Patent ID: 6241158
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A method of shutting off the flow of water through an irrigation sprinkler having a vertically reciprocable inner housing with a water flow path extending therethrough and a nozzle mounted in an upper end of the inner housing providing an extension of the water flow path for distributing a stream of water outward from the inner housing, the inner housing being vertically reciprocable within an outer body, comprising the steps of:inserting a tool into an exterior of an upper end of the inner housing to engage a drive member mounted in the inner housing; andmanually moving the tool a sufficient amount so that movement of the drive member that is conveyed to a valve body positioned in the water flow path will pivot the valve body from a first position in which the water flow path is substantially unobstructed to a second position in which the valve body substantially closes off the water flow path.