Patent ID: 7427038

Claim:
A dual-axis rotating sprinkler comprising: a nozzle having an outlet end; an inlet end; and an extension tube formed on the inlet end and having an axis; an adjusting assembly connecting to the nozzle and having a rotating segment formed on and communicating with the extension tube and having an axis perpendicular to the axis of the extension tube; an edge; an inside surface; an outside surface; a central hole formed through the inside and outside surfaces of the rotating segment; a recess formed in the outside surface of the rotating segment and corresponding to the central hole of the rotating segment; and multiple positioning detents formed separately in the inside surface along the edge of the rotating segment; a stationary segment communicating with and coaxially mounted pivotally on the rotating segment to allow the rotating segment to pivot on the stationary segment and having an edge; an inside surface; an outside surface; a protruding rod formed coaxially in the stationary segment, extending out from the inside surface of the stationary segment passing through the central hole in the rotating segment and having a sidewall and a distal end; a fastening hole formed axially in the protruding rod; a socket formed in the inside surface of the stationary segment adjacent to the edge; a retainer mounted in the socket in the stationary segment and selectively engaging the positioning detents in the rotating segment to hold the rotating segment in place; a spring mounted in the socket in the stationary segment and compressed by the retainer; and multiple pawls formed continuously around the sidewall around the distal end of the protruding rod and in the recess in the rotating segment; multiple washers mounted in the rotating and stationary segments; a holding disk mounted in the recess in the rotating segment, mounted around the protruding rod of the stationary segment and having an inside surface; and a ratchet recess formed in the inside surface of the holding disk and corresponding to and engaging the pawls of the stationary segment to hold the holding disk on the protruding rod; and a fastener engaging the fastening hole in the protruding rod and abutting the holding disk; a rotating assembly communicating and attached to the adjusting assembly to rotate the adjusting assembly and the nozzle; and an adapting tube mounted around and communicating with the rotating assembly.