Orifice Shapes Patents (Class 239/601)
  • Patent number: 7481382
    Abstract: An outlet hood (1) for mounting at an end of an outlet duct (3) of a spraying device for highly viscous or gel-like media. The bottom (7) of the outlet hood (1) has a uniform thickness and is provided with outlet openings (8) which diverge relative to each other. The bottom of the outlet hood (1) is outwardly arched and the outlet openings (8) have a uniform cross section over their entire length which corresponds to the thickness of the bottom (7), and the outlet openings (8) are arranged distributed over the bottom (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: AERO Pump GmbH, Zerstäuberpumpen
    Inventor: Stefan Christ
  • Patent number: 7481381
    Abstract: A compressed natural gas fuel injector including a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a seat, a closure member, and an attached nozzle. In a preferred embodiment, the inlet and outlet communicate a flow of gaseous fuel regulated by the closure member. The gaseous fuel passes through the seat, which is coupled to a rim surface of a retainer portion of the attached nozzle, and into a flow passage that further communicates the flow of gaseous fuel into one or more flow channels. The orientation of the flow channels within the attached nozzle greatly affects the discharge pattern and mixing characteristics of the gaseous fuel within an intake manifold. A method of flowing gaseous fuel through the fuel injector is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Parish, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7472845
    Abstract: An orifice disc for a fuel injector includes two orifices that provide a desired interaction between two fuel flows to increase fuel atomization and improve combustion performance. The orifice disc includes a first orifice and a second orifice that are disposed at an interaction angle relative to each other. The orifices are orientated relative to each other such that fuel flow exiting the outlets impinges on each other to further reduce the size of fuel droplets. Large dramatic changes in momentum caused by the impingement of fuel flows disintegrates fuel droplets into much smaller finer fuel droplets that provided enhanced atomization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdel-Aleam Hefney Mohamed, John J. Horsting, Scott Bruhwel
  • Patent number: 7458532
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Inventor: W. Haynes Sloan
  • Patent number: 7448560
    Abstract: A fuel injector is described. The fuel injector includes an inlet, outlet, seat, closure member, and a metering orifice disc. The metering orifice disc is disposed between the seat and the outlet. The metering orifice disc includes: a generally planar surface, a plurality of metering orifices that extends through the generally planar surface, the metering orifices being located radially outward of the seat orifice; and at least one flow channel having a cross-sectional area that decreases in magnitude starting at a location spaced from the longitudinal axis to proximate a perimeter of a metering orifice. A seat subassembly and a metering orifice disc are described. And a method of atomizing fuel is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventor: Hamid Sayar
  • Patent number: 7445168
    Abstract: A drip irrigation emitter includes a housing containing an inlet opening for receiving water from a supply tube and an outlet opening for emitting water at a pressureless drip rate. A labyrinth inside the emitter receives water from the supply tube through the inlet opening, reducing its pressure and emitting the water at a drip rate. A flexible pressure-compensating diaphragm inside the housing flexes elastically under pressure changes of water entering in the opening from the supply tube. A raised structured surface positioned between the inlet opening and the diaphragm prevents the diaphragm from sealing off water entry to the emitter housing through the inlet opening when water pressure in the supply tube is shut off. The raised structured surface is configured to allow air contained in the soil to be drawn backwards through the emitter at a very slow rate, thereby inhibiting emitter blockage caused by soil ingestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: A.I. Innovations, N.V.
