring 33 are respectively connected to the first link 31 and the second link 32, In the preferred embodiment, the first link 31 and the second link 32 are plastic injection molded articles. The first link 31 is an L-shaped structure, and is divided into a horizontal portion and a downwardly extending linkage rod 310 according to a space arrangement. The free end of the horizontal portion is formed with a first through hole 311, the first The through hole 311 is provided with a locking portion 312 and a guiding portion 313 which is gradually widened outwardly from the inside to the outside. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the guiding portion 313 of the first through hole 311 is extended. The outer circumference of the first connecting rod 31; the narrowest width of the connecting portion 313 and the locking portion 312 is smaller than the maximum width of the locking portion 312. The linkage rod 310 of the first link 31 extends out of the first transparent portion 161 and moves between the two stoppers 21, 22. The free end of the second link 32 is disposed upwardly with an interlocking structure 321 which selectively extends upwardly out of the second transparent portion 162 and is further selectively coupled with the swinging member 13 to change The purpose of the body 10 to swing direction. A second through hole 322 is formed in the center of the second connecting rod 32. The second through hole 322 has the same structure as the first through hole 311, and has a locking portion 323 and a guiding portion 324. The locking portion 312 of the first through hole 311 and the guiding portion 313 are disposed in a direction opposite to the direction in which the locking portion 323 of the second through hole 322 and the guiding portion 324 are disposed. The two ends of the torsion spring 33 are respectively disposed in the first through hole 311 and the second through hole 322. The two ends of the torsion spring 33 are respectively formed with a locking section 331, and the two clamping sections 331 are respectively located a corresponding locking portion 312, 323, and in the process of assembling the torsion spring 33, the two guiding portions 313, 324 can respectively compress the corresponding clamping section 331 by the torsion spring 33. Guided to the corresponding snap portions 312, 323, the difficulty of assembling the torsion spring 33 is reduced, and the productivity of the impact sprinkler is improved.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a second embodiment of the first link 31 and the second link 32 of the present invention. In this embodiment, the first through hole 311 has a complete circumference. It does not communicate with the outer periphery of the first link 31.

Referring to FIG. 9, the third embodiment of the first link 31 and the second link 32 of the present invention is shown in the figure. In the embodiment, the two guiding portions 313A and 324A are It is a structural form that gradually widens outward and then gradually shrinks inward.

Referring to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 , the figure shows a fourth embodiment of the steering control device 40 of the present invention. In the embodiment, the steering control device 40 also has a vertical pivoting body 10A. The first link 41 and the second link 42 and a torsion spring 43 respectively connected to the first link 41 and the second link 42 are respectively provided. In the preferred embodiment, the first The link 41 and the second link 42 are respectively sheet metal products. The first link 41 includes a downwardly extending linkage rod 410 that moves between the two stoppers 21A, 22A. A first stopping portion 411 and a second stopping portion 412 are respectively disposed on the two sides of the first connecting rod 41. The first stopping portion 411 and the second stopping portion 412 are respectively selectively The first top of the first link 41 is formed with a first through hole 413. The first through hole 413 is horizontally disposed with a buckle portion 414 and an outwardly variable portion. In the preferred embodiment, the first link 41 is formed with a hollow portion 416, and the guiding portion 415 of the first through hole 413 is connected to the hollow portion 416; the second A third blocking portion 421 and a fourth stopping portion 422 are respectively disposed on the two sides of the connecting rod 42. The third blocking portion 421 and the fourth stopping portion 422 are respectively selectively offset from each other. The main body 10A of the impingement sprinkler has a linkage structure 423 extending from the fourth stopping portion 422. When the first stopping portion 411 and the fourth stopping portion 422 abut against the body 10A, the interlocking structure 423 selectively intermittently collides with the swinging member 13A, and when converted into the second blocking portion 412 and the third portion At the moment when the stopper portion 421 abuts against the body 10A, the body 10A changes the direction of its continuous yaw. A second through hole 424 is formed in the second connecting rod 42. The second through hole 424 has the same structure as the first through hole 413, and has a buckle portion 425 and a guiding portion 426 which gradually widens outward. However, the direction of the setting is reversed (the two guiding portions 415, 426 are opposite to each other). Therefore, the two ends of the torsion spring 43 are respectively formed with a locking section 431, and the two clamping sections 431 are respectively formed in a corresponding fastening portion 414, 425, and in the process of assembling the torsion spring 43, The two guiding portions 415 and 426 can respectively guide the corresponding clamping segments 431 to the corresponding locking portions 414 and 425 by the restoring force pre-compressed by the torsion springs 43 to reduce the difficulty of assembling the torsion springs 43. .

