Abstract An ornamental fountain nozzle comprises an elongate body which defines therein a chamber having a lower water inlet opening and an upper water outlet opening. A plug is fixedly disposed across the chamber at the outlet opening. The plug has a portion of its length disposed within a portion of the chamber which has walls defining a cylinder of constant cross-sectional configuration and extending from the outlet opening along the chamber for a distance greater than the extent of the plug within the body. The plug has peripheral walls outside the body arranged to define an extension of the cylinder. The junction of the plug peripheral walls with a top surface of the plug is chamfered along the extent of the cylinder extension. A plurality of grooves are formed in the circumference of the plug at intervals along the extent of the cylinder; a substantial portion of the length of the grooves is disposed within the body. The grooves have lower ends which communicate with the chamber at the lower end of the plug, and upper ends which communicate with the exterior of the nozzle only through the plug peripheral walls and the chamfer. The surfaces of the grooves opposite the plug peripheral walls are inclined outwardly from the length of the plug. The plug between the grooves is engaged in surface-to-surface contact with the chamber walls.
Inventors
👤 J Hruby
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-08 11:25
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B17/00; B05B17/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
An ornamental fountain nozzle comprising an elongate body defining therein a chamber having a lower water inlet opening thereto and an upper water outlet opening therefrom, a plug fixedly disposed across the chamber at the outlet opening with a portion of the length of the plug disposed within a portion of the chamber adjacent the water outlet opening, the plug having peripheral walls outside the body defining an extension of said portion of the chamber, the junction of said peripheral walls with a top surface of the plug being chamfered, a plurality of grooves formed at intervals in the circumference of the plug with a substantial portion of their length disposed within the body, the grooves having lower ends communicating with the chamber at the lower end of the plug and upper ends communicating with the exterior of the nozzle only through said plug peripheral walls and said chamfer, the surfaces of the grooves opposite the plug peripheral walls being inclined outwardly from the length of the plug, the plug between the grooves being engaged in surface-tosurface contact with the chamber walls.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
An ornamental fountain nozzle comprising an elongate body defining therein a chamber having a lower water inlet opening thereto and an upper water outlet opening therefrom, a plug fixedly disposed across the chamber at the outlet opening with a portion of the length of the plug disposed within a portion of the chamber adjacent the water outlet opening, the plug having peripheral walls outside the body defining an extension of said portion of the chamber, the junction of said peripheral walls with a top surface of the plug being chamfered, a plurality of grooves formed at intervals in the circumference of the plug with a substantial portion of their length disposed within the body, the grooves having lower ends communicating with the chamber at the lower end of the plug and upper ends communicating with the exterior of the nozzle only through said plug peripheral walls and said chamfer, the surfaces of the grooves opposite the plug peripheral walls being inclined outwardly from the length of the plug, the plug between the grooves being engaged in surface-tosurface contact with the chamber walls.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A nozzle according to claim 1 wherein the included angle between the surface of the pLug along the chamfer and an upward extension of the plug peripheral wall is on the order of about 20 degrees.