Orifice Shapes Patents (Class 239/601)
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Publication number: 20100327077Abstract: A nozzle for generating fluid flow in an algae cultivation pond is disclosed. The nozzle includes a surface forming a smooth flow path from an inlet to an outlet. The surface corresponds to a monotonically decreasing function from the inlet to the outlet. A ratio of an inlet cross-sectional area to an outlet cross-sectional area is greater than sixteen.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Mehran Parsheh, Perry Young, Stephen Strutner, Guido Radaelli
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Patent number: 7832655Abstract: A delivery system and methods for generating droplets of liquid active materials, such as a perfume, air freshener, insecticide formulation, and volatile materials, to the atmosphere by means of a electromechanical transducer. The electromechanical transducer employs a first period of activation and a second period of deactivation to increase the distribution of volatile materials contained within the liquid active materials to the atmosphere and reduce the hedonic habituation of the user. The electromechanical transducer is configured to improve flow rate and decrease deposition of the droplets on to nearby surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Fernando Ray Tollens, Steven Louis Diersing, John Philip Hecht, Steven James Schroeck, William Paul Mahoney, III
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Patent number: 7828231Abstract: A discharge head for fluids, with a discharge nozzle (1) which has a discharge opening (2) and accommodates an internal sleeve (5) in which is arranged an internal body (4) which delimits an outlet channel (7) and has a connecting element (8) for connection to a counterpart (9) of a discharging apparatus, the internal sleeve (5) having, on the end side adjacent to the discharge opening (2), a sealing surface (10) against which a valve stopper (3) which is located on the internal body (4) and closes the outlet channel (7) is spring prestressed.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: MeadWestvaco Calmar GmbHInventor: Heiko Harms
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Publication number: 20100251962Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a cold spray method in which spray efficiency is improved by using a device comprising a similar construction to the conventional ones with minor change in conditions. The cold spray method employs the nozzle for cold spray system which comprises a convergent shape part, a throat part and a conical divergent shape part widened forward from the throat part used for making the raw material powder introduce from an inlet of the nozzle, which is located in the convergent shape part, into and shoot as a supersonic flow by using a working gas having temperature equal to or lower than a melting point of the raw material powder from a spout provided at the tip of the divergent shape part, wherein the convergent shape part is composed of a preheating region and a convergent region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: PLASMA GIKEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Hirotaka Fukanuma
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Patent number: 7798434Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing a random pattern of liquid adhesive filaments. The nozzle may include first and second air shim plates, an adhesive shim plate and first and second separating shim plates. The first and second air shim plates each have respective pairs of air slots. Each air slot has a process air inlet and a process air outlet and the air slots of each pair converge toward one another such that the process air inlets are farther apart than the process air outlets in each pair. The adhesive shim plate includes a plurality of liquid slots each with a liquid outlet. Four process air outlets are associated with each of the liquid outlets. The process air slots are adapted to receive pressurized process air and the liquid slots are adapted to receive pressurized liquid adhesive. The pressurized process air discharges from each group of the four process air outlets and forms a zone of turbulence for moving the filament of liquid adhesive discharging from the associated liquid outlet in a random pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Benjamin J. Bondeson, Thomas Burmester, Hubert Kufner, Joel E. Saine
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Patent number: 7798430Abstract: A fuel injection nozzle is formed with a nozzle hole group including at least two individual nozzle holes, which are disposed close to each other. Fuel is injected through the nozzle hole group. In at least one combination of two adjacent individual nozzle holes included in the same nozzle hole group, at least one of the two adjacent individual nozzle holes is configured such that each of the at least one of the two adjacent individual nozzle holes has a diameter, the diameter increasing only toward a corresponding adjacent one of the two adjacent individual nozzle holes along a direction from an inside to an outside of the each of the at least one of the two adjacent individual nozzle holes, and the diameter being maximized at an outer opening of the each of the at least one of the two adjacent individual nozzle holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Tokuji Kuronita, Satoru Sasaki