    Inventor: Rodney Ruskin
  • Patent number: 7438241
    Abstract: A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injector that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to a cylinder of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakhi N. Goenka, Jeffrey Paul Mara, David Lee Porter, David Ling-Shun Hung, John Stefanski
  • Publication number: 20080211119
    Abstract: An injector of a flotation cell, the injector comprising a feed pipe for feeding a fiber suspension flow into the flotation cell, a mixing apparatus for mixing air into the fiber suspension flow and at least one air feed connection arranged before the mixing apparatus for feeding air into the injector. The injector further comprises a nozzle section which is arranged before the mixing apparatus and comprises an aperture plate provided with apertures and nozzles fixed to the aperture plate substantially at the apertures after the aperture plate, there being open spaces between the nozzles. The air to be fed from the air feed connection is arranged to flow into the spaces between the nozzles and further into the mixing apparatus with the partial flows of the fiber suspension flow entering from the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Erkka Nieminen, Veikko Kankaanpaa, Vesa Harju
  • Patent number: 7419106
    Abstract: A nozzle for use with a walk-behind blower includes a nozzle restriction due to a sloped upper wall of the nozzle body. The nozzle restriction increases the air velocity in the upper region of the nozzle and forces leaves and debris downward so that airflow through the lower region of the nozzle more effectively laterally displaces them. The configuration of the nozzle body may be adapted to accommodate a variety of engine outputs while utilizing a common design for a blower frame, impeller and shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Commercial Turf Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jimmy N. Eavenson, Sr., William Kocka, Amit Saha
  • Publication number: 20080191051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle arrangement (1), in particular for the injection of a fluid into a vacuum chamber, with a nozzle channel with a predetermined internal contour, whereby the nozzle channel leads into an exit opening. It is proposed that the internal contour of the nozzle channel be shaped concavely at least in part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Manfred Faubel, Detlef Wolf, Jurgen Troe, Ales Charvat, Eugene Lugovi, Jens Assmann, Bernd Abel
  • Patent number: 7407115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in or relating to a nozzle arrangement. Th nozzle arrangement of the present invention are adapted to be fitted to a container and actuate the release of the contents stored in the container. The nozzle arrangement has a body (101) which comprises an outlet through which, in use, fluid is ejected from the nozzle arrangement and is formed from at least a first part (102) and a second part (103), the first part having an inlet (120) through which the contents of the container admit fluid into the nozzle arrangement during use and an abutment surface (105) which contact an abutment surface (106) of the second part. The abutment surface (105,106) of the first and second parts define a fluid flow passageway (122,123) therebetween, which connects the inlet (120) to the outlet (124), as well as a seal that is adapted to contain any fluid that leaks from the inlet and/or at least a portion of the fluid flow passage (122,123) during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Incro Limited
    Inventor: Keith Laidler
  • Publication number: 20080179431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nozzle suitable for jetting high pressure and high temperature steam, and a method and an apparatus for producing an entangled nonwoven fabric using the nozzle. According to the apparatus, a steam inlet side main conduit and a steam outlet side conduit are connected with both end parts of a tubular nozzle holder in a longitudinal direction provided integrally with nozzle members having a plurality of nozzle holes. A steam outlet side conduit is provided with an opening/closing valve and a trap conduit is branched from a conduit at an upstream side from the opening/closing valve. By opening the opening/closing valve, a rapid temperature rise of the nozzle holder can be enabled at a time of starting a production of a nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Taniguchi, Tomio Suzuki, Shinichi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7401745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder diffuser nozzle (2) for an electrostatic dusting device, which is designed to be positioned at the end of an applicator gun. The inventive nozzle (2) comprises: a lateral wall (49) which defines a passage that extends from the powder conduit (8) of the gun (3), and a base (56) which seals said conduit (8) at the end thereof. In addition, a port (57) is provided in the lateral wall (49) close to the base (56) in order to connect the powder conduit (8) with the exterior of the nozzle (2). The axis (A1) of the port (57) forms a determined angle (A) with the axis (A2) of the powder conduit (8). Moreover, at least one deflector (58) is provided on the base of the nozzle (56) or on the lateral wall (49) close to said base in order to divert the jet of powder from the conduit (8) along the axis (A1) of the port (57).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Eisenmann France Sarl
    Inventor: Adrien Lacchia
  • Patent number: 7380732
    Abstract: A spray tip for discharging a controlled liquid spray distribution is provided. The spray tip includes a spray tip body having an inlet end for connection to a pressurized liquid supply. The spray tip body includes a first fluid chamber having a first longitudinal axis and a second fluid chamber in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber and having a second longitudinal axis that extends transversely relative to the first longitudinal axis. A pair of discharge orifices are formed in the spray tip body. Each discharge orifice has a downstream side with a deflector surface for directing liquid discharging from the chamber. Each discharge orifice intersects the second fluid chamber adjacent a respective end thereof so as to define a pocket extending downstream of the deflector surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Spraying Systems Co.
