US 11,933,417 B2
Irrigation sprinkler service valve
Glade Lamar Hansen, Vail, AZ (US); Scott Allen Rottler, Vail, AZ (US); and Andrew Joseph Pace, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US)
Filed by Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,605.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,289, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0095778 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. F16K 31/04 (2006.01); F16K 1/22 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 31/047 (2013.01) [F16K 1/221 (2013.01); F16K 5/0647 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sprinkler comprising:
a sprinkler housing having an upstream end portion and a downstream end portion;
a valve housing associated with the upstream end portion of the sprinkler housing:
a valve chamber defined by the valve housing;
a valve body disposed in the valve chamber and movable in the valve chamber between an open position and closed position;
an activation shaft extending from the downstream end portion of the sprinkler housing to the valve housing; and
a control valve for the sprinkler disposed in the upstream end portion of the sprinkler housing and the valve housing disposed upstream of the control valve.