Abstract: A fuel injector is provided and includes a first tube connectable with a vessel and second and third tubes to deliver fuel to an interior of the vessel, the second and third tubes being supported within the first tube such that the second and third tubes are offset in first and second opposing directions from a first plane of the first tube, respectively, and in a third direction from a second plane of the first tube, the first tube defining an annulus about the second and third tubes through which gas is deliverable to the vessel interior.

Abstract: An injection nozzle for supplying reducing agent to an exhaust gas system includes a plurality of outlet openings, each of which can generate different droplets of the reducing agent. A device for the treatment of exhaust gases includes an exhaust gas treatment unit and at least one corresponding injection nozzle, in which at least two groups of outlet openings form different impingement regions on the exhaust gas treatment unit.

Abstract: A showerhead integrating intake and exhaust is provided for showering a gas. The showerhead at least includes a showerhead body that has a gas-active surface and a plurality of intake bores thereon. The showerhead body further includes a central exhaust vent disposed on the gas-active surface. The central exhaust vent may exhaust standing gas and further pre-exhaust byproduct from reaction process.

Abstract: A gasifier injection module includes a two-stage slurry splitter and an injector face plate with a coolant system incorporated therein. The two-stage slurry splitter includes a main cavity into which a main slurry flow is provided. The main cavity includes a plurality of first stage flow dividers that divide the main slurry flow into a plurality of secondary slurry flows that flow into a plurality of secondary cavities that extend from the main cavity. Each secondary cavity includes a plurality of second stage flow dividers that divide each secondary slurry flow into a plurality of tertiary slurry flows that flow into a plurality of slurry injection tubes extending from the secondary cavities. The tertiary flows are injected as high pressure slurry streams into the gasification chamber via the slurry injection tubes. A reactant is impinged at high pressure, as an annular shaped spray, on each high pressure slurry stream via a plurality of annular impinging orifices incorporated into the injector face plate.

Abstract: A spray head for attachment to an aerosol container containing pressurized product is provided, the spray head comprising conduit means, more than one separate spray outlet and a splitting chamber for diverting the flow to the spray outlets, wherein the conduit means comprise inlet means for attachment to a valve stem of the aerosol spray unit and conduit outlet means which are in direct fluid communication with the splitting chamber, wherein the splitting chamber is in fluid communication with the spray outlets and wherein, for each spray outlet, the ratio, L1/L2, of the distance (L1) between the conduit outlet means and the spray outlet to the distance (L2) between the inlet means and the spray outlet is in the range 0.01 to 0.6.

Abstract: A spray head for attachment to an aerosol spray unit containing pressurized product is provided, the spray head having at least two separate spray outlets, wherein at least one of the spray outlets has a non-circular cross-section.

Abstract: A plural nozzle cleaning implement. The nozzles are oriented inwardly, to provide a converging spray pattern. The converging spray pattern provides more coverage of the target surface, which increases residence time of fluid sprayed onto debris.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ambient mist head for extinguishing fires that comprises a plurality of mist nozzles attached to a head. The mist nozzles are arranged spatially on the head at various angles. The number of mist nozzles, the spatial arrangement and the angular placement of the mist nozzles can vary, depending on the area of coverage required. The angular placement of the mist nozzles on the head is effected so that the mist stream emerging from one mist nozzle does not impinge on a mist stream emerging from another mist nozzle. The angular placement of the mist nozzles thereby provides a maximal amount of mist production, and minimizes the occurrence of streams of water droplets.

Abstract: Apparatus, devices, and methods for increasing the ion energy in a plasma processing devices are provided. In various embodiments, the surface area of a showerhead facing the work piece includes a plurality of features. The plurality of features increases the surface area of the showerhead relative to a flat surface. Increasing the surface area of the showerhead increases the ion energy without increasing the power used to generate the plasma. Increasing the ion energy using such a showerhead allows for the broader application of plasma processes in integrated circuit manufacturing.

Abstract: There is disclosed a water spray plate having micro-shower-holes formed therein to expand a passage area of liquid. The plurality of the shower hole arrays formed to unit sprayed liquids may be arranged and there may be an effect of enabling the user to feel that sufficient liquid is supplied even if a small amount of liquid is supplied. As a result, the substantial amount of the liquid used by the user may be reduced and there may be a water-saving effect.

Abstract: A flame suppression device adaptable to conventional barbeque grills for emergency use while grilling food comprises a water reservoir holding approximately two (2) gallons of water is located at the base of the grill is herein disclosed. A manual operated pump provides pressurized water from the reservoir into a tube which is routed to a valve and then to a plurality of nozzles located directly above the cooking surface and above the heating element. To operate while grilling, a person would open the valve to release water to extinguish any unwanted flames.

