Sprinkler systems
US4026471A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1976 |
| Grant date | May 31, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B15/74
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Improvements in sprinkler systems having fluid under pressure flowing therethrough and a sprinkler head with a pop-up nozzle actuated by fluid pressure. An impeller is actuated by the fluid flow to rotate the nozzle and thus rotate the spray of fluid threfrom. A transmission is disposed between the impeller and the nozzle for transmitting rotation of the impeller to the nozzle. Means are provided for regulating the rate of rotation of the impeller, and then the nozzle, under varying volume flow of fluid being sprayed thereout. This may be accomplished by a substantially constant velocity of incoming fluid impinging on impeller blades. This velocity may be maintained substantially constant by a variable resistance valve in association with a stationary stator having blades thereon which valve moves with respect to the stator to provide a guided substantially constant velocity of jets of fluid on the impeller blades to rotate the same which in turn rotates the nozzle at a substantially constant rate of rotation.
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