Patent ID: 8336788

Claim:
A rotary sprinkler comprising: a housing supporting a nozzle and a nozzle tube, said nozzle tube located axially adjacent an orifice of said nozzle with an axial gap therebetween; a water-deflection plate assembly carried by said nozzle tube for rotation relative to said nozzle tube; wherein said housing is formed with an exterior substantially annular funnel surrounding said nozzle and at least a portion of said housing and forming a collection trough for collection of excess water on an outside surface of said housing, said housing formed with one or more apertures directing excess water in said collection trough to an internal area surrounding said orifice, thereby allowing excess water to be aspirated through said gap into a stream of water emitted from said nozzle orifice and through said nozzle tube, such that the excess water is distributed by said water-deflection plate along with water emitted from the nozzle orifice.