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Patent number: 7793859Abstract: A nozzle for the atomized spray of liquid hydrocarbon feed in a fluidized catalytic cracking apparatus having two or more slots with at least one lateral slot wall formed at an angle of from about 30 to about 60 degrees from the axis of the discharge. Also a method of spraying atomized hydrocarbon feed/steam into a fluidized catalytic cracking reactor using the nozzle described.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Stone & Webster Process Technology, Inc.Inventors: Norman Kolb, Ed Yuan, Louis Robert Anderson, Gary Jackson
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Publication number: 20100224348Abstract: A method for manufacturing an ejector nozzle tube, includes forming an essentially rectangular plate-type blank 1 to have an undulating configuration on two opposite edge areas 2, 3, subsequently bending the blank around an axis 4, which is arranged centrically and parallel to the edge areas 2, 3, with the edge areas 2, 3 being superposed and subsequently joining the edge areas by point connections 6, providing for the formation of ejector nozzles 5 between the point connections.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KGInventor: Predrag TODOROVIC
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Patent number: 7784717Abstract: A method for fabricating a nozzle includes providing at least two plates. At least one of the at least two plates includes a first opening. Each plate includes at least one mating surface. The method also includes stacking the at least two plates together such that a mating surface of a first of the at least two plates is substantially flush against a mating surface of a second of the at least two plates, and such that a fluid passage is at least partially defined by the at least two plates. The method also includes orienting the at least two plates relative to each other such that the opening within at least one of the at least two plates at least partially defines an outlet for discharging fluid from the fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Douglas R. Smith
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Patent number: 7780095Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus utilizing ultrasonic vibrations to force movement of protrusions to spray a fluid. The apparatus includes a horn with an internal chamber. Within the internal chamber of the horn are protrusions extending from a wall of the chamber. When the horn is vibrated, a fluid is expelled from the horn by the oscillation of the protrusions. Fluid to be expelled from the horn enters the internal chamber of the horn through at least one channel passing through a wall of the horn and leading into the chamber. After passing through the horn's internal chamber, the fluid exits the horn by passing through a channel originating in the front wall of the chamber and ending at the horn's radiation surface. A transducer may be connected to the horn's proximal end to generate ultrasonic vibrations throughout the length of the horn.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Bacoustics, LLCInventor: Eilaz Babaev
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Patent number: 7753287Abstract: The present invention comprises a cleaning system for headlamps, windshields or other surfaces, particularly of motor vehicles, comprising a tube system with liquid reservoir and a pump for providing and supplying a cleaning liquid and a nozzle configuration with liquid exit for applying a cleaning liquid of a surface to be cleaned wherein said liquid exit comprises a curved slot and/or a sphere arrangement to apply the cleaning liquid with low liquid pressure onto the surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Fico Cables, S.A.Inventors: Miguel Mota Lopez, Juan Jesus Elvira Peralta
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Patent number: 7753285Abstract: An ultrasound apparatus capable of mixing and/or atomizing fluids is disclosed. The apparatus includes a horn having an internal chamber through which fluids to be atomized and/or mixed flow. Connected to the horn's proximal end, a transducer powered by a generator induces ultrasonic vibrations within the horn. Traveling down the horn from the transducer, the ultrasonic vibrations induce the release of ultrasonic energy into the fluids to be atomized and/or mixed as they travel through the horn's internal chamber. As the ultrasonic vibrations travel through the chamber, the fluids within the chamber are agitated and/or begin to cavitate, thereby mixing the fluids. Upon reaching the front wall of the chamber, the ultrasonic vibrations are reflected back into the chamber, like an echo. The ultrasonic vibrations echoing off the front wall pass through the fluids within the chamber a second time, further mixing the fluids.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Bacoustics, LLCInventor: Eilaz Babaev
