Patent ID: 6871795
Filing Date: 2005-03-29
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. An irrigation sprinkler comprising: a head having a first water outlet passage communicating with a nozzle receiving socket; a nozzle slidably mounted in the nozzle receiving socket and including a hollow support body defining a second water outlet passage communicating with the first water outlet passage, a portion defining a nozzle orifice, and a cantilevered pry flange extending in a lateral direction from an outer end of the support body and having a portion terminating short of a wall of the nozzle receiving socket to create a gap sized for ready insertion of a tool to facilitate removal of the nozzle from the nozzle receiving socket, the nozzle further including a pair of spaced apart stabilizing arms that extend in a forward direction from opposite sides of the support body and define a recess for receiving a screw that holds the nozzle in the nozzle receiving socket; and a tubular drive shaft for supplying the first water outlet passage of the head with pressurized water.