Patent ID: 9089857
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A sprinkler head comprising: a sprinkler body having a flow passage including an inlet at one end thereof; and a nozzle carrier supporting at least one nozzle, said nozzle carrier supported on said sprinkler body downstream of said flow passage for pivoting movement about a substantially horizontal axis between a nozzle-installed position where said at least one nozzle is aligned with said flow passage and a nozzle-offset position where a shut-off surface portion of said nozzle carrier is aligned with said flow passage for shutting off flow through said sprinkler body, wherein said flow passage has an outlet at an opposite end of said sprinkler body coaxially-aligned with a nozzle bore in said at least one nozzle when said nozzle carrier is in said nozzle-installed position, and wherein said sprinkler body includes a nozzle guide platform located axially downstream of the nozzle carrier, said guide platform provided with an opening aligned with said flow passage and with said nozzle bore when said nozzle carrier is in said nozzle-installed position.