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Patent number: 7748650Abstract: The present invention provides an attachment for emitting water from a water source. The attachment comprises an inlet end, a transitional section connected to the inlet end, an outlet end connected to the transitional section opposite from the inlet end, and a reinforcement member attached to the transitional sectional and the outlet end to support the transitional section. The inlet end includes an external cover and an internal sleeve disposed within and spaced from the external cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: InvisaFlow LLCInventor: W. Haynes Sloan
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Publication number: 20100163653Abstract: An air manifold system that includes an improved air nozzle is provided. In one embodiment, the nozzle has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet of the nozzle may be shaped to conform to the curved outer surface of a main body of the air manifold, and may be welded thereto. The nozzle includes a variable section extending from the nozzle inlet to an intermediate transition point along the length of the nozzle, which has a converging inside diameter, which compensates for flow losses due to cornering. A resistive section extends from the transition point to the outlet, and has a generally constant diameter which is less than the inside diameter of the variable section measured at the nozzle inlet. In one embodiment, the length of the resistive section is less than the length of the variable section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventor: Allen S. Pucciani
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Publication number: 20100155510Abstract: A nozzle extending along an axis is provided, including an orifice portion, an exit and a trumpet portion. The orifice portion includes an orifice dimension that is generally perpendicular to the axis. The exit allows for a fluid to exit the nozzle. The trumpet portion is located between the orifice portion and the exit, where an outer surface of the trumpet portion is angled outwardly towards the exit. The trumpet portion includes a trumpet angle. The trumpet angle is measured at the outer surface of the trumpet portion, where the trumpet angle is less than ninety degrees. A trumpet height is also included, where the trumpet height is measured at the trumpet portion, and the trumpet height is greater than the orifice dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventor: Daniel W. Bamber
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Publication number: 20100136242Abstract: The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing removably affixed to the rear housing and comprising an mixing cavity therein for mixing of the powder and gas and an exit therefrom, a nozzle holder having a bore disposed therethrough and removably affixed to the front housing, and a polymeric nozzle positioned within the nozzle holder, an interior taper of the nozzle holder bore complementing an exterior taper of the nozzle. The nozzle having an initially converging, subsequently diverging centrally disposed bore therein adapted to receive the mixed powder and gas from the mixing chamber and the nozzle holder including a cooling jacket which is thermally coupled to the nozzle adjacent the nozzle inlet and mechanically coupled downstream of the nozzle inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Inventors: Albert Kay, Jeganathan Karthikeyan
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Patent number: 7726590Abstract: An improved fuel injection spray director plate including conically chamfered entries to the flow passages through the plate. The conical chamfer may extend part way or all the way through the plate. In a currently preferred embodiment, the chamfer extends only part way through the plate, and the remaining cylindrical portion of the passage provides desirable directional capability for the spray. Preferably, the conical chamfer axis forms an angle with the cylindrical portion axis. Preferably, a flow passage is positioned in the director plate such that the main flow direction of fuel exiting the fuel injector valve is received into the chamfer of the passage. Preferably, a second conical portion is formed in the passage between the first conical portion and the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul S. Von Bacho, III, Julie M. Galante-Fox, Sudhakar Das
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Patent number: 7716830Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a fuel injector comprising a glass substrate and a nozzle enclosed within the glass substrate, wherein the nozzle comprises at least one injection hole is provided. The method of manufacturing the fuel injector comprises defining (105) a shape of at least one injection hole in a glass substrate to obtain an at least one outlined injection hole and etching (110) the at least one outlined injection hole to obtain the at least one injection hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Translume, Inc.Inventors: Thomas F. Haddock, Philippe Bado, Mark Allen Dugan, Ali Said
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Patent number: 7717357Abstract: A process for cost-effectively and rapidly insulating a desired surface with spray foam insulation is described which includes the application of a polyurethane foam dispensed through heated conduits into a dispensing gun having a nozzle with essentially planar divergent lips having a triangular prism opening, the lips of the nozzle diverging at an angle of between about 5 and 35° inclusive, more preferably between 8 to 15° inclusive, most preferably 10 to 12° inclusive, thereby achieving application rates which are in excess of 70 Ft2/min, and optimally in excess of 100 Ft2/min.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Fomo Products, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Gantenbein, Thomas L. Fishback, Paul Hurray, Anthony J. Taylor, Richard L. Dansizen
