Talk:Impact sprinkler

Some additional reference materials for consideration

• http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=360
• http://www.fshs.org/Proceedings/Password%20Protected/1996%20Vol.%20109/14-16%20(STAMPS).pdf

• http://www.watereducation.utah.gov/WaterInUtah/Irrigation/default.asp

• http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/Irrigate/Reports/CICNCSI.pdf

• http://www.springerlink.com/content/k9r564047t678255/

• http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=159671

• http://biosystems.okstate.edu/Home/mkizer/I%20Sprinkler%20Irrigation.ppt

Mfield (talk) 06:25, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

File:Impact Sprinkler Mechanism 2.jpg to appear as POTD

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Picture of the day

The head of an impact sprinkler, a type of irrigation sprinkler in which the sprinkler head, driven in a circular motion by the force of the outgoing water, pivots on a bearing on top of its threaded attachment nut. Invented in 1935 by Orton Englehardt, it quickly found widespread use.Photograph: JJ Harrison

"The head is driven in a circular motion by the force of the outgoing water"

Just No. I rewrote the operation description according to what the patent document describes, and what is clearly visible in videos.
An additional description of the part-circle return-mechanism would be nice to have.
I also replaced the link to the slow-motion video with a better one.
--BjKa (talk) 09:24, 19 July 2024 (UTC)