Single Planar Spiral Perpendicular To Flow Path Patents (Class 239/486)
  • Patent number: 9957659
    Abstract: A fabric treating machine includes a spray nozzle for spraying water supplied from a water supply passage into an inner tub and a spray nozzle combining unit for combining the spray nozzle with a case. Fabric loaded in the inner tub can be effectively soaked through the spray nozzle. Furthermore, a spray direction of the spray nozzle can be accurately adjusted when the spray nozzle is fitted in the case, and thus the spray nozzle can be easily fitted in the case and water sprayed through the spray nozzle can be prevented from overflowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyu Bum Lee, Young Jong Kim, Young Bae Park
  • Patent number: 9381525
    Abstract: A low pressure fogging device includes a fogging device body having a hose coupling tube formed unitarily with the lower side thereof, a screw portion formed on the upper side thereof, and a fluid flow-inducing member seating plate formed on top of the screw portion; a fluid flow-inducing member having induction wings seated on top of the fluid flow-inducing member seating plate; a nozzle body having a fitting hole open downwardly therefrom to allow the fluid flow-inducing member seating plate and the fluid flow-inducing member to be fitted thereto; and a push-up nut having a pressuring ring formed at the center thereof to be locked onto a locking projection formed from an outer lower end periphery of the nozzle body and a screw groove formed at the inner periphery thereof to be fastened to a screw portion formed on the fogging device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Inventor: Hong Kun Shin
  • Patent number: 9016601
    Abstract: A swirler including a fuel distributor is provided. Each fuel distributor includes a distribution element defining a cavity, an inlet opening arranged in the distribution element, at least one outlet opening arranged in the distribution element, and at least one third opening arranged in the distribution element, the cross-section of the at least one third opening being larger than the cross-section of the at least one outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Headland, Richard Noden
  • Patent number: 8888021
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a swirl chamber having an inner peripheral wall formed to be gradually increased in curvature toward a downstream side from an upstream side; a swirl passage, through which a fuel is introduced into the swirl chamber; and a fuel injection port opened to the swirl chamber, wherein the swirl chamber and the swirl passage are formed so that a side wall of the swirl passage connected to a downstream end side of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof is made not to intersect a downstream side portion of the inner peripheral wall of the swirl chamber, or an extension thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Yasukawa, Yoshio Okamoto, Takahiro Saito, Masanori Ishikawa, Eiji Ishii, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Noriyuki Maekawa
  • Patent number: 8827187
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve includes: a nozzle body provided with an injection hole at a tip portion; a needle that is located slidably in the nozzle body and includes a seat portion seated on a seat position in the nozzle body; and an air bubble generation means generating air bubbles in a fuel flowing through the nozzle body, and when a curvature radius is R, a length of a curve is L and a constant is a, an inner peripheral shape of the injection hole includes a curving part passing through a region surrounded by a clothoid curve which is expressed by R×L=a2 and of which the constant a is 0.95 and an clothoid curve of which the constant a is 1.05 or a region surrounded by approximate curves of the clothoid curves at a cross-section surface along a direction of axis of the injection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuo Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8807457
    Abstract: A pushbutton for a system for dispensing a pressurized substance, the pushbutton including a body having a housing provided with an anvil around which a spray nozzle is mounted so as to form a substance dispensing path between the housing and a swirl array including a swirl chamber provided with a dispensing port as well as at least one supply duct for the chamber, the swirl chamber being defined by a side surface having a frusto-conical shape relative to which the supply duct(s) extend(s) in a transverse plane, the side surface tapering from an upstream end into which the downstream end of the supply duct(s) tangentially extends, to a downstream supply opening of the dispensing port, the dispensing port having an outlet size that is equal to the internal size of the downstream opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Albéa le Treport S.A.S
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Songbe
  • Publication number: 20140027541
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve which ensures improved uniformity of a swirl flow in a circumferential direction. It includes: a valve element provided movably; a nozzle body with an opening downstream, including a valve seat face for the valve element to rest on in a valve closed state; a swirling path communicating with the opening of the nozzle body, located downstream of the opening; a swirling chamber located downstream of the swirling path, in which fuel is swirled and given a swirling force; and a fuel injection hole formed at the bottom of the swirling chamber to inject fuel outward. The swirling chamber has an inner wall surface which makes a spiral curve. The swirling chamber and the fuel injection hole are formed so that the center of a base circle for the spiral curve coincides with the center of the fuel injection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio OKAMOTO, Yoshihito YASUKAWA, Noriyuki MAEKAWA, Eiji ISHII, Kazuki YOSHIMURA, Takahiro SAITO, Nobuaki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 7784716
