Nozzle apparatus

- Satake Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a nozzle apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front left perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the nozzle apparatus and form no part of the claimed design.

As shown in FIG. 1, the nozzle apparatus employing the claimed design has a plurality of nozzles aligned along the long side of a single manifold, each nozzle being detachably attachable to the manifold. Electromagnetic valves (piezo valves) for the nozzles are mounted on the bottom of the manifold in a 1:1 ratio to the nozzles and together form an ejector incorporated into a color sorting machine that uses color to sort out selected grains from a large quantity of grains and other particulate matter.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a nozzle apparatus, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
4718558 January 12, 1988 Castaneda
4765489 August 23, 1988 Satake
5301811 April 12, 1994 Mueller
5562214 October 8, 1996 Castaneda
8421856 April 16, 2013 Sinram
D746339 December 29, 2015 Hodgkiss
20130118959 May 16, 2013 Yamaguchi
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Patent History
Patent number: D758453
Type: Grant
Filed: May 17, 2015
Date of Patent: Jun 7, 2016
Assignees: Satake Corporation , Mechano Transformer Corporation , Kuroda Pneumatics Ltd.
Inventors: Takafumi Ito (Hiroshima), Yoshinori Kawawa (Asahi), Toshitada Hirata (Asahi), Sze Keat Chee (Tokyo), Toshiro Higuchi (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Cynthia Ramirez
Assistant Examiner: Gino Colan
Application Number: 29/527,219
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