    Inventors: Bart R. Bolman, Gary Paulsen
  • Patent number: 7377979
    Abstract: A material application apparatus 10 comprises a base 11 on which a workpiece W is placed, a syringe 13 that applies a material onto a movement track L, a movement structure 14 that moves the syringe 13 in three orthogonal axes directions, a rotation mechanism 15 that rotates the syringe 13 around the axis line of the syringe 13, and a control unit 17 that controls the movement structure 14 and the rotation mechanism 15 in accordance with a configuration of the track L. The syringe 13 includes a nozzle 19 provided to the front-end side of a main body 18 that contains a sealing agent or a material of resin used as an adhesive agent or the like. The discharge port 21 of the nozzle 19 is formed into a generally acute-angled triangle configuration to discharge the material so that a bead B having a sectional configuration in which the height is larger than 0.9 compared to the width of 1 can be formed. Also, the nozzle is adapted so as to be rotated in the periphery direction thereof by a motor M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Three Bond Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Sakayori, Takashi Nemoto, Kenichi Horie
  • Patent number: 7370815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cone nozzle with a nozzle body having a swirl chamber (18), an inlet hole (22) arranged in a side wall of the swirl chamber (18) and an outlet hole (20) arranged in a first end wall of the swirl chamber (18). In accordance with the invention a rotation-symmetrical projection (30) or a rotation-symmetrical recess is arranged on a second end wall of the swirl chamber opposite the first end wall and at least two blind holes (32) are arranged in the first end wall adjacent to the outlet hole (20). Use for secondary cooling of continuous billet casting plant, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Lechler GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Fecht, Lars Vater, Juergen Frick
  • Patent number: 7367518
    Abstract: A nozzle orifice of a nozzle (1) includes a tapered segment (16) extending from an elliptical discharge orifice (15) and having a taper angle ? of 30 to 80°, and a large-diameter segment (18) continuing with the tapered segment. The ratio of the inner diameter of large-diameter segment (18) relative to the minor diameter of the discharge orifice (15) is not less than 3 and less than 7. Also, the discharge how from the nozzle spreads in a single direction (width direction) within a plane perpendicular to the central axis of the nozzle and the erosion thickness angle is 1.5 to 3° in the direction (thickness direction), perpendicular to the width direction. Such a descaling nozzle enables that scale is removed efficiently at low pressure and/or low flow rate while restraining the cooling of a steel plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Kyoritsu Gokin Co., Ltd., JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Tanigaki, Takashi Nishiyama, Kenta Karube, Kazunari Andachi
  • Publication number: 20080073451
    Abstract: A nozzle for spraying a fluid. The nozzle has in asymmetric orifice geometry. This asymmetric geometry provides a non-uniform flow pattern. This arrangement provides a heavier flow in one direction transverse to the primary flow direction of the nozzle and a lighter flow in a different direction transverse to the primary flow direction. The nozzle may be used with a floor cleaning device to provide a particularly desirable spray pattern on a surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn Allen Bradbury, James Franklin Sloan
  • Publication number: 20080067268
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a fuel injection nozzle with which occurrence of cavitation erosion due to occurrence of separation of fuel flow near the needle valve and injection holes is suppressed and variation in fuel injection characteristic is reduced, a method of machining injection holes, and an apparatus therefore to attain the object. An insert tool shaped like the needle valve or an insert tool having a conical surface similar to the needle valve and a groove or grooves are on the conical surface to introduce abrasive fluid to the injection holes, is inserted in the central hollow of the nozzle body when performing abrasive fluid flowing processing to round entrance corners of the injection holes, and the processing of each of the injection holes is stopped when flow rate of abrasive fluid flowing out through relevant injection hole reaches a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7344090
    Abstract: A fuel injector is described. The fuel injector includes an inlet, outlet, seat, closure member, and a metering orifice disc. The metering orifice disc is disposed between the seat and the outlet. The metering orifice disc includes an outer wall having a surface that defines first and second outer chords generally about the longitudinal axis A-A. The first outer chord intersects the second chord and has a length different than the length of the second outer chord. The metering orifice disc includes an inner wall having a surface that defines first and second inner chords. The first and second inner chords extend generally transverse to the longitudinal axis A-A. The first inner chord intersects the second inner chord. The first inner chord has a length different than the length of the second inner chord. Methods of atomization and targeting are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: Hamid Sayar
  • Publication number: 20080061165
