Jeffery A Mitchell

US Patent:

6382525, May 7, 2002

Filed:

Feb 23, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/792724

Inventors:

Theodore G. Santiesteban - Ocoee FL
Jeffery S. Mitchell - Lubbock TX

Assignee:

Senninger Irrigation, Inc. - Orlando FL

International Classification:

B05B 302

US Classification:

23922211, 239288, 239390, 239505, 239523, 239524, 239588, 239600

Abstract:

A sprinkler head especially adapted for use in irrigation systems, such as center pivot irrigation systems, in which a long water conduit is connected at one end to a source of water under pressure. The sprinkler head has a body attached to a water supply and has a water inlet and a nozzle for directing water therefrom. The sprinkler head body has an upper body portion having a first interlocking member thereon and a lower body portion having a plurality of arms extending therefrom. A water deflecting head is removably attached to the sprinkler head body lower body portion below the plurality of downwardly extending arms to deflect water being emitted from a nozzle thereagainst. A weighted collar has a bore therethrough and has a second interlocking member thereon. The weighted collar has a weight greater than one quarter pound and is removably attached to the sprinkler head body upper body portion with a second interlocking member engaging the sprinkler upper body interlocking member. The weighted collar has a deflection surface positioned to deflect a portion of the water being deflected by the water deflection head.