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A hose nozzle comprising a fixed body structure including a hand grip portion and a barrel portion extending at an angle therefrom. The hand grip portion has exterior surfaces shaped to be gripped forwardly by the fingers of a user\s hand and rearwardly by the palm with a rearwardly projecting abutm

A hose nozzle comprising a fixed body structure including a hand grip portion and a barrel portion extending at an angle therefrom. The hand grip portion has exterior surfaces shaped to be gripped forwardly by the fingers of a user\s hand and rearwardly by the palm with a rearwardly projecting abutment overlying the base of the thumb. A flow control knob is mounted on the hand grip portion above the abutment for turning movement through 90°about a fore and aft extending axis in a position to be conveniently turned by the thumb of the user\s hand gripping the hand grip portion. The body structure defines an interior water passage including an inlet passage portion extending through the hand grip portion in temperature insulating relation with respect to the exterior surfaces thereof. A ball valve is mounted within the inlet passage portion for movement in response to the movement of the control knob. A spray pattern defining assembly is mounted on the outlet end of the interior water passage.

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A hose nozzle comprising a fixed body structure including a hand grip portion and a barrel portion extending at an angle from said hand grip portion, said hand grip portion having exterior surface means shaped to be gripped forwardly by the fingers of a user\s hand and rearwardly by the palm with a

A hose nozzle comprising a fixed body structure including a hand grip portion and a barrel portion extending at an angle from said hand grip portion, said hand grip portion having exterior surface means shaped to be gripped forwardly by the fingers of a user\s hand and rearwardly by the palm with a rearwardly projecting abutment overlying the base of the thumb, a flow control knob mounted on said hand grip portion above said abutment for turning movement through 90°about a fore and aft extending axis in a position to be conveniently turned by the thumb of the user\s hand gripping the hand grip portion, said body structure defining an interior water passage including an inlet passage portion extending through said hand grip portion in temperature insulating relation with respect to the exterior surface means thereof and an outlet passage portion extending from said inlet passage portion through said barrel portion, said inlet passage portion having an inlet end formed with coupling means for connection with a hose end fitting so as to communicate a source of water under pressure contained within a hose with said inlet passage portion, a ball valve seat in said inlet passage portion in spaced relation with said inlet end in a position adjacent the outlet passage portion, a ball valve mounted in said hand grip portion in cooperating relation with said ball valve seat in a position within said inlet passage portion for movement through 90°between opened and closed positions to control the flow of water under pressure communicated with said inlet passage portion to said outlet passage portion past said valve seat from zero flow when said ball valve is in said closed position to full flow when said ball valve is in said opened position and varying flow rates therebetween when said ball valve is in varying positions between said closed and opened positions, means for connecting said knob with said ball valve so that the position the knob is moved into by the user\s thumb determines the flow rate of the water under pressure flowing to said outlet passage portion, and manually adjustable spray pattern defining means in an outlet end of said outlet passage portion for causing water under pressure flowing to said outlet end to be discharged therefrom in a selected predetermined spray pattern within a manually adjustable range of spray patterns between a jet stream and a cone spray.