    Abstract: Dispensing member for a fluid product comprising a post and a spray nozzle, said post having an abutment surface and said spray nozzle comprising a transverse wall, an outlet orifice extending across said transverse wall, said outlet orifice being delimited by a lateral surface, at least one duct for supplying the fluid product to the outlet orifice, the said supply duct being delimited by the transverse wall and the abutment surface, being supplied with fluid product via a supply channel, emerging substantially tangentially relative to the lateral surface of the outlet orifice, and forming the only fluidic communication between the supply channel and the outlet orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Songbe, Bernard Clerget
  • Patent number: 7337987
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus (50) to jet a droplet of a charged liquid solution onto a base material, having: a nozzle (51) in which an edge portion thereof is arranged to face the base material K having a receiving surface to receive the jetted droplet, and an inside diameter of the edge portion from which the droplet is jetted is not more than 30 [?m]; and a liquid solution supplying section (35) to supply the liquid solution into the nozzle (51), wherein a jetting electrode (58) of the jetting voltage applying section (35) is provided on a back end portion side of the nozzle, and an inside passage length of the nozzle is set to at least not less than ten times of the inside diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishi, Kaoru Higuchi, Kazuhiro Murata, Hiroshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7325753
    Abstract: An improved irrigation sprinkler nozzle is provided for enhanced short range or close-in distribution of water for irrigating vegetation and the like positioned relatively close to the sprinkler. The improved sprinkler nozzle includes a nozzle passage for outward projection of a water stream, at least a portion of which is defined by a generally vertically oriented, fan-shaped spray pattern. A lower margin of the nozzle passage defining this fan-shaped pattern is lined with a plurality of forwardly extending ramps each formed with a selected width and a different declination angle. A portion of the water discharged through the nozzle passage is forced and guided downwardly along these ramps for enhanced close-in distribution of water near the sprinkler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Christian T. Gregory, John J. Alarcon
  • Patent number: 7320457
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Jonathon R. Heim, Ronald E. Pelrine, Roy David Kornbluh, Joseph S. Eckerle, Marcus Rosenthal, Richard P. Heydt
  • Publication number: 20080011491
    Abstract: A sprinkler for fire suppression systems that produces an orthogonal spray pattern is disclosed. The sprinkler has an exit orifice with a non-round perimeter and a deflector plate having a non-round perimeter. The shape of the deflector plate perimeter may be matched to that of the exit orifice perimeter. Orifice perimeters may be square, rectangular, formed of lobes or interconnected curves, and there may be multiple orifices in the sprinkler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Victaulic Company of America
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Thau, William J. Reilly, Stephen R. Ide, Thomas F. Wancho, Robert J. Ballard
  • Publication number: 20080011883
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey-George Gerakis, Leif Rackwitz
  • Patent number: 7316067
    Abstract: A method of forming a perforate membrane (1) is disclosed for use in a liquid transport device. The membrane has at least plural nozzles (10) formed therethrough. Each of those nozzles has a throat portion (12) opening at opposite end through opposite surface (2?) of the perforate membrane and a smoothly curved outwardly diverging portion (11) extending from the first end of the throat portion to the first surface (2) of the perforate membrane. Laser energy is applied selectively to the first surface (2) of the membrane in the form of a pulsed, focused beam to form the nozzles (10) and thereafter the first surface (2) of the membrane and the surface of the diverging portion (11) of the nozzles (10) are electro-polished to remove surface imperfections. The electro-polishing is controlled so as to remove material from the surface of the diverging portion (11) of the nozzles to a depth less than the length of the throat portion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Technology Partnership
    Inventor: David Mark Blakey
  • Patent number: 7316109
    Abstract: A lobed exhaust diffuser apparatus, system, and method configured to cool exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine comprises a diffuser having a proximal end, configured to receive exhaust gases from the engine, and a distal end, configured to expel the exhaust gases into the atmosphere. A plurality of lobes are disposed on the distal end such that at least a portion of the exhaust gases pass through the lobes, increasing the interaction surface area between the exhaust gases and the atmosphere, allowing for more rapid diffusion and entrainment between exhaust gases and atmospheric gases, resulting in more rapid cooling of the exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Fleetguard, Inc
    Inventors: James C. Clerc, James A. Cramer, J. David Dixon, Francois Ntone, Patrick M. Klein
  • Publication number: 20080000424
    Abstract: A showerhead for a gas supply apparatus. This showerhead includes a body having a distribution plate on one side and at least one gas chamber contained within the body. A plurality of holes extend normally from an outer surface of the distribution plate to the chamber. Furthermore, at least a portion of at least one hole is frustoconical or frustopyramidal in shape along the normal axis with the base of the frustoconical or frustopyramidal hole positioned adjacent the outer surface of the distribution plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Aviza Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Jeffrey Bailey, Jay Brian DeDontney
