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US3854664B1
US3854664B1 US40569073A US3854664B1 US 3854664 B1 US3854664 B1 US 3854664B1 US 40569073 A US40569073 A US 40569073A US 3854664 B1 US3854664 B1 US 3854664B1
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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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/70—Arrangements for moving spray heads automatically to or from the working position
    • B05B15/72—Arrangements for moving spray heads automatically to or from the working position using hydraulic or pneumatic means
    • B05B15/74—Arrangements for moving spray heads automatically to or from the working position using hydraulic or pneumatic means driven by the discharged fluid
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S239/00—Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
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US06/800,794 USRE32386E (en) 1973-10-11 1985-11-22 Sprinkler systems

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US00405690A US3854664A (en) 1973-03-30 1973-10-11 Sprinkler systems

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US4257440A (en) * 1979-05-21 1981-03-24 The Toro Company Injection pump for sprinkler systems
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US4353507A (en) * 1979-08-27 1982-10-12 Kah Jr Carl L C Sprinkler head
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US4625917A (en) * 1986-01-21 1986-12-02 Torney Gary D Variable spray sprinkler
US4681260A (en) * 1986-02-11 1987-07-21 The Toro Company Two piece variable stator for sprinkler nozzle flow control
US4687139A (en) * 1985-05-03 1987-08-18 Imperial Underground Sprinkler Co. Ball drive sprinkler
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US4784325A (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-11-15 Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp. Rotating stream sprinkler
US4787558A (en) * 1985-05-16 1988-11-29 Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp. Rotary drive sprinkler
US4815662A (en) * 1987-11-23 1989-03-28 Hunter Edwin J Stream propelled rotary stream sprinkler unit with damping means
US4867379A (en) * 1986-06-26 1989-09-19 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit
US4898332A (en) * 1986-06-26 1990-02-06 Edwin J. Hunter Adjustable rotary stream sprinkler unit
US4932590A (en) * 1989-08-07 1990-06-12 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit with rotor damping means
US4939797A (en) * 1989-03-29 1990-07-10 Sally Ghiz Water delivery assembly for cleaning swimming pools
US4967961A (en) * 1986-06-26 1990-11-06 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit
US4971250A (en) * 1989-08-07 1990-11-20 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit with rotor damping means
US4972993A (en) * 1989-04-10 1990-11-27 Gardenamerica Corporation Vandal-proof oscillating irrigation sprinkler
US4986474A (en) * 1989-08-07 1991-01-22 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Stream propelled rotary pop-up sprinkler
US5058806A (en) * 1990-01-16 1991-10-22 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Stream propelled rotary pop-up sprinkler with adjustable sprinkling pattern
US5092523A (en) * 1989-02-21 1992-03-03 Sybron Chemicals, Inc. Magnetic drive tank cleaning apparatus
US5288022A (en) * 1991-11-08 1994-02-22 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Part circle rotator with improved nozzle assembly
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US5640983A (en) * 1996-02-05 1997-06-24 Butterworth Systems, Inc. Tank cleaning device
US5797633A (en) * 1995-02-04 1998-08-25 Gardena Kress + Kastner Gmbh Hose connector, particularly for the connection of hoses, such as garden hoses
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US5975430A (en) * 1998-06-10 1999-11-02 Aspen Earth Sprinkler device
US20030150934A1 (en) * 2002-02-12 2003-08-14 Lawson Kenneth L. Turbine speed control for rotary irrigation sprinklers
US20040195360A1 (en) * 2003-02-28 2004-10-07 Walker Samuel C. Rotating stream sprinkler with turbine speed governor
US20050000011A1 (en) * 2002-07-10 2005-01-06 Paul Swanson Pop-out water discharge device with a specialized outer enclosure
US20060278727A1 (en) * 2005-05-20 2006-12-14 K-Rain Manufacturing Corp. Pressure regulating nozzle assembly
US7322533B2 (en) 2005-02-28 2008-01-29 Glendale Grizzle Rotary stream sprinkler with adjustable deflector ring
US20080142618A1 (en) * 2006-12-14 2008-06-19 Rain Bird Corporation Variable Velocity Sprinkler Transmission
US20080308650A1 (en) * 2007-06-13 2008-12-18 Clark Michael L Gear Driven Sprinkler with Top Turbine
US20090108099A1 (en) * 2007-10-30 2009-04-30 Porter Lamonte D Rotary Stream Sprinkler Nozzle with Offset Flutes
US20090224070A1 (en) * 2008-03-07 2009-09-10 Clark Michael L Hydraulically Actuated Sprinkler Nozzle Cover
US20090321537A1 (en) * 2008-06-27 2009-12-31 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Dual-mode sprinkler head
US7988071B2 (en) 2007-10-30 2011-08-02 Bredberg Anthony J Lawn sprinkler
US20140027526A1 (en) * 2012-07-27 2014-01-30 Lee James Shadbolt Rotary nozzle
US9108206B1 (en) 2013-03-15 2015-08-18 Anthony J. Bredberg Water control system for sprinkler nozzle
US9192110B2 (en) 2010-08-11 2015-11-24 The Toro Company Central irrigation control system
US9227207B1 (en) 2013-03-15 2016-01-05 Anthony J. Bredberg Multi-nozzle cam driven sprinkler head
US9327297B2 (en) 2012-07-27 2016-05-03 Rain Bird Corporation Rotary nozzle
US9808813B1 (en) 2007-10-30 2017-11-07 Hunter Industries, Inc. Rotary stream sprinkler nozzle with offset flutes
