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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard E Hunter, La Jolla, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hunter Industries, Inc., San Marcos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
239204 ; 239240 ;
Abstract
A sprinkler unit comprises a housing having an inlet for connecting to a source of water, a rotating head mounted in an upper end of the housing and including an outlet nozzle for distributing a stream of water outward from the housing, a drive assembly including a turbine and a reduction gear drive train connecting the turbine to the head for rotating the head, the drive train having a gap for intermittently interrupting the drive for causing the head to intermittently pause during rotation thereof.