  • Patent number: 7314185
    Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus (20) to jet a droplet of a charged liquid solution onto a base material, having: a nozzle (21) in which an edge portion thereof is arranged to face the base material K having a receiving surface to receive the jetted droplet, and an inside diameter of the edge portion from which the droplet is jetted is not more than 30 [?m]; a liquid solution supplying section (29) to supply the liquid solution into the nozzle (21); a jetting voltage applying section (25) to apply a jetting voltage to the liquid solution in the nozzle (21); and a convex meniscus forming section (40) to form a state where the liquid solution in the nozzle (21) protrudes from the nozzle edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignees: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Sharp Kabushiki Kaishi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yasuo Nishi, Kaoru Higuchi, Kazuhiro Murata, Hiroshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7303388
    Abstract: Combustion system comprising a furnace having a thermal load and a combustion atmosphere disposed therein; one or more fuel lances adapted to inject fuel into the combustion atmosphere; and one or more igniters associated with the one or more fuel lances and adapted to ignite the fuel injected by the one or more fuel lances into the combustion atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahendra Ladharam Joshi, Aleksandar Georgi Slavejkov, Xianming Jimmy Li
  • Patent number: 7299997
    Abstract: A fuel injector is shown and described. The fuel injector includes an inlet, outlet, seat, closure member, and a metering orifice disc. The metering orifice disc is disposed between the seat and the outlet. The metering orifice disc includes a plurality of metering orifices disposed about the longitudinal axis and a flow channel to each metering orifice disc so that, when the inlet of the fuel injector is provided with a pressurized fluid over a range of pressure from 200 kiloPascals to 600 kiloPascals and the closure member is actuated to the first position, the metering orifice disc provides an atomized fluid having a Sauter-Mean-Diameter of less than 70 microns proximate the outlet of the fuel injector. A method of atomizing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: Hamid Sayar
  • Patent number: 7285309
    Abstract: A wide slit nozzle having a slit as a discharge opening. The thickness of a lateral end part is set smaller than the thickness at a lateral center part. The thickness of the lateral center part is fixed. The thickness of the lateral end part changes linearly from opposite lateral ends of the lateral center part to the opposite lateral ends of the slit. Coating material is discharged from the slit while applied with pressure, so that the coating material is coated while expanded wider than the width of the slit. The coating material is discharged at 7 liter per minute, and a coating width of a first example is 100 mm, for example. A thickness increase of the overlapped part is +25% even when a width or an overlapped margin z of the overlapped part is 10 mm or 20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin Kako Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakamura, Akira Nonoyama, Shigeo Mori, Hisashi Kato
  • Patent number: 7264181
    Abstract: Using a swirl type fuel injection valve, a concentrated spray area and a thin spray area are formed, the positions thereof are adjusted, and the spray is made to conform to the geometric shape of the engine and mounting position of the fuel injection valve, so as to reduce the fuel consumption and control the unburnt components in exhaust gas. The fuel injection valve is so constructed that a step is formed on the injection hole opening of the fuel injection valve, so as to provide two or more edge transition portions at the injection hole opening, resulting from the step, and the line connecting the edge transition portions forms an oblique angle relative to the wall formed by the step perpendicular to the injection hole center axis and the angled wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Abe, Yoshio Okamoto, Yuzo Kadomukai, Makoto Yamakado, Ayumu Miyajima, Hiromasa Kubo, Toru Ishikawa, Yasuo Namaizawa
  • Patent number: 7243865
    Abstract: A nozzle for generating a high-pressure jet of a flowable medium, having a nozzle body and a nozzle disk which is embedded in the nozzle body in a recess. The nozzle body includes an axial nozzle bore which leads into at least one of an inlet bore and an outlet bore. The nozzle disk rests under compressive strain on contact surfaces of the recess. Also included is a method for creating a nozzle having a nozzle disk embedded in a nozzle body, the steps comprising: providing a nozzle disk; forming a nozzle body around the nozzle disk in a recess so as to create compressive strain on contact surfaces of the nozzle disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Hammelmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Jarchau
  • Patent number: 7229028
    Abstract: An aerosol impingement baffle, and more particularly, an aerosol impingement baffle employed in ultrasonic nebulizers, wherein the impingement orifices thereof are formed by disposing line-shaped impingement grooves at the inner breadth of the impingement baffle, thereby increasing the differentiation probabilities of liquid particles and avoiding congestions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Kai Chih Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Pin Chen, Kevin Cheng, Chih-Hung Huang