Abstract: A water spray structure includes an outer housing, an inner sleeve, a mesh member, a spray member and an end cap. The inner sleeve is located in the outer housing. A gap is defined between an outer wall of the inner sleeve and an inner wall of the outer housing. The inner sleeve has apertures thereon. The spray member is located in the inner sleeve and has a plurality of through holes around a circumferential portion thereof. Each of the through holes has a large upper part and a small lower part. The spray member has stop pieces under the through holes. The stop pieces are disposed in a tangent direction. A mixing chamber is defined between a lower end of the spray member and a lower portion of the inner sleeve. The spray member has the plurality of through holes disposed around the circumferential portion of the spray member, the inlets and the transversal inlets to separate water to flow in the through holes. The stop pieces are disposed under the through holes to disperse the water in a spiral form.

Abstract: A color changer has a common feed passage that is connected to two or more inlet passages. The common feed passage can be reverse purged in a direction that is opposite a direction of powder flow through the common feed passage. A valve element seals a supply port that connects the inlet passage to the common feed passage to eliminate dead space and form a near bore line seal. The valve element is an elastic material that expands in response to applied compressed air inside the valve element.

Abstract: There is described a shower spray device including a lower plate with a plurality of nozzles and an upper plate with an inlet for the water supply. An elastic sealing element is interposed between the two plates to delimit therewith a chamber for distributing water to the nozzles. To maintain the correct pressure of the two plates, clamping screws are used also having the function of delivery nozzles, i.e. screws formed by threaded pins having an axial duct, with an outlet open towards the outside to allow water delivery, and at least one transverse duct to place the distribution chamber in fluid communication with the axial duct for water delivery.

Abstract: A watering device includes a cover, support members, and a water nozzle secured to the underneath side of cover. The water nozzle directs water outward along the first side of the cover to distribute water across the top surface of the plant growth medium in a nursery plant container. A desired water deflection pattern may optionally be achieved using one or more water deflectors secured to the underneath side of the cover in a position within a water distribution pattern of the water nozzle. The cover may include an open slot allowing the cover to be placed about the stem of a plant growing in the container and set on the top surface of the plant growth medium.

Abstract: An aeroponic growing system, double T-shaped sprayer design and method for cultivating larger plant crops and increasing harvest frequency. The system comprises a series of aeroponic growing units, each of which supports a plant's roots within an enclosure. The enclosure houses a sprayer, an interior volume of plant nutrient solution and a plumbing system for accepting and distributing the aqueous water-nutrient solution. The internal sprayer is a double T-shaped mister that sprays an atomized mist directed from a first set of nozzles onto the plant roots, along with a second set of nozzles directed toward the base of the enclosure to aerate the interior volume of plant nutrient solution. The T-shaped mister provides circumferential coverage of the plant roots, while the aeration of the plant nutrient solution provides an aerated solution that accelerates plant growth through a hybrid process of Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) called a Hyperactive Aeroponic Shallow Water Culture (HAS Culture).

Abstract: A cartridge for a handheld electrohydrodynamic (EHD) spraying device and a spraying device incorporating the cartridge. The cartridge is disposable, and can contain therapeutic products. The device includes a wetted lead screw with a compliant seal, where the placement of the seal relative to the screw inhibits leakage during both cartridge use and storage. A frame disposed within the cartridge acts as a load-transferring mechanism for the weight of the cartridge to a handle of the spraying device.

Abstract: The description is given of a sanitary water-outflow fitting, in particular a tub-filling mixer unit, having a water-outflow housing (1) and a jet former for a wide-surface-area water-outlet jet (19), the jet former being arranged in the housing. The water-outflow housing (1) comprises an elongate supply channel (21) which runs essentially perpendicularly to the water-outlet jet (19), tapers in a funnel like manner in the throughflow direction and is bounded by an intermediate wall (37). The intermediate wall (37) has a multiplicity of throughflow holes (51), via which the supply channel (21) is connected to an elongate distributor chamber (11) essentially parallel to it. The distributor chamber (11) has at least one water-outlet channel (9) leading to the water outflow.

Abstract: Apparatus for supplying a fluid comprising a pipe having at least one aperture through a wall of the pipe, each of the at least one apertures comprising a first portion in an inner surface of the wall, a second portion in an outer surface of the wall, the first portion intersecting the second portion to form an opening, the first portion having a first cross-sectional area at the inner surface that is greater than a second cross-sectional area of the opening; wherein the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area have a first ratio within a first predetermined range so as to enable fluid flowing through the pipe at a predetermined flow rate to exert a predetermined pressure to spray fluid from the at least one aperture to atmosphere and also to flush the first portion.

Abstract: A lance of a gas turbine burner includes an inner duct having inner nozzles; an annular outer duct encircling the inner duct and having outer nozzles; and a spacer disposed between a terminal portion of the inner duct and a terminal portion of the outer duct, the spacer being fixed to both the inner duct and the outer duct.