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Patent number: 7712433Abstract: A spray nozzle for use in the manufacture of an image display device includes a first body having a first injection hole, and a second body configured to be rotatably coupled to the first body and having a second injection hole to inject fluid that is supplied thereinto from the first injection hole.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Su Hyun Lim
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Patent number: 7708211Abstract: A nozzle for the discharge of a flowable substances, for example adhesive or sealing compositions, having a discharge orifice with a variable geometry. The adjustable nozzle permits the user to select the optimal discharge profile suited to a particular application of the composition being discharged.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Henkel KGaAInventors: Hans-Joerg Maier, Michael Schaetzle
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Publication number: 20100102139Abstract: A tool suitable for soil excavation that can be used in a number of distinct applications is disclosed, wherein the tool includes a sonic or supersonic pneumatic nozzle assembly comprising a converging-diverging cylindrical nozzle body having an internal through passage with inlet on the converging side and an outlet on the diverging side of the nozzle body; and a replaceable cylindrical wear tip removably coupled to the nozzle body and with an internal through passage aligning with the outlet of the nozzle body, and wherein an outside form of the wear tip is configured to direct reverse sand blasting particles away from the external surfaces of the nozzle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventor: Thomas Francis Hursen
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Patent number: 7703697Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus for aligning needle-like structures. The apparatus includes a tapered nozzle having an entrance and a discharge opening. The nozzle is tapered in such a manner that its diameter decreases towards the discharge opening. The diameter of the nozzle at the entrance is larger than the length of the needle-like structures, and the diameter of the discharge opening is larger than the diameter of the needle-like structures and smaller than the length of the needle-like structures. By passing through the nozzle, the needle-like structures are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yuji Tsuruoka, Kazuo Iwata, Takashi Mori, Hidehito Takayama, Eiichi Motai
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Patent number: 7703704Abstract: In a spray gun for spraying paint and similar media, there is provided a gun housing and a reservoir tank removably attached to the gun housing for holding the medium to be sprayed. The reservoir tank is configured as a commercially available storage container, for example in the form of a paint can, and is directly attached via an adapter to a projection connected to the gun housing. Thus, commercially available storage containers, differing considerably in their dimensions, can be directly fitted onto the gun housing in a short time and by a reliable method. Viscosity settings and transferring of media to be processed from one container to another are therefore not necessary, and the medium can be matched to the particular working implement and application.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: J. Wagner GmbHInventors: Alfred Göhring, Hermann Probst, Elmar Krayer, Jens Ulbrich
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Patent number: 7694899Abstract: A fuel injection device for fuel injection systems, e.g. for aircraft gas turbines, includes at least one fuel injection opening, through which a continuous flow of fuel 1 is issued, with the fuel injection opening having a non-circular cross-section.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KGInventors: Jeffrey-George Gerakis, Leif Rackwitz
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Publication number: 20100072311Abstract: A fluid spray nozzle for spraying fluid, satisfying a formula (r?r0)?L tan 35°, wherein r0 is a radius of a section having a minimum area of the nozzle when cut perpendicular to a spray direction of the fluid; and r is a radius of cross-sections of an upstream side and a downstream side of the spray direction from the section having a minimum area with a distance of L.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya TANAKA, Masahiro KAWAMOTO, Akio MATSUI, Hiroki MORIOKA, Kaoru AOKI
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Patent number: 7677478Abstract: A fuel injector for the direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes an energizable actuator, a valve needle, which is in operative connection with the actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in a closing direction to actuate a valve-closure member, which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat surface formed at a valve-seat body. The valve-seat body includes at least two spray-discharge orifices. The pressure of the fuel flowing through the fuel injector is greater than 10 bar.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Martin Maier, Joerg Heyse