  • Patent number: 7219849
    Abstract: An improved liquid impingement nozzle having two openings along an axis, spaced apart and angled towards each other. A non-atomized liquid stream of the same liquid is directed through each opening by a pressurized source. The two streams meet at an apex distal from the front of the nozzle to create a flat triangular pattern of liquid. The inner shape of the nozzle is substantially conical reducing turbulence and dead zones within the nozzle, thereby reducing build-up and clogging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Graves Spray Supply, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom Hedger
  • Patent number: 7211614
    Abstract: The invention concerns an insulating nozzle for a gas blast circuit breaker. In accordance with the invention, the material constituting the nozzle comprises (A) 90% to 99.9% by weight of a fluorinated polymer, and (B) 0.1% to 10% by weight of a filler based on at least one oxide selected from (B1) SiO2 and other oxidized forms of metals from column IVA of the periodic table, and (B2) ZnO, CdO and other oxidized forms of metals from column IIB of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Alstom
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Bessede
  • Patent number: 7201135
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an internal combustion engine having an engine housing with at least one cylinder that has diameter less than about 3 inches. A fuel injector is provided and disposed at least partially within the at least one cylinder, and includes a plurality of outlet orifices having a diameter between about 50 microns and about 110 microns. The disclosure further provides a method of operating an internal combustion engine. The method includes the steps of rotating an engine crank shaft of the engine at a speed greater than about 5000 revolutions per minute, injecting a quantity of fuel into each of the cylinders, and burning at least every fourth piston stroke a sufficient quantity of the injected fuel to yield a brake mean effective pressure of at least about 200 lbs. per square inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
    Inventor: John T. Vachon
  • Patent number: 7201336
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid spray gun with several improved features, including (1) non-cylindrical air passageways on air horns included in an air cap portion of a body assembly that provide improved shape and uniformity for the wide elongate stream of liquid formed by the spray gun; (2) the air cap portion of the body assembly being mounted for manual rotation on a nozzle portion of the body assembly between positions defined by stops and retained at those positions by friction; and (3) the body assembly through which passes liquid sprayed by the spray gun being molded of polymeric material and being manually releasable from a metal platform portion of the spray gun through which air is fed to passageways through the body assembly to spray the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Russell E. Blette, Franklyn L. Frederickson, Stephen C. P. Joseph, Jameel R. Qiblawi
  • Patent number: 7163163
    Abstract: A spray nozzle system includes a spray tip having an elongated slot-shaped discharge opening for defining a flat fan spray pattern that subtends a wide angle, a cap body carrying the spray tip in fixed relation thereto and adapted to attach the spray tip to a supply fitting for tapping a supply of material to be sprayed in fixed aligned relation thereto and a flow regulating insert carried in the spray tip for connecting the spray tip to the supply of material to be sprayed and for controlling the amount of flow through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Hypro, LLC
    Inventor: Simon J. Waddelow
  • Patent number: 7152810
    Abstract: A micro-droplet generator, comprising a chamber, enclosed by a casing, a spraying plate, having a plurality of spraying holes, a piezoelectric plate, a signal connector, and a storage tank. The piezoelectric plate is mounted inside the chamber, having a fixed end fastened on the casing and a free end performing a bending movement. The input port issues signals that cause the bending movement of the piezoelectric plate. The chamber and the storage tank contain liquid, with a constant difference of liquid levels in the chamber and the storage tank being maintained, so that negative pressure in the chamber is automatically regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tien-Ho Gau, Yu-Yin Peng, Chin-Pin Chien
  • Patent number: 7137577
    Abstract: A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injector that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to a cylinder of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakhi N. Goenka, Jeffrey Paul Mara, David Lee Porter, James Raymond Winkelman, David Ling-Shun Hung, John Stefanski
  • Patent number: 7137576
    Abstract: A fuel injector nozzle assembly includes an injector body including a valve seat with a supply passage through which fuel flows generally along a supply axis. The valve seat presents an upper surface which is adapted to engage a valve to seal the supply passage. A nozzle plate is mounted onto the valve seat and includes a plurality of orifice holes therein through which fuel flows. The valve seat further includes a first edge protrusion protruding into the fuel flow for generating a first separation of the fuel flow, thereby creating a plurality of small eddies which are entrained within the fuel flowing adjacent thereto. A turbulence cavity is defined by the nozzle plate and the valve seat wherein fuel flows into the turbulence cavity through the supply passage and out from the turbulence cavity through the plurality of orifice holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Min Xu