US20190133059A1 (en) * 2012-01-26 2019-05-09 Robert E. DeWitt Water sprinkler for spraying a select depth of water per unit area onto one or a group of ground areas of any shape and relative size
US10322423B2 (en) 2016-11-22 2019-06-18 Rain Bird Corporation Rotary nozzle
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US3934820A (en) * 1974-08-23 1976-01-27 Telsco Industries Sprinkler control
US4026471A (en) * 1976-04-01 1977-05-31 The Toro Company Sprinkler systems
DE2711448A1 (en) 1976-04-01 1977-10-13 Toro Co SPRINKLER
FR2386355A1 (en) * 1977-04-04 1978-11-03 Toro Co ROTARY WATERING DEVICE
US4202499A (en) * 1977-10-20 1980-05-13 Mathews Lester R Swimming pool cleaner
EP0004954A1 (en) * 1978-04-18 1979-10-31 Purex Engineering Services a division of Brillo Manufacturing Company of Great Britain Limited Epicyclic nozzle drive, an orbital nozzle unit and a hydraulic cleaning head incorporating the same
US4257440A (en) * 1979-05-21 1981-03-24 The Toro Company Injection pump for sprinkler systems
US4353507A (en) * 1979-08-27 1982-10-12 Kah Jr Carl L C Sprinkler head
WO1982000962A1 (en) * 1980-09-15 1982-04-01 Corp L R Nelson Pop-up sprinkler
US4353506A (en) * 1980-09-15 1982-10-12 L. R. Nelson Corporation Pop-up sprinkler
US4471908A (en) * 1981-03-09 1984-09-18 The Toro Company Pattern sprinkler head
US4687139A (en) * 1985-05-03 1987-08-18 Imperial Underground Sprinkler Co. Ball drive sprinkler
US4625914A (en) * 1985-05-16 1986-12-02 Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp. Rotary drive sprinkler
US4787558A (en) * 1985-05-16 1988-11-29 Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp. Rotary drive sprinkler
US4625917A (en) * 1986-01-21 1986-12-02 Torney Gary D Variable spray sprinkler
US4681260A (en) * 1986-02-11 1987-07-21 The Toro Company Two piece variable stator for sprinkler nozzle flow control
US4784329A (en) * 1986-06-17 1988-11-15 L. R. Nelson Corporation Gear driven portable lawn sprinkler
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US4967961A (en) * 1986-06-26 1990-11-06 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit
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US4898332A (en) * 1986-06-26 1990-02-06 Edwin J. Hunter Adjustable rotary stream sprinkler unit
US4784325A (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-11-15 Rain Bird Consumer Products Mfg. Corp. Rotating stream sprinkler
US4815662A (en) * 1987-11-23 1989-03-28 Hunter Edwin J Stream propelled rotary stream sprinkler unit with damping means
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US5092523A (en) * 1989-02-21 1992-03-03 Sybron Chemicals, Inc. Magnetic drive tank cleaning apparatus
US4939797A (en) * 1989-03-29 1990-07-10 Sally Ghiz Water delivery assembly for cleaning swimming pools
US4972993A (en) * 1989-04-10 1990-11-27 Gardenamerica Corporation Vandal-proof oscillating irrigation sprinkler
US4971250A (en) * 1989-08-07 1990-11-20 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit with rotor damping means
US4986474A (en) * 1989-08-07 1991-01-22 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Stream propelled rotary pop-up sprinkler
US4932590A (en) * 1989-08-07 1990-06-12 Hunter Edwin J Rotary stream sprinkler unit with rotor damping means
US5058806A (en) * 1990-01-16 1991-10-22 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Stream propelled rotary pop-up sprinkler with adjustable sprinkling pattern
US5288022A (en) * 1991-11-08 1994-02-22 Nelson Irrigation Corporation Part circle rotator with improved nozzle assembly
EP0698417A3 (en) * 1994-08-24 1996-12-11 Gardena Kress & Kastner Gmbh Sprinkler for dispensing a fluid
US5718381A (en) * 1994-08-24 1998-02-17 Gardena Kress + Kastner Gmbh Sprinkler for discharging a fluid
US5797633A (en) * 1995-02-04 1998-08-25 Gardena Kress + Kastner Gmbh Hose connector, particularly for the connection of hoses, such as garden hoses
US5640983A (en) * 1996-02-05 1997-06-24 Butterworth Systems, Inc. Tank cleaning device
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US6155494A (en) * 1997-12-19 2000-12-05 Annovi E Reverberi S.R.L. Rotary nozzle device for emitting a water jet
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US20030150934A1 (en) * 2002-02-12 2003-08-14 Lawson Kenneth L. Turbine speed control for rotary irrigation sprinklers
US6929194B2 (en) * 2002-02-12 2005-08-16 Rain Bird Corporation Turbine speed control for rotary irrigation sprinklers
US20050000011A1 (en) * 2002-07-10 2005-01-06 Paul Swanson Pop-out water discharge device with a specialized outer enclosure
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US6942164B2 (en) * 2003-02-28 2005-09-13 Rain Bird Corporation Rotating stream sprinkler with turbine speed governor
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US20060278727A1 (en) * 2005-05-20 2006-12-14 K-Rain Manufacturing Corp. Pressure regulating nozzle assembly
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US7748646B2 (en) * 2007-06-13 2010-07-06 Hunter Industries, Inc. Gear driven sprinkler with top turbine
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US8328117B2 (en) 2007-10-30 2012-12-11 Bredberg Anthony J Lawn sprinkler
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US20090224070A1 (en) * 2008-03-07 2009-09-10 Clark Michael L Hydraulically Actuated Sprinkler Nozzle Cover
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US9192110B2 (en) 2010-08-11 2015-11-24 The Toro Company Central irrigation control system
US20190133059A1 (en) * 2012-01-26 2019-05-09 Robert E. DeWitt Water sprinkler for spraying a select depth of water per unit area onto one or a group of ground areas of any shape and relative size
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