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US3570764A
US3570764A US815323A US3570764DA US3570764A US 3570764 A US3570764 A US 3570764A US 815323 A US815323 A US 815323A US 3570764D A US3570764D A US 3570764DA US 3570764 A US3570764 A US 3570764A
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Mitsuo Inoue
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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
    • B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
    • B05B17/04—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
    • B05B17/08—Fountains

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  • FIG. 8 MITSUO INOUE Fountain apparatuses have previously been generally designed to spout water forcibly through nozzles by use of electric motors, with such apparatuses being characterized by requiring frequent maintenance and repair, in addition to the initial relatively high cost due to their complicated construction.
  • a principal object of the present invention is to provide a fountain apparatus in which the entire mechanism is simply constructed and utilizes water as the driving power for mechanism operation and as the jet water spouted out of the nozzles.
  • water can be used simply as jet water without being utilized as the driving power.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a fountain apparatus in which the water spouted therefrom can be atomized, when required, by means of a step plate provided removably in front of each nozzle.
  • the apparatus can be used as an ordinary fountain merely by taking these step plates away.
  • a further object of the invention is the provision of fountain apparatus having an upper cover which is provided with water holes, the water running in through said water holes being distributed to each nozzle with said grooves connected to nozzles respectively.
  • the water holes and nozzles are directly connected by pipes, with cleaning of the pipes requiring dismantling of the same, a difficult and troublesome task.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a fountain apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the FIG. 1 apparatus taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIG.
  • FIG. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3;
  • PEG. 5 is a bottom plan view of a modified form of spray head cover
  • FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary plan view of a further modified form of spray head.
  • FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 88 of FIG. 7.
  • the main body A of the fountain apparatus is formed from a machine frame 6 which comprises an upper plate 2 having a series of water openings ll provided therein.
  • Side plates 3 extend downwardly from the upper plate 2, with middle plate 4 and bottom plate 5 extending between the side plates 3 to support by bearings a main rotating shaft 8.
  • the shaft 8 ha a small gear 7 fitted thereon, and a waterwheel lid is fixed to the main rotating shaft 8 at the bottom end thereof which extends under bottom plate 5.
  • a secondary rotating shaft 13 supported by bearings and fitted with a large gear 11 and another small gear 12, the large gear 11 being engaged with the small gear 7.
  • a rotating transmission shaft 16 supported by bearings and carrying a large gear M and a worm gear i5, with the large gear 14 being engaged with the small gear 12 fitted on the secondary rotating shaft 13.
  • a spur gear 17 is provided to engage the wonngear l5 fitted on the rotating transmission shaft 16, and a'seriesof cams I8 having cam projections 18 of different shapes are fitted on a camshaft 19 and positioned at both sides of said spur gear 17.
  • Pawls 20 are provided to engage with each cam projection 18 on the camshaft l9, and pivoted members 21 approximately L-shaped are supported between the side plates
  • Springs 23 are provided to resiliently urge upwardly the adjacent arm of the pivoted members 21 thereby positively closing the series of water openings 1 formed in the upper plate 2.
  • Rubber valve plates 28 are carried by the arms of the pivoted members 21 to seat around the openings 1 thereby completely closing the same as seen in FIG. 2.
  • the springs 23 are mounted on an arm extending between the plates 3.
  • the main body A is mounted on a fountain frame 25 having an opening 24 cut upward obliquely and tangentially through the sidewall thereof.
  • a water inlet pipe 29 is mounted in the opening 24 and coupled to a source of water supply.
  • a cover 27 is provided on which are mounted a plurality of nozzles 26.
  • a plurality of relatively small spray openings 30 are formed in the cover around the central group of nozzles.
  • An alternative water inlet pipe 31 is provided in the central, bottom portion of the frame 25. Through adjustment of the earns 18 to provide access to all of the openings 1, it is possible to direct water through the alternative inlet 31 to the jet nozzles 26 without rotating the waterwheel 10.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 show a modification of the embodiment example of the invention illustrated by FIGS. 1-3.
  • removable step plates 33 each generally L-shaped in cross section, are fixed in front of certain of the nozzles 26 on the upper cover 27 by means of screws 34.
  • the vertical legs of the step plates 33 are in the form of concaved arc faces 32 whereby when water spouted from nozzles 26 hits said concaved arc faces 32, the spouted water will be scattered vaporized into the air.
  • said step plates 33 can be removed easily by taking off screws 34 in order to change the fountain into an ordinary one.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 show a further embodiment of the invention, with the upper cover 27 in this form being provided with circular, semicircular or rectangular grooves 35 concurrent to water holes 1, thereby letting the water coming in through the water holes be distributed to each arcuate grouping or nozzles 26. It is therefore not necessary to connect the water holes 1 directly with nozzles 26 by means of pipes like conventional methods, and cleaning of the nozzles can be done very easily by simply removing the upper cover 27, which is retained in place by stop screws 36 which engage screw holes .37.
  • Fountain apparatus comprising a fountain frame, a waterwheel mounted in said frame and adapted to be rotated by a source of water communicating with the interior of said fountain frame, a plurality of jet nozzles mounted in said frame above said wheel and adapted to receive said water and emit the same from said apparatus, and a plurality of openings associated with each of said nozzles, said openings being adapted to be closed by pivoted members operatively connected to said driving wheel through a series of gears and cams.
  • the fountain apparatus of claim 1 further including removable step plates provided in front of said jet nozzles.

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US3941154A (en) * 1972-12-18 1976-03-02 Bishop Kenneth M Swimming pool water circulation system
US4844341A (en) * 1987-01-15 1989-07-04 Gibbs & Hill Espanola, S.A. Cibernetic fountain apparatus and valve therefor
US5069387A (en) * 1987-11-23 1991-12-03 Gibbs & Hill Espanola Cibernetic fountain apparatus and valve therefor
US11344907B2 (en) * 2020-05-17 2022-05-31 Brue A. Thompson Self powered method and apparatus for variable display fountain jets

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US4235378A (en) * 1979-07-16 1980-11-25 Wham-O Mfg. Co. Water play toy
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US3307787A (en) * 1966-05-24 1967-03-07 Jr Harold H Hall Fountain
US3337133A (en) * 1965-08-23 1967-08-22 Manfred F Duerkob Fountain and valve and spray apparatus therefor
US3362641A (en) * 1965-07-26 1968-01-09 Arthur L. Barnes Predetermined area sprinkler
US3452930A (en) * 1967-06-23 1969-07-01 Leisure Group Inc Pattern sprinkler

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US3362641A (en) * 1965-07-26 1968-01-09 Arthur L. Barnes Predetermined area sprinkler
US3337133A (en) * 1965-08-23 1967-08-22 Manfred F Duerkob Fountain and valve and spray apparatus therefor
US3307787A (en) * 1966-05-24 1967-03-07 Jr Harold H Hall Fountain
US3452930A (en) * 1967-06-23 1969-07-01 Leisure Group Inc Pattern sprinkler

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US3941154A (en) * 1972-12-18 1976-03-02 Bishop Kenneth M Swimming pool water circulation system
US4844341A (en) * 1987-01-15 1989-07-04 Gibbs & Hill Espanola, S.A. Cibernetic fountain apparatus and valve therefor
US5069387A (en) * 1987-11-23 1991-12-03 Gibbs & Hill Espanola Cibernetic fountain apparatus and valve therefor
US11344907B2 (en) * 2020-05-17 2022-05-31 Brue A. Thompson Self powered method and apparatus for variable display fountain jets

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