  • Patent number: 7128283
    Abstract: A paint spraying nozzle assembly includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall a peripheral wall that has a peripheral outer shoulder such that the bottom wall has a greater diameter than the top wall. An opening extends through the bottom and top walls. The opening includes a top portion having a smaller diameter than a bottom portion of the opening. The top wall has a slot therein and the opening extends into the slot. An insert is mounted within the opening. The insert includes an upper section positioned within the top portion and a lower section positioned within the bottom portion. A bore extends through the insert and is aligned with the opening. The housing may be positioned in a retaining nut and secured against a spray gun head such that paint ejected outwardly of the spray gun travels through the bore and outward of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventor: Yousef A. Shahin
  • Patent number: 7128282
    Abstract: Multiple injection holes are formed in an injection hole plate. Each injection hole penetrates the injection hole plate. The injection hole is formed with an inlet side opening and an outlet side opening. The outlet side opening is formed in the shape of a flattened rectangle having a major axis and a minor axis. Therefore, the fuel flowing into the injection hole through the inlet side opening is injected in the shape of a film from the outlet side opening. Thus, liquid film splitting is promoted, so atomization of the fuel is promoted. Since the multiple injection holes are formed in the injection hole plate, the shape of a great fuel spray, which is formed by combining fuel sprays injected from the respective injection holes, can be adjusted easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuya Okamoto, Nobuo Ota, Kouichi Mochizuki, Masuaki Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 7124967
    Abstract: A fan jet nozzle for use with an ultra high pressure liquid-phase cleaning media for use in a deflashing apparatus includes a nozzle tip, which is made of a super hard material such as diamond, and is secured inside a nozzle holder through sintering. Upper and lower nozzle bores above and beneath the nozzle tip are processed to converge and communicate with each other inside the nozzle tip, resulting in a center nozzle hole having an elliptical shape. One of the upper and lower nozzle bores is processed into a circular cone shape, and the other one of the upper and lower nozzle bores is processed to have an arched longitudinal sectional shape and a cross sectional shape wherein its width increases toward a center thereof and decreases toward both sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Jettech Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Song Chung
  • Patent number: 7124735
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve and its apparatus, and an internal combustion engine, a method for manufacturing the fuel injection valve and its nozzle body, and a method for manufacturing the same capable of securing highly accurate and stabilized fuel spraying characteristics. The fuel injection valve comprises a nozzle body, an injection hole provided in the nozzle body, a valve body for opening and closing a fuel passage from the injection hole relative to the nozzle body, and a drive means for driving the valve body, wherein formed is a protrusion having an opening in communication with the downstream side of the injection hole of the nozzle body and which part of the side and an extreme end are opened. The invention resides in a nozzle body and manufacturing it by plastic processing, and an internal combustion engine using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kobayashi, Koji Harada, Toru Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7108197
    Abstract: A fluid injection device for ejecting fluid droplets in response to electrical signals comprises an oscillating surface that has one or more tapered apertures, each aperture having a first and second opening. The first opening of each aperture is larger than the second opening. The first opening is in surface tension contact with the fluid to be ejected. The fluid interaction with the tapered aperture wall creates cycles of fluid compression and decompression inside the aperture, causing fluid to be drawn from the large opening and ejected out the small opening of the aperture. The device includes a fluid supply nozzle that transports fluid to the oscillating surface at the large opening of the apertures. A discharge valve controls the fluid supply. An electronic wave generator induces oscillation in the tapered aperture containing surface. The device is used to great advantage for fluid atomization and fluid spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Aerogen, Inc.
    Inventor: Yehuda Ivri
  • Patent number: 7108195
    Abstract: A protective shield for protecting a feed nozzle encloses, not only the circumference of the feed nozzle, but also encloses and protects the end of the feed nozzle. The protective shield includes an open portion in its end which corresponds to, and surrounds the slit in the end of the feed nozzle. Optimal shape of the open portion is determined by spray visualization tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Bernardus Maria Geertshuis, Jason Andrew Horwege, Ye Mon Chen, Rene Samson