Patent ID: 9604239
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B05B

Claim:
1. A self-cleaning water nozzle comprising: a) a nozzle housing having an inlet to receive water, an outlet to discharge water, and a housing chamber; b) a nozzle cap removably attachable to the outlet; c) a seal positioned between an inside of the outlet cap and the outlet of the nozzle housing; d) a nozzle assembly comprising a pair of nozzle halves, each of the nozzle halves having a plurality of grooves in a side face thereof, the grooves forming a spiral path when the nozzle halves are put together to form mated nozzle halves, the spiral path having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet in communication with an inlet of the nozzle housing, the outlet in communication with a chamber formed by the mated nozzle halves, the mated nozzle halves forming a nozzle opening at one end of the nozzle assembly to allow for discharge of the water, the nozzle halves sized to fit within the nozzle housing, each half including a flange and a bottom rib; e) a spring sized to surround the nozzle assembly and be positioned between an end face of the nozzle cap and faces of the flanges of the nozzle halves; f) wherein the spring is sized so that when water is applied to a bottom of the nozzle halves at a predetermined pressure or less, the spring expands to move the nozzle halves away from the outlet, the spring contact against the faces of the flanges and contact of the bottom ribs with a bottom surface of the housing chamber causing separation of the nozzle halves for nozzle cleaning.