US357799A

US357799A - William wain weight

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Publication number: US357799A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 1904-02-15

Description

(No Model.)

' W. WAINWRIGHT.

SPRINKLER. v No. 357,799. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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Miran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WAIN WRIGHT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,799, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed April 26, 1886. Serial No. 200,215. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: The angle at which the stream meets the Be it known that LVVILLIAM WAINWRIGHT, plate or flange may be varied by the adjust- 4 5 of the city and county of San Francisco, State ment of the latter. The limits of this adjustof California, have invented an Improvement ment are determinedby setting up the thumb- 5 in Sprinklers; andlhereby declare the follownut G against the lever or handle D, whereby ing to be a full, clear, and exact description 5 it is held between said thumb-nut and the of the same. spring F. The greater the angle the finer the 50 Myinvention relates to the class of sprinkspray, and vice versa. The plate or flange C lers for hose-nozzles; and my invention conmay have its angle varied rapidly by means sists in the combination of devices,all of which of the thumb of the person operatingit press- I shall hereinafter fully describe. ing upon the lower end of the lever orhandle The object of my invention is to provide a while he is holding the nozzle, and it will be 5 simple and readily adjustable sprinkler for seen that the plate or flange may be thus hose-nozzles. thrown back at will out of the way, to permit The figure represents a side elevation of the unobstructed play of the stream.

a sprinkler embodying my improvement. Iam awarethattheplate or flange alone,when

A is a hose-nozzle, having the usual tip, a. secured to a nozzle-tip, is not new as a sprink- B is a collar secured on the top or end of ler. Iain also aware that said plate has been the tip. pivotally secured in its position and capable 20 G is the sprinkling flange or plate. This is of adjustment, whereby its angle may be vamade of afan shape, and is preferably slightly ried. I therefore do not claim such construcconcave on the face which receives the impact tions, broadly, as my invention. 6 5 of the stream. The flange or plate is secured Having thus described my invention, what to the end of the handle or lever D, which is I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let 2 5 pivoted at (Z in the arms of the collar B. The ters Patent, is-

lower end of the handle or lever is perforated An improved sprinkler, comprising the to receive a threaded stem or guide, E, secured combination of the hose-nozzle having the tip to the nozzle tip, and a spring, F, bearing a, the collar B on said tip, the handle D, pivagainst its inner face, holds it outwardly on oted to said collar, having the plate or flange 0 said guide. Gsecurcd to its upper and a perforation in its G is a thumb-nut, which engages the outer lower end, a threaded stem or guide, E, passend of the guide E and bears against the outer ing through said perforation, a thumb-nut for face of the lever or handle D, whereby the adjusting said handle, and a spring, F, bearlatter may be forced in against the spring to ing against the inner face of said handle, all 5 any desired position. constructed and arranged to operate as herein A small stop, d, on the inner face of the described. handle is adapted to come in contact with the In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 50 flange on the nozzle, whereby its inward movehand. ment is limited. ,7 T 7 40 The stream, emerging from the nozzle-tip, ILLIAM AIL HIGH strikes the plate or flange Cat a suitable angle, XVitnesses: and is thereby broken up and spread out in S. H. NOURSE, the form of a spray or sprinkle. J. H. BLOOD.