Patent ID: 6073863
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A hose nozzle comprising:a main body composed of a hand grip, a water duct located in said hand grip, a channel connected at one end thereof with an upper end of said water duct, a spout end connected at one end thereof with said hand grip and provided therein with a water discharging tube which is connected with other end of said channel, said main body further composed of a through hole located at the junction of said hand grip and said spout end, and two recessed portions extending from edges of both ends of said through hole such that a stop edge of said recessed portions is located under said through hole, and that a slanted edge of said recessed portions is located over said through hole;a control member formed of a plug, a shaft, two washers, a water stopping piece, and a coiled spring, said plug provided with an axial hole and an inclined bottom end and disposed in the top end of said water duct such that said plug presses against the lower end of said channel, and that said water duct is sealed off by said plug, and further that said axial hole of said plug is in communication with said water duct, said shaft being received in said through hole of said main body and provided in the outer wall thereof with a middle circular groove and two end circular grooves, said middle circular groove provided with a slot, said two washers being received respectively in said end circular grooves, said shaft provided at one end thereof with a stop ring greater in diameter than said shaft and having in the outer side thereof a protrusion, said coiled spring disposed in said slot such that said coiled spring is compressed by said water stopping piece, said shaft being received in said through hole of said main body such that said stop ring is in contact with said recessed portion, and that an inclined top end of said water stopping piece is joined with said inclined bottom end of said plug, and further that said plug is urged by the elastic force of said coiled spring to seal off said axial hole of said plug; andan actuating member having two arms and a shoulder, said two arms provided at a free end thereof with an engaging hole dimensioned to receive said protrusion of said shaft of said control member, said shoulder provided in the outer side thereof with a serrated portion, said actuating member being joined with said main body such that said recessed portions are embraced by said two arms, and that said protrusion of said shaft are engaged with said engaging holes of said two arms of said actuating member, and further that the bottom sides of said two arms of said actuating member are in an intimate contact with said stop edges of said recessed portions of said main body, and further that the upper sides of said two arms of said actuating member are kept apart from two slanted edges of said two recessed portions of said main body.