Pulsating sprinkler
CA 2022657 C · Owner: Hunter-Melnor, Inc. · Inventors: Chow, Ho
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A pulsating sprinkler incorporating a three-position trip mechanism facilitating forward/reverse rotation and continuous rotation. A multiple position diffuser and deflector lever is adjustable for various degrees of diffusion or deflection of a water stream. The sprinkler body is easily removed from the bushing assembly by compression of snap fingers located at a terminal end of the spring body. Further an O-ring radially seals, a space between the bushing assembly and the sprinkler body. An impact arm having two plates with separated vanes extending between the plates or an impact arm with a single plate with two downwardly projecting vanes may be used for ease in molding and increasing …
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- Filed August 3, 1990 and granted November 24, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 3, 2010.
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