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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
May. 14, 1996
Frederick J Sweet, College Place, WA (US);
Nelson Irrigation Corporation, Walla Walla, WA (US);
Abstract
A sprinkler includes a body having an inlet and an outlet, an adapter having an end face secured to the inlet, and a stream distributor plate located downstream of the outlet. A quick change nozzle is slidably received on the adapter, the nozzle having a nozzle inlet at one end and a discharge orifice located at an opposite end adjacent the outlet. The nozzle also includes an externally visible identification band adjacent the inlet at an interface between the adapter and the body, as well as an annular, radial flange proximate to the opposite end. The nozzle is also held in a horizontally extending clip, the clip projecting laterally away from the body and holding a second alternatively usable nozzle laterally adjacent the first nozzle:, the clip being reversible such that the first and second nozzles are selectively mountable on the adapter.