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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2017
Hunter Industries, Inc., San Marcos, CA (US);
Blake A. Wildt, Carlsbad, CA (US);
LaMonte D. Porter, San Marcos, CA (US);
Hunter Industries, Inc., San Marcos, CA (US);
Abstract
An irrigation sprinkler can be provided with a flow guard feature configured to send an indicator stream into the air when a nozzle is missing, while still conserving most of the water that would have been wasted without the flow guard feature. The flow guard feature can include a valve assembly having a first port and a second off-axis port. The second port can be smaller than the first port. The second port can be non-parallel to the first port. The first port can be open when the nozzle is present and be sealed when the nozzle is missing. The second, off-axis port can be open even when the nozzle is missing to provide the indicator stream.