Patent ID: 7770821
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A sprinkler comprising: a sprinkler base connectable to a water supply; a nozzle attached to said sprinkler base for directing water entering said base therefrom, said nozzle having a flange therearound having a plurality of gear teeth; a water deflector bracket loosely attached to said sprinkler base for rotation and tilting thereon and having a plurality of gear teeth thereon different in number from said nozzle flange plurality of gear teeth and being positioned to partially engage said nozzle flange plurality of gear teeth while preventing full engagement thereof, said water deflector bracket having a plurality of arms extending therefrom; a water deflector pad fixedly supported on said rotatably deflector bracket plurality of arms below said nozzle for rotation with said water deflector bracket, said water deflector pad having a plurality of grooves therein for deflecting water impinging thereupon from said nozzle to force partial engagement of said water deflector bracket gear teeth with said nozzle flange gear teeth to thereby tilt and rotate said deflector bracket on said sprinkler base; whereby a sprinkler has a more even coverage of an area being sprinkled and ease of startability.