Abstract: A funnel assembly for a beverage brewer comprises: a central body with an upper opening for receiving a brewed beverage from the beverage brewer and a lower opening for directing the brewed beverage into a selected one of two or more shuttles; and an upper clip portion configured to snap onto and engage a shaft extending from the beverage brewer, such that the funnel assembly is pivotable about an axis defined by the shaft between a first position in which it directs the brewed beverage into a first of the two or more shuttles and a second position in which it directs the brewed beverage into a second of the two or more shuttles.

Abstract: A nebulization structure includes a driving element, a structure plate and a nebulization plate. The structure plate is installed on a side of the driving element, and the structure plate is substantially in a circular disc shape and has a plurality of through holes, and at least one rib is formed between adjacent through holes to define a water guide passage. The nebulization plate is clamped between the driving element and the structure plate and made of a polymer material to overcome the problems of having easy metal fatigue and embrittlement of the nebulization plate made of metal, and being corroded by corrosive liquids.

Abstract: A spray tip comprises a tip body, a tip piece, and a pre-orifice piece. The tip body has a fluid channel along a channel axis (AC). The tip piece is disposed within the fluid channel, and has a stepped, narrowing passage that terminates in an outlet orifice. The pre-orifice piece has an inlet passage, and is disposed within the fluid channel, abutting and immediately upstream of the tip piece. The pre-orifice piece and the tip piece together define a turbulating chamber therebetween.

Abstract: A scent dispenser system used for dispensing scent from a liquid. The system includes a dispenser having an open volume. The system includes absorbent beads in the open volume of the dispenser, where the absorbent beads having the capability to absorb a liquid. The system includes aeration windows in the dispenser to receive a liquid and to allow air to pass through the dispenser and about the absorbent beads.

Abstract: A water-powered residential fire suppression and alarm system is provided. The system comprises a sprinkler head, a water-powered alarm, a fire-resistant transfer line assembly, and a housing assembly. The sprinkler activates upon excessive heat. An unclosable channel connects the alarm with the sprinkler head. The transfer line assembly includes a fire-resistant transfer line connected the alarm and to a multi-port coupling. The multi-port coupling also connects to an existing water fixture. The transfer line assembly is unclosable. The housing assembly has a housing with a vertical span of about 3-12 inches. The sprinkler head and alarm are mounted to the housing assembly and the transfer line assembly is connected to the housing assembly. The transfer line assembly connects to the sprinkler head directly as well as through the alarm. When water is provided to the coupling and the sprinkler head activates, water flows through the transfer line, activating the alarm.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid metal target forming apparatus, including a nozzle that forms a liquid metal target in space, which is irradiated with a proton beam, by ejecting liquid metal thereto. A portion where a region that receives a proton beam of the liquid metal target is formed in a discharge port of the nozzle has a concavo-convex shape.

Abstract: Various embodiments of modular dual vector fluid spray nozzles are disclosed. Embodiments of the nozzles are characterized by specially shaped fluid channels, impingement surfaces and exit orifices used to generate atomized mists of fluid under pressure. Embodiments of the nozzles are generally characterized by composite fluid spray density patterns having horizontal and vertical components, i.e., dual vector in nature. The nozzles disclosed are modular and may be easily installed or removed from a given fluid spray system, nozzle head, or fixture as dictated by any given application.

Abstract: There is provided a sprinkler head having a structure in which steps such as removing and reattaching a protecting cap are eliminated at the time of construction of the sprinkler head, where a cylindrical member is installed on an outer portion of a sprinkler head body and the protecting cap is installed between the sprinkler head body and the cylindrical member. A cylindrical member and a sprinkler head body are installed by being engaged so as to be rotatable together, a protecting cap configured to protect the sprinkler head body from an external force is locked to the cylindrical member. The protecting cap is provided with a space in which a tightening tool for connecting a sprinkler head to a water supply pipe is capable of locking to a tightening tool engaging portion.

Abstract: The present patent application discloses a fluid switching apparatus. The fluid switching apparatus includes a positioning device, a second rotor, a first rotor, and a button which is mounted on a side of the first rotor. The positioning device, the second rotor and the first rotor are arranged coaxially from left to right. Two or more nozzles are arranged circumferentially on the positioning device. A plurality of blocks is provided on the second rotor. As the rotation of the second rotor, the blocks may sequentially block different nozzles. The button is used for driving the first rotor to rotate. The first rotor drives the second rotor to rotate. The transmission of the first rotor and the second rotor is unidirectional.

Abstract: A paint cup assembly for a paint sprayer is disclosed and can include a paint reservoir assembly. The paint reservoir assembly can include a paint reservoir and a cap configured to engage the paint reservoir. The paint reservoir assembly further includes a structural element for engaging a paint spray gun to form a tactile feedback mechanism. The tactile feedback mechanism can provide a tactile indication to a user as the paint reservoir assembly is engaged with the paint spray gun.

Abstract: An improvement to a roadside sprayer fixates spray nozzles on a registration plate. The registration plate may include integral tabs depending on the application. Inclination of the tabs is adjustable to place streams and droplets in a desired swath coverage. With the nozzles rigidly mounted onto the plate, the entire plate is nutated. The use of the registration plate in a spray unit creates a uniform nutation among the nozzles, thereby reducing variability in droplet placement, and providing a more predictable spray from the nozzles. In other embodiments, the spray unit is utilized in a spray system adaptable to service vehicles, and may be utilized in conjunction with a vegetation engagement device, such as a cutter to engage multiple zones of a roadway right-of-way. Additionally, an improved spray unit includes an electromagnetic field and an attractor to generate plate motion.