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Patent number: 7669780Abstract: A fluid supply nozzle includes a fluid flow-in section into which a fluid flows in, a reservoir section for storing the fluid, a flow velocity control wall provided between the fluid flow-in section and the reservoir section and including an orifice for making the fluid flow in the reservoir section while reducing a flow velocity, and a discharging section including a slit for discharging the fluid with pressure of the fluid applied to the reservoir section. A substrate processing apparatus is formed so as to include the fluid supply nozzle. Moreover, a substrate processing method includes the step of discharging a fluid in a single-layered, continuous film to supply the fluid onto a substrate. Thus, the substrate is processed. To perform this method, the fluid supply nozzle of the present invention can be used.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kou Sugano, Hiroshi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 7651038Abstract: A fuel injection valve for an internal combustion engine is such that an inside wall of a nozzle hole through which fuel is injected into a combustion chamber or an intake port of the internal combustion engine is coated with a composite coating formed of a lipophilic portion and an oil repelling portion which are finely interspersed on the nano order. The inside wall of the nozzle hole is formed by multiple grooves extending in the fuel jet direction and flat portions between these grooves, and inside walls of the grooves are coated with an oil repellant coating and the flat portions are coated with a lipophilic coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabuhsiki KaishaInventors: Nobuyuki Shimizu, Tomojiro Sugimoto
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Patent number: 7648087Abstract: A spray nozzle assembly for atomizing a medium through a nozzle channel, comprising a first channel portion which is tapered by two lateral surfaces facing each other to form an elongate narrow cross-sectioned surface, a passage orifice disposed in the narrow cross-sectioned surface the cross-sectional area of which is smaller than is the narrow cross-sectioned surface, and a second channel portion adjoining the passage orifice in the direction of medium flow which has two opposed lateral surfaces separating from each other with an increase in distance from the passage orifice, whose edges facing the passage orifice extend crosswise to the longitudinal direction of the narrow cross-sectioned surface, characterized in that the nozzle channel having the two channel portions and the passage orifice are configured inside an integrally formed plastic component.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: January 19, 2010Assignee: Aerosol Inventions and Development S.A.Inventors: Michael Horn, Oskar Pittl
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Patent number: 7622000Abstract: A notch or the like of a wafer is detected via a guide member by means of a CCD camera provided so that an optical axis is coaxial to an optical axis of a laser beam, and alignment of the wafer is carried out. Next, in a state in which liquid ejected from a main nozzle or sub-nozzles is guided by means of the guide member, a laser beam whose optical axis is provided to be coaxial to the optical axis of the CCD camera is irradiated via the guide member. In addition, a predetermined processing operation is carried out with respect to the surface while an irradiation position of the laser beam is moved in a horizontal direction. The wafer is then transported from a chuck to the outside, and then, a purge gas is supplied to a bottom face of the guide member, and the bottom face is dried.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Norihisa Koga, Shinji Koga, Naoto Yoshitaka, Akira Nishiya
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Patent number: 7621286Abstract: Spray pipe of a conveyor ware washer for spraying items to be washed with liquid, comprising a plurality of nozzles, which are arranged one behind another in the longitudinal direction of the pipe, and an inlet, from which liquid can flow in the longitudinal direction of the pipe to the nozzles, characterized in that, at least in the case of two nozzles one following another in the liquid supply direction, the nozzle located closer to the inlet has a nozzle opening with a larger opening cross section than the nozzle adjacent to it further away from the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.Inventors: Gerhard Frei, Harald Disch, Werner Neumaier, Jürgen Litterst