    Abstract: A valve seat 14 having an injection hole 14b is fixed at one end of a hollow valve main body 15, a valve body 12 slidably supported so as to be separated from and brought into contact with the valve seat 14 to open and close the injection hole 14b and a swirler 16 for surrounding the valve body 12 to slidably support the valve body 12 and for imparting a swirling motion to fuel flowing into the injection hole 14b are equipped, a swirling groove 16b in the swirler 16 includes a curvature part 16b3 in a groove outlet, and a sectional configuration of the swirling groove 16b is constituted so that the depth of the central part is larger than the depth of the end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihisa Fukutomi, Mamoru Sumida
  • Publication number: 20090236446
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body with an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway extending from the inlet to the outlet, and with the passageway having a flow area and a fixed diameter at the outlet. A lever is supported at the nozzle body, and the nozzle assembly further includes an actuator, which is supported by the nozzle body and configured for varying the cross-section of the flow area through the outlet in response to the lever being moved relative to the nozzle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Trapp, Don E. Sjolin
  • Patent number: 7328856
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airless dispenser which is used to dispense low doses of liquid products. The inventive dispenser is characterised in that it consists of: a first part comprising a spray nozzle which is communicated with a network of channels on the wall of an inner truncated-cone-shaped bore, and a second part comprising a deformable container which equipped with a rigid flange for fixing the first part in the aforementioned bore. The outer periphery of the flange comprises an inclined surface which defines a vortex chamber, opposite the above-mentioned network of channels, and which, together with the wall of the first part, forms an internal peripheral outlet groove. The outlet groove is defined radially by a flexible lip forming an inlet valve which is supported by the first or second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Rexam Dispensing Systems S.A.S.
    Inventors: Richard Bloc, Herve Lompech
  • Patent number: 6983896
    Abstract: A liquid atomizer comprising a housing fitted with an inlet for connecting to a liquid supply line and a cavity being in flow communication with the inlet and having a longitudinal axis. The housing has one or more outlet nozzles for emitting atomized liquid. A vortex generating member is received within the housing and is formed with at lest one vortex generating path generates a liquid vortex about an axis transversally extending relative to the longitudinal axis of the housing and extending opposite a respective outlet nozzle. Each of the vortex generating paths is in flow communication with the cavity and extends opposite a respective outlet nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Inventors: Yoel Zur, Gandin Vitaly, Zohar Katzman, David De Vires
  • Patent number: 6848634
    Abstract: A body and a seat for a fuel injector having a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passageway extending from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet along a longitudinal axis. The body includes an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a neck portion disposed between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The seat includes a first face, a second face, and a circumferential surface disposed between the first face and the second face. The circumferential surface includes a first zone and a second zone that are connected by an intermediate zone, the intermediate zone engaging the body and the second zone being thermally isolated from the body. A fuel injector and a method of forming a fuel injector are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corp.
    Inventor: William James Imoehl
  • Patent number: 6824085
    Abstract: A fuel injector, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, includes a valve-closure member which forms a sealing seat together with a valve-seat surface which is formed on a valve-seat member, and several injection orifices, each of which is connected with at least one spiral groove so that an outer edge of the swirl grooves coincides in part with a circumferential edge of the injection orifices. The swirl grooves extend generally perpendicular to a center line of the injection orifice associated with them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Sebastian, Jens Pohlmann, Martin Maier, Guenter Dantes, Detlef Nowak, Joerg Heyse, Joerg Schlerfer
  • Publication number: 20040227016
    Abstract: A nozzle, comprising a nozzle body (11), a nozzle tip (12) stored in the nozzle body and a deflector (15) fitted to the tip side of the nozzle, the nozzle tip (12) further comprising a swirl groove (12g) in the rear end face (12d) thereof and a jetting nozzle (12k) projectedly provided thereon with the inner diameter thereof increased at the tip side, the deflector (15) further comprising a support bar (15a) and an impact plate part (15b) connected to each other through a continuous portion (15d) formed of a curved surface and smoothly continued to an impact surface (15c), wherein swirl fluid (T) is jetted from the jetting nozzle (12k) and deflected at the continuous portion (15d) to outwardly jet the fluid widely along the impact surface (15c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Shuichi Yagi, Takashi Shigefuji, Seita Shimizu, Toshiaki Mizumoto, Akio Shimizu, Shigeyuki Mine
