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A self propelled sprinkler is disclosed. The sprinkler has a support body with a drive unit which drives two rear wheels. The drive unit is powered by water pressure supplied through a hose which is coupled to the drive unit via a hose coupler. The drive unit has a cylindrical drive chamber with cir

A self propelled sprinkler is disclosed. The sprinkler has a support body with a drive unit which drives two rear wheels. The drive unit is powered by water pressure supplied through a hose which is coupled to the drive unit via a hose coupler. The drive unit has a cylindrical drive chamber with circular impeller in fluid communication with the hose coupler. The impeller is rotated by the water pressure and is mechanically connected to a lateral shaft. The shaft is connected to the rear wheels. Reduction gearing from the impeller to the shaft governs the speed of the sprinkler. The reduction gearing is achieved through a series of sun gears, carrier disks and planet gears. The drive unit also has an outlet which has a socket which allows the exit of the pressurized water. The socket allows the insertion of any variety of sprinkler heads. Thus, the sprinkler allows a variety of water distribution patterns. The sprinkler is propelled by water pressure rotating the impeller and eventually the rear wheels.

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A self propelled sprinkler is disclosed. The sprinkler has a support body with a drive unit which drives two rear wheels. The drive unit is powered by water pressure supplied through a hose which is coupled to the drive unit via a hose coupler. The drive unit has a cylindrical drive chamber with cir