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Publication number: 20090272826Abstract: A spray nozzle assembly for directing thin, straight line, high pressure liquid spray onto moving steel slabs for penetrating and removing scale buildup in steel processing operations. The spray nozzle assembly includes a high impact attachment tube for accelerating liquid flow, a tungsten carbide spray tip at a discharge end of the high impact attachment tube for directing a flat spray pattern, an inlet defined by a strainer at an upstream end of the high impact attachment tube, and a staged vane section intermediate the inlet and spray tip for reducing liquid turbulence in the flow passageway. The vane section comprises a pair of axially spaced vanes each having a plurality of radial vane elements that define a plurality of laminar flow passageways, with the laminar flow passageways of one vane being circumferentially offset to the laminar flow passageways of the other vane.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Spraying Systems Co.Inventor: Yoshiyuki KIOI
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Publication number: 20090266923Abstract: A nozzle for use with a pressure washer, and the nozzle includes a body portion that defines a longitudinal axis and a head portion coupled to the body portion and in fluid communication with the body portion. The head portion includes a face substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body portion. An elongated first slot is disposed upon the face of the head portion, and an elongated second slot is disposed upon the face of the head portion and in a nonparallel orientation with respect to the first slot. A fluid outlet aperture extends through the face and is at least partially located within at least one of the first and second slots to allow a fluid flow from within the body portion to exit the nozzle from the head portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Michael R. Gardner, Klaus K. Hahn, Jesse A. Jerabek
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Patent number: 7608149Abstract: A nozzle (1) for use in coating a web-like material by means of high-pressure spraying techniques is manufactured by forming a piece having a tapered duct ending in a closed tip, with a transverse V-shaped groove (3) subsequently machined in the tip. The angle of the V-shaped groove (3) is in the range from 25 to 50°, such as 35 to 45°.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.Inventors: Vilho Nissinen, Mika Linjamäki
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Patent number: 7607589Abstract: A droplet generation apparatus is applied to a nebulizer. The droplet generation apparatus comprises a vibratable member, a nozzle disc, a housing and a connection member or a fastening plate or both the connection member and the fastening plate. The vibratable member has a first through hole. The nozzle disc has a plurality of apertures facing the first through hole, and is combined with the vibratable member. The connection member is disposed between the vibratable member and the nozzle disc, and has a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole. Alternatively, the fastening plate is combined with the nozzle disc. The housing covers up the combination of the vibratable member, the nozzle disc and the connection member or the fastening plate. Vibration efficiency generated by the vibratable member is improved through the connection member. An accommodation space is formed by the fastening plate and the nozzle disc.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2009Assignee: Health & Life Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shan-Yi Yu, Han-Chang Liu, Wen-Yu Tsai
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Patent number: 7597274Abstract: An aerosol assembly for dispensing texture material. The aerosol assembly comprises a main container assembly, a secondary container, and a conduit. The main container assembly comprises a main container containing texture material, an aerosol valve assembly, and an actuator member. The aerosol valve assembly is operable in a normally closed configuration and an open configuration. Displacement of the actuator member places the aerosol valve assembly from the normally closed configuration to the open configuration. The conduit is connected between the main container and the secondary container to allow fluid flow between the main container and the secondary container. When the actuator member is displaced to place the aerosol valve assembly into the open configuration, the pressurized fluid within the secondary container enters the primary container to force texture material out of the main container.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Homax Products, Inc.Inventors: Donald J. Stern, James A. Tryon
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Patent number: 7595020Abstract: An improved singlet oxygen generator (SOG) and method of using gas phase electronically excited states of oxygen for bio-medical and chemical treatment applications are disclosed. According to the invention, both gas phase O2(1?) and O2(1?) are used for medical treatment, sterilization, and deactivation of biological and chemical agents, including diseased tissue and biological and chemical weapons. The improved SOG is compact and scalable, portable, capable of operating in a zero-gravity or low gravity environment, may use gaseous diluent or buffer gas, and is capable of operating at pressures as high as one atmosphere. The SOG is capable of operating within a short distance of the target site for the electronically excited states of oxygen, which are delivered to the target site via a conduit. The SOG and delivery system provide higher yields of electronically excited oxygen with longer lifetimes suitable for bio-medical applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: KSY CorporationInventor: George Emanuel