Abstract: A dioramic apparatus includes a vessel having an inferior portion and a superior portion. The vessel includes a shell and defines an interior space. The interior space is partially filled by a liquid medium. At least one dioramic scene is disposed in the interior space. A reservoir is in fluid communication with the interior space. The reservoir includes a flow plate defining at least one liquid intake and at least one liquid output port. The at least one liquid intake is configured and arranged for receiving at least a portion of the liquid medium from the interior space when the dioramic apparatus is at least partially inverted. The at least one liquid output port is configured and arranged to output at least a portion of the liquid medium from the reservoir when the vessel is placed in an upright position.

Abstract: A shower head includes a nozzle, a connector mounted on an open top of the nozzle, a fastening member secured on the open top of the nozzle and abutting the connector to limit the connector on the nozzle, and a bushing mounted in the connector. Thus, when the water flows through the shower head, the ambient air is introduced through the connector and the bushing to break the vacuum state in the shower head and to perturb the water flow in the shower head so as to produce a turbulent flow in the shower head so that the water flow injected from the nozzle is broken and divided into multiple straight water beams and multiple irregular water bubbles so as to increase the flushing angle and area of the shower head.

Abstract: A shower head includes a nozzle unit, a quick connector mounted on the nozzle unit, and a bushing mounted in the quick connector. Thus, when the water flows through the shower head, the ambient air is introduced through the air conducting holes of the quick connector and the air conducting apertures of the bushing into the flow conduit of the bushing to break the vacuum state in the shower head and to perturb the water flow in the shower head so as to produce a turbulent flow in the shower head so that the water flow injected from the nozzle unit is divided into multiple straight water beams and multiple irregular water bubbles so as to increase the flushing angle and area of the shower head.

Abstract: A nozzle arrangement (1) for a high-pressure cleaning or conditioning device of a paper machine having a nozzle body (2), with a first jet channel (3) for liquids impinged with high pressure passing therethrough, with at least one partially penetrating nozzle element (4) being arranged in the jet channel (3), which forms the liquid passing the jet channel (3) into a laminar jet (5). In order to provide a nozzle arrangement (1) increasing the efficiency of the spray tube with a good cleaning result and simultaneously reduced water consumption it is provided that at least one additional nozzle element (4) is located at the nozzle body, which is arranged in another jet channel (3) different from the first jet channel (3) or together with the first and/or another nozzle element (4) in a joint jet channel (3) and that the nozzle body (2) is arranged at the nozzle arrangement (1) rotational about its longitudinal axis without being off-set axially.

Abstract: A massage nozzle is disclosed including a vortex chamber having a water intake section provided to form a vortical flow therein, a spouting port provided to spout the vortical flow to form a negative pressure region, a water-spray plate provided at a distal end of the spouting port, the water-spray plate having an opening at a center thereof and a plurality of water-spray holes around the opening. The water-spray plate allows a large area suction and smooth movement while moving in contact with the skin. Further a movable member having an opening may be provided with at least a part inserted into the vortex chamber. Some part of a first portion of the movable member has a larger outside dimension than the spouting port, allowing physical vibration of the movable member in addition to the suction massage effect.

Abstract: A rennet injection system is provided for use with food processing or other equipment that uses rennet as a processing ingredient. The rennet injection system includes at least one injector that has multiple openings for delivering rennet to multiple rennet delivery locations that are spaced apart from each other within the food processing or other equipment. The injector may include a nozzle with a middle bore and angled bores on opposing sides of the middle bore that face away from a direction that the middle bore faces.

Abstract: A fluidic oscillator adapted for use in a showerhead or nozzle assembly includes an eddy filter structure which reduces the adverse effects of fluid supply turbulence on the fluidic oscillator's spraying performance. A nozzle or rain can style showerhead assembly includes a water chamber or manifold which receives water via a central inlet fitting. Water entering the water chamber or manifold flows turbulently into and through the manifold and is expelled under pressure through a plurality of nozzles which are configured as specially adapted fluidic inserts.

Abstract: The present invention provides in an adjustable shower head having a user-operable variable spray pattern. The shower head includes an adjustment mechanism that is hydropowered by water passing through the shower head, upon activation by a user.

