Patent ID: 9138768
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A nozzle body suitable for attachment to a riser of an irrigation device, the nozzle body comprising: a hollow, outer cylindrical skirt having an upper portion closed by an upper wall to block fluid from exiting through the upper portion of the nozzle body and an open lower portion and defining a boundary of an outer chamber; and a mouth in the outer cylindrical skirt opening radially outward, the mouth being in fluid communication with the outer chamber via a discharge orifice, the mouth being bounded at least in part by a pair of sidewalls, at least one of the sidewalls having an outwardly extending notch effective to increase the fraction of water volume flowing adjacent thereto as compared to if the sidewall did not have the notch, the notch having a height less than the height of the sidewall.