Abstract: A side spraying shower head includes an inlet waterway; a cover unit with a first and second water cavity; a water diversion body covering the cover unit, the water diversion body having a first inlet hole connected to the first water cavity and a second inlet hole connected to the second water cavity; a fixation base attached to the water diversion body, the fixation base including a first connection waterway and a second connection; a switch shaft, laterally movable inside the fixation base, the central portion of the switch shaft including a seal portion disposed between the first and second connection waterway; a press mechanism attached to the cover unit to push the switch shaft to close the second connection waterway; an elastic element abuts against the switch shaft and the fixation base to push the switch shaft to close the first connection waterway.

Abstract: A nozzle and a method of generating an aerosol from a fluid and a gas by operating the nozzle. The nozzle has an aerosol exit orifice of a larger diameter and a fluid exit orifice of a smaller diameter aligned on a common central axis. A pressurized gas from a pressurized gas exit in close proximity to the fluid exit orifice intersects a fluid jet exiting from the fluid exit orifice at that acute angle and in a distance from the aerosol exit orifice. The method includes aerosolizing a fluid with a viscosity exceeding 4 cSt delivering an inhalable medication at a rate of more than 1 ml/minute, thereby delivering a medication at a mass flow rate of at least 30 mg/minute in form of the fluid particles having a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) of 6 ?m or less.

Abstract: An air delivery apparatus which has a low profile by virtue of an angled/offset air outlet. The apparatus provides superior air delivery performance which is customizable to any application by selection of orifice patterns in an interchangeable nozzle insert, and the flexibility of easily changing the nozzle inserts to suit the application, while maintaining a constant amount of pressurized air energy input. The low profile enables use of the apparatus in applications where space between machinery and products is limited, where other air delivery apparatuses would not fit. Various embodiments of low profile, angled/offset air delivery apparatus are disclosed—including designs with one, two or four exit openings, where the airflow path inside the apparatus turns at a 90 degree angle in order to minimize the height of the apparatus. The single-opening designs include both “left-hand” and “right-hand” models, and the dual-opening designs include both offset and opposed air streams.

Abstract: An apparatus that uses an optimized body design incorporating one or more interchangeable nozzle inserts with a wide array of discharge orifice sizes, configurations and spacings to efficiently and effectively deliver a pressurized, high velocity, laminar flow air stream to dry, cool, or clean objects that are either stationary or moving transversely through the optimized air stream developed by the apparatus, all while minimizing the operational downtime required to implement the interchangeable nozzle insert modifications to the apparatus.

Abstract: A marking wand includes a paint canister and a frame that receives the paint canister. The paint canister loads into a chamber provided at the bottom of the frame so that a dispenser of the paint canister faces downwardly toward the ground. Once the paint canister is loaded in the frame, a user can hold a handle at the top of the frame and pull a trigger included in the handle to actuate the dispenser by pushing the dispenser in a predetermined location thereby discharging paint from the paint canister and marking the ground.

Abstract: A self-propelled agricultural application machine (10) comprising a chassis (100) which carries a storage tank (15) for the material to be applied is provided. The chassis (100) comprises a central longitudinal beam (110) from which at least a pair of wheels (12, 14) are suspended. The narrow chassis (100) allows steerable wheels to be positioned at tolerable track widths while permitting a large steering angle and thus small turning radii.

Abstract: A data center includes a plurality of racks on a floor and one or more fire suppression systems coupled to at least some of the racks. The fire suppression systems include reservoirs mounted on the racks, a fire suppression material in the reservoir, and one or more material dispensing devices coupled to the reservoir. The material dispensing devices may dispense fire suppression material onto or into the racks in response to a fire condition.

Abstract: A multi-mode showerhead has a housing with a front and a back and an offset integrated water filter system incorporated into the showerhead so that the showerhead with the integrated water filter system may be easily mounted to a normal shower arm without the need of special tools. A water filter cartridge is easily added to or removed from a hollow filter chamber formed in the showerhead by the removal of a front facing filter chamber cap. A multi-mode switch thatselectively changes the spray pattern is mounted on the front between the water filter system and a plurality of nozzles. The entire showerhead and integrated offset water filter system is mounted on a shower arm by means of a swivel joint forming an inlet on the back of the housing and fluidly connected to the hollow filter chamber.

Abstract: A swirler includes a swirler body defining a diverging upstream surface defining a longitudinal axis and a plurality of swirl vanes extending from the diverging upstream surface. The swirl vanes are angled to impart swirl around the longitudinal axis on a fluid flow over the diverging upstream surface. An airblast injector includes a swirler as described above, and a nozzle body defining an air passage therethrough along the longitudinal axis with a diverging outlet. The swirler is operatively associated with a diverging outlet of the nozzle body. An annular swirler outlet area can be defined between downstream ends of the swirler and diverging outlet of the air passage. A throat area can be defined in the air passage upstream of the diverging outlet thereof. The swirler outlet area can be greater than the throat area.