Advantages of the Invention: The "impact sprinkler" disclosed in the present invention mainly adopts a first unique perforation and a second perforation corresponding to each other, and a snap-in portion and a guiding portion thereof, which are innovative and unique structural types. With the technical features, the present invention can be used to control the structure of the prior art, and the design of the outer width and the narrowness of the guiding portion is convenient for the operator to install the torsion spring, and the clamping section of the torsion spring once enters the guiding After the department, it can use its own restoring force to match the structural characteristics of the guiding portion, and is automatically guided into the corresponding buckle portion. In addition, since the connecting portion of the guiding portion and the buckle portion is the narrowest The width is smaller than the maximum width of the buckle portion, so that the function of the reverse rotation of the torsion spring clamping section can be provided, so that the torsion spring clamping section is not easily detached from the buckle portion, so that the invention can simultaneously provide guidance and The effect of automatic snapping, in order to achieve a practical process of simplifying the process and reducing the difficulty of assembly.

The above embodiments are intended to be illustrative of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. The principles are changed and modified to achieve an equivalent purpose, and such changes and modifications are to be included in the scope defined by the scope of the patent application as described later.

10, 10A‧‧‧ Body 11‧‧‧Installation Department 12‧‧‧Sleeve 13, 13A‧‧‧Swinger 14‧‧‧Water jet head 16‧‧‧Shell 161‧‧1 first vacant section 162 ‧‧‧Second vacant section 20‧‧‧Angle control device 21, 21A‧‧‧Restrictions 22, 22A‧‧‧Restrictions 30‧‧‧ Steering control device 31‧‧‧ First link 310‧ ‧ ‧ linkage rod 311‧‧ ‧ first perforation 312‧‧ ‧ buckle part 313, 313A‧ ‧ guidance part 32‧‧‧ second link 321‧‧‧ linkage structure 322‧‧‧ second perforation 323‧ ‧ ‧ Snaps 324, 324A ‧ ‧ Guides 33‧‧ ‧ Torsion springs 331‧‧ ‧ Carding section 40‧ ‧ Steering control device 41‧‧‧ First link 410‧‧‧ linkage rod 411‧ ‧‧First stop 412‧‧‧Second stop 413‧‧‧First perforation 414‧‧‧Snap 415‧‧‧ Guide 416‧‧‧ hollow 42 ‧‧Second link 421‧‧ Third stop 422‧‧‧4th stop 423‧‧‧Linking structure 424‧‧‧Second perforation 425‧‧‧Knucking part 426‧‧‧ Guide Department 43‧‧‧Torque Spring 431‧‧‧Card Section

Figure 1 is a front view of the invention. Figure 2 is a side view of the invention. Figure 3 is a partial perspective view of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a partial perspective exploded view of Fig. 3 of the present invention. Figures 5-7 are schematic views of the installation of a torsion spring of the steering control device of the present invention. Figure 8 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the first link and the second link of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a plan view showing the rear view of the third embodiment of the first link and the second link of the present invention. Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing the fourth embodiment of the first link pre-second link of the present invention installed in the impact sprinkler. Figure 11 is a perspective exploded view of a fourth embodiment of the first link and the second link of the present invention.

