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Rotary stream sprinkler unit with rotor damping means

US4932590A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 7, 1989
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 7, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB05B3/0426
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A rotary stream sprinkler unit comprises a housing having a water flow passage in which is disposed a flow control unit having one or more passages configured to control the volume and pressure of a stream, which strikes and rotates a self-propelled rotary distributor head rotatably mounted at the outlet of the housing for dividing each stream into a plurality of final streams, and rotating each of the final streams through a selected arc during the rotation of the rotary head, with a damping device in the housing connected to the rotary head by means of a shaft supported by a resilient member at the outlet for controlling the rotational velocity thereof.

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