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Patent number: 7591900Abstract: A nozzle for supplying a treatment liquid which makes it possible to perform uniform cleaning to a surface of a substrate even in a case where the size of a substrate is large. A slit-shaped ejection hole is formed at the lower end of the nozzle for supplying a treatment liquid. In the nozzle, a passage for supplying a treatment liquid which leads to the slit-shaped ejection hole is formed by bonding two nozzle parts to each other. Projections are provided on the abutting surface of at least one of the two nozzle parts so as to divide a treatment liquid flowing downward through the supply passage into left and right.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Futoshi Shimai
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Publication number: 20090230221Abstract: This spray nozzle (101) comprises: a tubular channel (104) extending along a longitudinal axis (X101-X?101); a slot (106) formed by two approximately plane surfaces (161), converging in the direction of the channel (104) and located on either side of a plane comprising the longitudinal axis (X101-X?101) of the channel (104); and a dome (105) connecting the channel (104) and the slot (106). The length (L105) of the dome (105) represents less than 50%, preferably between 20% and 45%, of the largest transverse dimension (D104) of the channel (104). A plane cross section of the dome (105) is symmetric and it is defined by at least two different circle arcs (C1051, C1052, C?1051, C?1052).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: EXEL INDUSTRIESInventor: Patrick Ballu
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Patent number: 7584908Abstract: Spray nozzle apparatus and method. The apparatus can include a body, a spray orifice, a filter, and an insert. The body can have a spray outlet portion. The spray outlet portion can terminate in a spherical dome. The spray orifice can be included in the spray outlet portion and positioned before the spherical dome in a flow path. The spray orifice can be substantially V-shaped. The insert can be positioned at least partially in the spray outlet portion and can include an entry shaft having a substantially rectangular cross section and at least one projection.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Sta-Rite Industries, LLCInventors: Trevor W. B. Swan, Simon J. Waddelow, Mark Mohr
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Publication number: 20090167818Abstract: A highly viscous fluid discharging apparatus includes: a nozzle including a discharge opening having a predetermined inner volume, and a widened portion formed at a position immediately before the discharge opening and expanding from the discharge opening; a plunger capable of opening and closing the discharge opening by causing the leading-end portion of the plunger to move away from and to move towards the widened portion; and a driver configured to move the plunger in a direction of closing the discharge opening against a biasing force that biases the plunger in a direction of opening the discharge opening. During a stand-by period, the discharge opening is kept closed by an action of the plunger that is caused by the driver to press the leading-end portion onto the widened portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihisa Morita
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Patent number: 7543764Abstract: A nozzle for use in a cold spray technique is described. The nozzle has a passageway for spraying a powder material, the passageway having a converging section and a diverging section, and at least the diverging section being formed from polybenzimidazole. In one embodiment of the nozzle, the converging section is also formed from polybenzimidazole.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Jeffrey D. Haynes, Stuart A. Sanders
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Patent number: 7537197Abstract: The invention describes devices for controlling fluid flow, such as valves. The devices may include one or more electroactive polymer transducers with an electroactive polymer that deflects in response to an application of an electric field. The electroactive polymer may be in contact with a fluid where the deflection of the electroactive polymer may be used to change a characteristic of the fluid. Some of the characteristic of the fluid that may be changed include but are not limited to 1) a flow rate, 2) a flow direction, 3) a flow vorticity, 4) a flow momentum, 5) a flow mixing rate, 6) a flow turbulence rate, 7) a flow energy, 8) a flow thermodynamic property. The electroactive polymer may be a portion of a surface of a structure that is immersed in an external fluid flow, such as the surface of an airplane wing or the electroactive polymer may be a portion of a surface of a structure used in an internal flow, such as a bounding surface of a fluid conduit.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Jonathan R. Heim, Ronald E. Pelrine, Roy David Kornbluh, Joseph S. Eckerle, Marcus Rosenthal, Richard P. Heydt
