US Patent Issued to Hunter Agriculture on Jan. 13 for "Serviceable sprinkler with nutating distribution plate and wear sleeve" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,736, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hunter Agriculture Inc. (San Marcos, Calif.).

"Serviceable sprinkler with nutating distribution plate and wear sleeve" was invented by Mark Healy (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sprinkler assembly with a nutating distribution plate can improve even distribution of water. The distribution plate can tilt and/or translate upon water impinging the distribution plate to disperse water in different directions. The sprinkler assembly can have a deflector assembly including the distribution plate, a spindle supported by a bearing, and a contact portion downstream of the distribution pla...