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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Applicant:
John D. Crooks, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
John D. Crooks, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hunter Industries, Inc., San Marcos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 3/04 (2006.01); B05B 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sprinkler includes a drive mechanism mounted in a riser that rotates a nozzle at the top of the riser. The drive mechanism enables a user to select between oscillation of the nozzle through an adjustable arc and uni-directional full circle rotation of the nozzle. The sprinkler includes an automatic arc return feature that enables the nozzle to resume oscillation between a pair of original pre-set arc limits when the nozzle is twisted by a vandal outside of the arc limits.