Patent ID: 6302335
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A lawn sprinkler for receiving fluid from a fluid source and distributing the fluid over an area, comprising:a tubular support pole extending along a longitudinal axis and having distal and proximal ends, the support pole including an inner surface defining a flow path therethrough;a fluid distribution member having an interior for receiving the fluid to be distributed and an opening therein for allowing fluid to exit the lawn sprinkler therethrough;a tubular housing defining a passageway therethrough, the housing having an inner surface and having a first end for receiving the first end of the support pole and a second opposite end; anda bushing assembly interconnected to the fluid distribution member and partially received in the second end of the housing, the bushing assembly including:an outer bushing having an inner surface and an outer surface engaging the inner surface of the housing;an inner bushing having a first end operatively connected by a connection element to the fluid distribution member and a second, opposite end, the inner bushing having outer surface forming a rotational interface with the inner surface of the outer bushing and an inner surface defining a flow passage communicating with the flow path through the support pole; anda speed control element interconnected to said connection element, threaded into said inner bushing and axially movable between a first non-interfering relationship in which said speed control element is removed from said flow passage and a second interfering position in which said speed control element extends axially into said flow passage.