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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Gerald Krueger, Marquette, WI (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention provides a connector for a rotatable lawn sprinkler mounted on a cylindrical stand pipe, and comprises two cylindrical members arranged co-axially with respect to the longitudinal axis of the stand pipe. A cylindrical sleeve, as the female member of the connector, has an open-ended longitudinal bore and terminates at one end with an outwardly extending annular shoulder seated on the marginal wall of the stand pipe and is secured thereto. A cylindrical stem, as the male member of the connector, having an open-ended longitudinal bore and terminates near one end with an outwardly extending annular collar is co-axially disposed and slidably engagable with the sleeve so as to be freely rotatable in the bore of the sleeve. The annular collar of the stem is supportably engaged with the annular shoulder of the sleeve. The upper section of the stem is adaptable for secure engagement with the rotatable lawn sprinkler. A hose is connected near the bottom of the stand pipe, and when water is supplied through the hose to the stand pipe and through the bores of the sleeve and stem, which all are in fluid communication, because the sprinkler is provided with one or more restricted orifices, the resulting water pressure effects common rotation of the stem and the lawn sprinkler.