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Patent number: 7530508Abstract: In a fuel injection valve, a fuel guide member facing the valve hole is connected to an injector plate, and an annular diffusion chamber is formed between a valve seat member and the injector plate. A pair of first notches, a pair of second notches, and a plurality of closing parts are formed in an outer periphery of the fuel guide member. The first notches are arranged on a first diameter line of the valve hole. The second notches are arranged on a second diameter line perpendicular to the first diameter line. The closing parts are provided between the first and second notches to partially close the valve hole. A plurality of fuel injection holes are dispersally arranged in outside regions corresponding to the closing parts and inside regions corresponding to the first notches.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Keihin CorporationInventors: Daisuke Sato, Atsushi Kamahora, Akira Arioka, Ryuji Aoki
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Patent number: 7523876Abstract: An apparatus for mixing two or more fluids, gases or other substances and conveying said fluids, gases or other substances through a convergent-divergent (C-D) nozzle to produce a highly atomized output flow that is adjustable from no atomization to full atomization, said preferred embodiment of said apparatus having a housing and a nose portion and a gripping portion, the housing including an outer conduit and an inner conduit, the outer and inner conduits positioned and arranged to convey fluids, gases and other substances from an entry point to an exit point and into the entry end of a C-D nozzle and through said C-D nozzle to produce an output flow. The location of the outer conduit, inner conduit and C-D nozzle may be adjusted to vary the output flow from no atomization to full atomization. The pressure and flow rate in each conduit may also be separately adjusted to obtain the desired output flow.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2007Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Joseph E. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20090095825Abstract: A jet dispenser includes a fluid chamber body that includes a fluid chamber. A nozzle assembly is removably coupled to the fluid chamber body. The nozzle assembly includes a hub and an insert. The hub cooperates with the fluid chamber body to form a portion of the fluid chamber. A valve member is movably disposed within the fluid chamber. The insert is positioned at least partially within the hub. The insert includes a valve seat, a discharge passage, and an exit orifice at a distal end of the discharge passage. The valve seat is harder than the hub. The valve member selectively contacts the valve seat to dispense droplets of viscous material from the exit orifice.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATIONInventors: Mani Ahmadi, Erik A. Fiske
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Publication number: 20090057447Abstract: The design of the spray nozzle in an aerosol dispenser controls the characteristics of the spray that is produced. In a nozzle that comprises the elements of a multiplicity of inlet channels leading to a swirl chamber and an outlet orifice, the perception of wetness of a spray, such as an aqueous alcoholic deodorant spray, can be reduced by dimensioning the respective elements so that the sum of the widths of the inlet channels is less than the diameter of the swirl chamber and at least 1.5 times the diameter of the outlet orifice and the outlet orifice has a diameter of at least 0.3 mm together with the inlet channels being short, such as less than 0.5 mm. The new nozzle is especially suitable for spraying compositions having a low volatile organic carbon content and compositions comprising a significant proportion of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Michael Richard Lowry, Joseph Muscat, John Noel Ruddock, Thomas Edward Shearmur, Simon Andrew Watson
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Patent number: 7490784Abstract: The invention relates to an injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber. The injector comprises at least one spray orifice with an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The spray orifice has a device for specifically producing cavitation at the outlet opening in order to remove deposits from the outlet opening that are produced during operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2004Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Andreas Fath
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Patent number: 7487926Abstract: A dispersion plate for dispersing a fluid includes two surface sides, a peripheral side and at least one through-opening which extends between the two surface sides, the opening including an inlet on one surface side, a passage, and an outlet on the other surface side, and the inlet, the passage and the outlet being delimited by an opening wall of the dispersion plate. The inlet, the passage and the outlet have a common longitudinal axis, the part of the opening wall delimiting the passage being substantially parallel to the common longitudinal axis, and the part of the opening wall delimiting the outlet, from the passage to the surface side where the outlet is located, being divergent relative to the common longitudinal axis. A method for producing a dispersion plate by electroplating is also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Stork Veco B.V.Inventors: Harm Gerrit Knol, Ahmad Dawud Harbiye