US Patent 7080795 Pattern switching device for garden nozzles

A garden nozzle includes a barrel and a handle to be connected with a hose and a tube is movably received in the barrel and connected with a pattern switching button which is connected to the handle. A shank with a spiral groove extends through a pattern member rotatably mounted to a front end of the barrel and a sleeve which is received in the tube. The pattern member is fixed to the shank. The sleeve includes a ridge which is movably engaged with the spiral groove so that when pulling the pattern switching button, the tube and the sleeve are moved backward so as to drive the shank and the pattern member to rotate.