Patent · US Expired

Drive arm deflector for a rotary impact sprinkler

US4760959A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 8, 1986
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B15/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In an impact drive sprinkler including a rotatable body arranged to rotate about a rotation axis and having a sprinkler nozzle through which water is ejected in an outward direction from the rotation axis, a deflector defining a spiral water engagement surface which extends approximately 360 degrees from an inlet location intermittently adjacent the sprinkler nozzle to an outlet location, the inlet location being azimuthally displaced therefrom about said rotation axis.

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