A self propelled sprinkler is disclosed. The sprinkler has a support body with a drive unit which drives two rear wheels. The drive unit is powered by water pressure supplied through a hose which is coupled to the drive unit via a hose coupler. The drive unit has a cylindrical drive chamber with circular impeller in fluid communication with the hose coupler. The impeller is rotated by the water pressure and is mechanically connected to a lateral shaft. The shaft is connected to the rear wheels. Reduction gearing from the impeller to the shaft governs the speed of the sprinkler. The reduction gearing is achieved through a series of sun gears, carrier disks and planet gears. The drive unit also has an outlet which has a socket which allows the exit of the pressurized water. The socket allows the insertion of any variety of sprinkler heads. Thus, the sprinkler allows a variety of water distribution patterns. The sprinkler is propelled by water pressure rotating the impeller and eventually the rear wheels. 1. An optical projection scanner for producing a confined scanning volume for scanning code symbols presented therein, while preventing unintentional scanning of code symbols on objects located outside of the confined scanning volume, the optical projection scanner comprising: (a) a housing having an optically admissive window through which optical energy can exit said housing and travel towards an object bearing a code symbol; at least a portion of the optical energy reflecting from the object, traveling back through the window, and entering the housing; whereby a central reference axis extends in a substantially longitudinal direction through the housing; (b) an optical energy generation mechanism disposed within the housing for producing a beam of optical energy; (c) a beam sweeping mechanism disposed within the housing for rotation about a rotational axis; the beam sweeping mechanism having at least first, second and third rotating optically reflective surfaces each being disposed at a different acute angle with respect to the rotational axis, for sweeping the beam about the rotational axis along a plurality of different paths, the rotational axis intersecting the central reference axis to thereby define a central reference plane; (d) a stationary array of at least first, second, third, fourth, and fifth stationary optically reflective surfaces disposed within the housing and fixedly mounted with respect to the central reference axis; the first stationary optically reflective surface having a transverse axis extending substantially perpendicularly with respect to the central reference plane, the second and third stationary optically reflective surfaces being substantially symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the central reference plane, respectively, and adjacent the first optically reflective surface, and the fourth and fifth stationary optically reflective surfaces being substantially symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the central reference plane, and substantially adjacent to the second and third stationary optically reflective surfaces, respectively, and substantially adjacent to the beam sweeping mechanism; (e) an optical energy collection mechanism disposed within the housing and fixedly mounted with respect to the central reference axis, the collection mechanism including (1) a collection mirror fixedly mounted along the central reference plane, so as to permit the beam produced by the optical energy generation mechanism to pass from the collection mirror, substantially along the central reference plane, to the beam sweeping mechanism, for sweeping the beam about the rotational axis thereof along the plurality of different paths, and (2) an optical energy receiving mechanism for receiving optical energy from the collection mirror at a point substantially within the central reference plane, and detecting the received optical energy and producing an electrical signal indicative of the detected optical energy; (f) a processing and control mechanism within the housing, for processing the electrical signal, and for controlling the operation of at least one of: (i) the optical energy generation mechanism, and (ii) the beam sweeping mechanism, so that, during scanner operation, optical energy produced by the optical energy generation mechanism passes from the collection mirror, substantially along the central reference plane, directly to the first, second and third rotating optically reflective surfaces of the beam sweeping mechanism, and as the beam reflects off said first, second and third rotating optically reflective surfaces, the beam is swept across the first, second, third, fourth and fifth stationary optically reflective surfaces, so as to produce first, second, third, fourth and fifth groups of plural scan lines, respectively, which are projected out through the window and intersect about a projection axis extending from the window, and within a confined scanning volume extending fro m subsantially adjacent the window to at least about six inches from the window so as to produce a substantially collimated projected scanning pattern within the confined scanning volume, by which a code symbol can be scanned omni-directionally while preventing unintentional scanning of code symbols on objects located outside of the confined scanning volume, each scan line in the first group of scan lines being substantially parallel to each other scan line in the first group of scan lines, each scan line in the second group of scan lines being substantially parallel to each other scan line in the second group of scan lines, each scan line in the third group of scan lines being substantially parallel to each other scan line in the third group of scan lines, each scan line in the fourth group of scan lines being substantially parallel to each other scan line in the fourth group of scan lines, and each scan line in the fifth group of scan lines being substantially parallel to each other scan line in the fifth group of scan lines, whereby, when a code symbol is presented to the collimated projected scanning pattern within the confined scanning volume, the code symbol is scanned within the collimated projected scanning pattern and at least a portion of the optical energy reflected from the scanned code symbol is directed through the window, reflected off the first, second, third, fourth and fifth stationary optically reflective surfaces, reflected off the first, second and third rotating optically reflective surfaces of the beam sweeping mechanism, collected by the collection mirror, and received by the receiving mechanism for detection, whereupon the electrical signal is produced. 2. The optical projection scanner of claim 1 wherein the housing is adapted for use with a base mechanism for supporting the housing with respect to a counter surface so that at least a portion of the collimated projected scanning pattern is projected above the counter surface so as to permit scanning a code symbol presented to the collimated projected scanning pattern. 3. The optical projection scanner of claim 2 wherein the base mechanism is attached to the housing. 4. The optical projection scanner of claim 3 wherein the base mechanism is detachable from the housing. 5. The optical projection scanner of claim 2 wherein the collimated scanning pattern is oriented laterally outward above the counter surface at a point of sale station. 6. The optical projection scanner of claim 2, wherein the base mechanism further includes a mechanism for selectively supporting the housing in any one of a plurality of positions above the counter surface so that the collimated scanning pattern can be projected about the projection axis above the counter surface in any one of a plurality of orientations corresponding to the plurality of positions. 7. The optical projection scanner of claim 1 wherein the processing and control mechanism is adapted to decode the electrical signal and produce data representative of the scanned code symbol. 8. The optical projection scanner of claim 1, wherein the different acute angles are selected so that the scan lines within each group of scan lines are substantially equidistant from each other at a distance from the window. 9. The optical projection scanner of claim 1, wherein the optical energy generation mechanism includes a laser diode fixedly mounted with respect to the central reference axis, and wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth stationary reflective surfaces include first, second, third, fourth and fifth planar mirrors, respectively, each fixedly mounted with respect to the central reference axis. 10. The optical projection scanner of claim 1, wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth stationary reflective surfaces include first, second, third, fourth and fifth planar mirrors, respectively. 11. The optical projection scanner of claim 1 wherein the housing has a head portion and a handle portion.