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US3261553A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Oscillating lawn sprinkler

Assignee: Hahn Brass Ltd
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Filing: 1964-10-05
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Granted: 1966-07-19
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Expires: 1984-10-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kooi Jan
  • 👤 Reginald M Werlich

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 02:08
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B3/00; B05B3/02; B05B3/04; B05B3/0417; B05B3/0432; B05B3/0438; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18056; Y10T74/18288

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 239 words
A WAVE TYPE LAWN SPRINKLER COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING AN ARBOR AT ONE END AND A HOUSING ADJACENT ITS OTHER END; SAID HOUSING HAVING WALLS DEFINING AN IMPULSE CHAMBER AND A GEAR CHAMBER, SAID IMPULSE CHAMBER HAVING A FLUID INLET AND OUTLET; A SPRAY TUBE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT ONE END IN SAID FLUID OUTLET AND AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID ARBOR, SAID SPRAY TUBE INCLUDING MEANS TO ADJUST THE AREA OF THE PATTERN THEREOF; DRIVE MEANS IN SAID HOUSING COMPRISING AN IMPELLER IN SAID IMPULSE CHAMBER MOUNTED FOR ROTATION THEREIN ON A DRIVE SHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID HOUSING WALLS AND EXTENDING INTO SAID GEAR CHAMBER; REDUCTION GEARS IN SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM; AND MOTION LINKAGE INTERCONNECTING SAID OUT PUT SHAFT WITH SAID SPRAY TUBE FOR EFFECTING OSCILLATING MOVEMENT TO SAID SPRAY TUBE IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT; SAID LINKAGE COMPRISING A PAIR OF DISCS CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT AND HAVING SPACED APART PORTIONS DEFINING A PASSAGEWAY, A ROD CONNECTING SAID SPRAY TUBE ADJUSTING MEANS TO ONE END OF A LINK ARM PIVOTED AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID HOUSING, A PORTION OF SAID LINK ARM BEING RETAINED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY BY A FOLLOWER FREELY POSITIONED THEREIN AND ADAPTED TO TRAVERSE THE CONFIGURATION THEREOF IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, WHEREBY SAID SPRAY TUBE RECEIVES OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT FROM SAID LINK ARM AND FOLLOWER CONFORMING TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID PASSAGEWAY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 203 words
A MOTION TRANSMITTING LINKAGE ADAPTED FOR OPERATIVE CONNECTION TO A WAVE TYPE LAWN SPRINKLER HAVING A HOUSING PROVIDED WITH A FLUID DRIVEN OUTPUT SHAFT AND AN OSCILLATABLE SPRAY TUBE EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID HOUSING; SAID LINKAGE COMPRISING A PAIR OF DISC ADAPTED CONCENTRICALLY TO BE MOUNTED ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, EACH DISC OF SAID PAIR BEING PROVIDED ON ONE FACE WITH AN ENDLESS, HEART-SHAPED GROOVE THEREIN; SAID DISC BEING CONNECTED IN FACE TO FACE RELATION WHEREBY SAID GROOVES ARE OPPOSITE TO AND IN REGISTRY WITH ONE ANSOTHER TO FORM A HEART-SHAPED PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN SAID DISCS, SAID PASSAGEWAY HAVING A FOLLOWER FREELY SEATED THEREIN; AND A LINK ARM ADAPTED OPERATIVELY TO BE CONNECTED AT ONE END WITH SAID SPRAY TUBE AND AT ITS OTHER END TO BE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING, A PORTION OF SAID LINK CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EMBRACING SAID FOLLOWED, WHEREBY, IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT, AND SAID DISCS, SAID FOLLOWER AND LINK ARE ADAPTED TOP TRANSMIT SAID ROTATION TO SAID SPRAY TUBE FOR OSCILLATORY MOVEMENT THEREOF; THE HEART-SHAPE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY, ACTING ON SAID FOLLOWER AND LINK, BEING ADAPTED TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF SAID MOVEMENT AT THE POINTS OF DIRECTIONAL CHANGE OF SAID SPRAY TUBE.

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