  • Patent number: 6789750
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising a reservoir (10) containing one or more doses of fluid, a dispensing orifice (20), and a dispensing member (30), said device being characterized in that said reservoir is of the syringe type (10) having a hollow tube (11) provided with an upstream opening (12) and with a downstream opening (13), said upstream opening (12) being provided with a piston (40) which, at rest, forms a leaktight stopper, and which co-operates with an actuating rod (30) forming the dispensing member, and said downstream opening (13) being provided with an end-piece (50) firstly incorporating closure means (51) for forming a leaktight stopper at rest, and secondly adapted to define a spray profile (55) when the device is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Frédéric Heldt
  • Patent number: 6739524
    Abstract: The nozzle of the present invention has an internal chamber, condiment input and discharge ports in fluid communication with the internal chamber, and an extension downstream of the condiment discharge port. Preferably, the internal chamber has a flow disrupter taking the form of a funnel-shaped end portion adjacent to the condiment discharge port. The internal chamber is preferably elongated and has a larger cross section than the spout to which the nozzle is connected to reduce condiment pressure and flow speed entering the nozzle. Condiment pressure can also be reduced in the internal chamber by other types of flow disrupters: protrusions extending from the internal chamber walls into the condiment flow and/or by an insert received within the internal chamber. At the funnel-shaped end portion, condiment flow adjacent to the internal chamber side walls is preferably diverted toward the discharge port to generate crossflow and turbulence, further reducing condiment pressure and force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Shurflo Pump Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Taylor-McCune, Steven T. Jersey
  • Patent number: 6637673
    Abstract: A liquid atomizer comprising a housing fitted with an inlet for connecting to a liquid supply line and a cavity being in flow communication with the inlet and having a longitudinal axis. The housing has one or more outlet nozzles for emitting atomized liquid. A vortex generating member is received within the housing and is formed with at lest one vortex generating path generates a liquid vortex about an axis transversally extending relative to the longitudinal axis of the housing and extending opposite a respective outlet nozzle. Each of the vortex generating paths is in flow communication with the cavity and extends opposite a respective outlet nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventors: Yoel Zur, Gandin Vitaly, Zohar Katzman, David De Vires
  • Patent number: 5002228
    Abstract: A pump-type atomizer is disclosed having a movable nozzle head and plunger that are operatively associated with a stationary cylindrical element. The cylindrical element has an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having a tapered configuration such that its diameter decreases in a direction away from the upper portion. A valve element within the cylindrical element has a valve body which cooperates with a passage in the plunger to normally close the passage. The valve element also has a piston which, when the nozzle head is depressed, cooperates with the lower, tapered portion of the cylindrical element, in cooperation with the plunger, to enclose a portion of the liquid. Further movement of the nozzle head increases the pressure on this fluid, which overcomes a biasing force on the valve to open the valve and allow the fluid to pass through the passageway and exit through the nozzle head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Inventor: Jeno Y. Su
  • Patent number: 4695225
    Abstract: Rotary flows are generated in a variety of technical installations.In these uses, the particular properties of the rotary flows generated and consequently those of the swirl generator itself play an essential part. Thus, for example in burner construction, a swirl is imparted to the combustion air, in order, on the one hand, to accelerate mixing between the fuel and air and, on the other hand, to utilize a possible return flow to improve the ignition condition.One question, among others relating to the design of the swirl generator, is to decide which flames with which properties are produced by the burner.It is therefore desirable, for control and optimization of the flame properties, to have available a swirl body of variable swirl intensity and swirl distribution.For this purpose, the swirl body (1) is equipped with several exchangeable guide blades (4) which are pushed in through a slotted outer tube (2) radially and at a pitch angle (.theta.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited
    Inventors: Jaan Hellat, Jakob Keller
  • Patent number: 4026475
    Abstract: An atomizer for liquids having an annular body part with a circumferential groove in its inner periphery, and an inlet for injecting liquid tangentially into the groove whose depth decreases gradually away from the inlet is provided with a member which directs solid particles travelling along the groove with the liquid away from the groove to prevent them circulating in the groove. The member may be a curved tongue which forms an extension of the bottom wall of the groove at a position where the groove ends and which directs the particles inwardly and axially away from the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Societe Lab
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Vicard