Patent ID: 9387494
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B05B

Claim Text:
1. A nozzle insert for side-loading into an access opening in a sprinkler body comprising: an insert body having a bearing portion, a ball-valve portion connected to said bearing portion and provided with a nozzle bore having an inlet and an outlet orifice; and a lock/release portion connected to said ball-valve portion and including plural, flexible spring arms extending away from said ball-valve portion, said flexible spring arms being displaceable between a squeezed position and a released position, wherein said nozzle insert is insertable into a sprinkler body having a flow passage by displacement of said flexible spring arms into said squeezed position and rotatable to plural operating positions in the sprinkler body by manipulation of said flexible spring arms, and wherein said nozzle bore is alignable with the flow passage in at least two of said plural operating positions.