Hose nozzle

Claim 1

A HOSE NOZZLE, COMPRISING (A) A COUPLER, (B) A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER FIXED TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COUPLER, (C) A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER CONCENTRIC WITH AND ENCOMPASSING SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER AND DEFINING AN ANNULAR SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A RESTRICTED DISCHARGE PASSAGE IN THE FORWARD PORTION THEREOF, (D) SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE PERMITTING PASSAGE OF FLUID FROM THE INTERIOR THEREOF INTO SAID ANNULAR SPACE, (E) A SLEEVE FIXED TO SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER AND FULLY OCCUPYING SAID ANNULAR SPACE FOR A PORTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER AND SLEEVE BEING LONGITUDINALLY SLIDABLE AS A UNIT LONGITUDINALLY AND ROTATIVELY ON SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, (F) INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS ON SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER AND SLEEVE, RESPECTIVELY, FOR LIMITING THE LONGITUDINAL POSITIONING OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER AND SLEEVE RELATIVE TO THE FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER AND INCLUDING CAM MEANS WHEREBY LIMITED ROTATION OF THE SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER IS EFFECTIVE, BY THE TRAVERSING OF SAID INTERENGAGEABLE MEANS ON EACH OTHER, TO VARY CONSIDERABLY THE VOLUME AND PATTERN OF THE EMITTED FLUID, (G) MEANS ON SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER CLOSING THE FORWARD END THEREOF, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CLOSING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RESTRICTED PASSAGE TO DEFINE A GENERALLY ANNULAR SPRAY PASSAGE, SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER PROVIDING A VALVE SEAT REARWARDLY OF SAID RESTRICTED PASSAGE, AND (H) A VALVE MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID CLOSING MEANS AND ADJUSTABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID SEAT BY MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM SAID ANNULAR SPACE, SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER BEING FREELY TRANSLATABLE BY STRAIGHT-LINE MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER TO VARY SAID FLOW BETWEEN MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM LIMITS.