16‧‧‧Shell

161‧‧‧The first vacant department

162‧‧‧Second vacant department

30‧‧‧Steering control device

31‧‧‧ first link

310‧‧‧ linkage rod

311‧‧‧First perforation

312‧‧‧ buckle department

313‧‧‧Guidance

32‧‧‧Second link

321‧‧‧ linkage structure

322‧‧‧Second perforation

323‧‧‧Snap Department

324‧‧‧ Guidance Department

33‧‧‧Torque spring

331‧‧‧Card segment

Claims (10)

An impact type sprinkler, which mainly comprises: a body, the body is sequentially divided into a mounting portion and a socket portion according to a function thereof; wherein the mounting portion is provided with a swinging member on the mounting portion, and The water spray head is mounted, and when the water body sprayed by the spray head acts on the swinging member, the swinging member can be reciprocatingly swiveled relative to the body; the sleeve portion is a hollow tubular structure and is connected According to the external water source, the water body is introduced into the body, and then sprayed through the water jet head to achieve the purpose of automatic watering; an angle control device installed on the body sleeve portion, thereby controlling the swing angle of the body, and impacting The irrigation sprinkler of the sprinkler is limited to a sector-shaped area; the angle control device comprises two stoppers respectively sleeved on the sleeve portion, and the two stoppers are selectively spliced relative to the sleeve The part is rotated, and the angle formed between the two stoppers is the maximum yaw angle when the body is actuated; and a steering control device mounted on the body and selectively coupled with the swinging member, the steering control device Contains a first link and a second link that are pivotally disposed on the body, and a torsion spring, wherein the two ends of the torsion spring are respectively connected to the first link and the second link; A first through hole is formed on the connecting rod, and the first through hole is horizontally disposed with a buckle portion and a guiding portion that gradually widens outwardly from the inside and the outside; the structure of the second through hole and the structure of the first through hole Similarly, the same has a latching portion and a guiding portion, wherein the locking portion of the first through hole and the guiding portion are disposed in a direction opposite to the direction in which the locking portion of the second through hole and the guiding portion are disposed; The two ends of the torsion spring are respectively inserted into the first through hole and the second through hole, and in the process of assembling the torsion spring, the two guiding portions respectively can respectively use the torsion spring to the two ends of the torsion spring The restoring force of the pressure is guided into the corresponding buckle portion to reduce the difficulty of assembling the torsion spring. The impact sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the first link comprises a downwardly extending linkage rod, and the linkage rod moves between the two stoppers; the first link A first stopping portion and a second stopping portion are respectively protruded from the two sides, and the first stopping portion and the second stopping portion are respectively selectively slid against the body of the impact sprinkler The first perforation is formed on the first link line; the third link has a third stop portion and a fourth stop portion respectively extending from the two sides of the second link, the third stop portion The fourth blocking portion is selectively occluded against the body of the percussive sprinkler, and the fourth blocking portion is provided with a linkage structure, and the second perforation is formed in the second connecting rod. on-line. The impact sprinkler of claim 1 or 2, wherein the first link is formed with a hollow portion, and the guiding portion of the first perforation is in communication with the hollow portion. The percussive sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the body is formed with a lateral casing, and the bottom surface and the top surface of the casing are respectively formed with a first transparent portion and a second transparent portion. An empty portion; the first link is an L-shaped structure, and is divided into a horizontal portion and a downwardly extending linkage rod according to a space configuration, the first perforation being formed at a free end of the horizontal portion; a linking rod of the connecting rod extends out of the first transparent portion and moves between the two restricting members; the free end of the second connecting rod is disposed with an interlocking structure upwardly, and the interlocking structure is selectively extended upward The second transparent portion is configured to change a swing direction of the body; the second through hole is formed at a center of the second link. The percussive sprinkler of claim 4, wherein the guiding portion of the first perforation extends to an outer circumference of the first link. The percussive sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the two guiding portions are structural forms which are gradually widened outward and then gradually retracted. The impact sprinkler of claim 3, wherein the two guiding portions are structural forms that gradually widen outward and then gradually retract. The impact sprinkler according to claim 1, 2, 4 or 5, wherein the narrowest width of the joint between the guiding portion and the buckle portion is smaller than the maximum width of the buckle portion, so that the torque can be provided. The function of the spring clamping section to reverse the stop. The percussive sprinkler of claim 3, wherein the narrowest width of the joint between the guiding portion and the buckle portion is smaller than the maximum width of the buckle portion, so that the reverse force of the torsion spring clamping section can be provided. The function of the stop. The percussive sprinkler of claim 6, wherein the narrowest width of the joint between the guiding portion and the buckle portion is smaller than the maximum width of the buckle portion, so that the reverse force of the torsion spring clamping section can be provided. The function of the stop.