Abstract: Novel and significantly simplified procedures for fabrication of fully integrated nanoelectrospray emitters have been described. For nanofabricated monolithic multinozzle emitters (NM2 emitters), a bottom up approach using silicon nanowires on a silicon sliver is used. For microfabricated monolithic multinozzle emitters (M3 emitters), a top down approach using MEMS techniques on silicon wafers is used. The emitters have performance comparable to that of commercially-available silica capillary emitters for nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of controlled release of drugs, proteins, nucleic acids, and other pharmaceuticals. It also relates to delivery systems for these agents and other compounds. The invention also relates to stable encapsulation of cells and molecules. The invention provides a population of microstructures comprising a permeable polymer shell, wherein the standard variance in the volume of the microstructures is usually less than or equal to 20%, preferably 10%, of the mean, and wherein the diffusion characteristics of the polymer shell vary within the population of microstructures. It also provides for an apparatus and a method of forming a population of microstructures, which method for making microstructures by introducing drops of a polymer solution into a receiving solution under conditions that permit cross-linking of the polymer in the receiving solution. Microstructures of calcium-cross-linked alginate with a chitosin capsule are disclosed.

Abstract: An ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) has a mobile generator module (20) and a high-pressure water hose (40) for delivering high-pressure water from the mobile generator module (20) to a hand-held gun (50) with a trigger and an ultrasonic nozzle (60). An ultrasonic generator in the mobile generator module (20) transmits high-frequency electrical pulses to a piezoelectric or magnetostrictive transducer (62) which vibrates to modulate a high-pressure waterjet flowing through the nozzle (60). The waterjet exiting the ultrasonic nozzle (60) is pulsed into mini slugs of water, each of which imparts a waterhammer pressure on a target surface. The ultrasonic waterjet apparatus (10) may be used to cut and de-burr materials, to clean and de-coat surfaces, and to break rocks.

Abstract: A burner for a vapor deposition process has a cylindrical central gas passage and a plurality of external gas passages surrounding the central gas passage. The burner has a back block defining an initial section of the gas passages, a face block defining a final section of the gas passages and a manifold plate positioned between the back block and the face block and defining an intermediate section of the external gas passages; the face block, the manifold plate and the back block have inner integral walls that define respective sections of the central gas passage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a swayable and retractable shower, which comprises a retractable assembly and a shower head. Said retractable assembly comprises a fixed portion, a retractable portion and a reset portion, said fixed portion has a through sliding hole, said retractable portion with a through water entry is hermetically and slidably connected in the through sliding hole, said reset portion is disposed between the fixed portion and the retractable portion, said water entry communicates with the through sliding hole. Said shower head is swayably connected to the lower end of the retractable portion and can communicate with the water entry, so the shower head can swing left or right in optional directions when it is stretched out, the user can adjust the direction of the shower head according to practical condition and requirements.

Abstract: Screws 4 are inserted from a bottom surface of a ceiling plate 32 and screwed to a base plate 31, and the ceiling plate 32 and the base plate 31 are press-connected to each other by an elastic restoring force of an elastic member 51 interposed between a head of the screw 4 and the ceiling plate 32. A gap is formed between the head and the ceiling plate 32. Further, a periphery of the head is covered with a cover via a ring-shaped elastic member 52. In another embodiment, a periphery of a base plate 31 is protruded from a periphery of a ceiling plate 32, and the protruded portion of the base plate 31 and a ring-shaped clamp positioned at an outer side of the ceiling plate 32 are joined by screws. Here, an elastic member is interposed between the clamp and the ceiling plate 32.

Abstract: A shower head includes a case having a chamber with an opening, and a cover is slidably engaged with the opening and has multiple holes. The cover has an inner space defined therein, and a brush unit is rotatably located in the inner space and the chamber. The brush unit includes multiple blades, and each blade has brushes connected thereto. The brush unit rotates by the water flow so as to brush the inner surface of the chamber.

Abstract: A device for use in a shower head that discharges a fluid, such as water, has a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle having an opening for discharging the fluid and a plurality of apertures spaced away from the opening having a bore through which the fluid flows, and a face through which the opening extends. The nozzles each create droplets that are large enough to retain heat and moving slowly enough to minimize irritation to a user.

Abstract: An electrostatic spraying system for decontamination of a vehicle is described. The system includes a wheeled platform sized to fit inside the vehicle, at least one tank operable to contain one or more decontaminant agents, the tanks supported by said wheeled platform, a plurality of nozzles affixed to the wheeled platform, wherein each nozzle is positioned for distribution of the decontaminant agents in at least one pre-determined direction, an electrostatic charging system connected to each of the nozzles for applying an electrostatic charge to the decontaminant agents as the agents are dispersed, and at least one compressor in communication with the tanks for pressurizing the decontaminant agents. The one or more compressors are capable of providing a pressure sufficient to provide a constant distribution of the decontaminant agents through the electrostatic nozzles.

Abstract: A dry low NOx (DLN) fuel nozzle of a fuel system is provided and includes one or more downstream orifices formed to define a first fluid path along which fluid is directed to flow, an upstream orifice, located upstream from the one or more downstream orifices, formed to define a second fluid path along which the fluid is directed to flow and connecting passages disposed to fluidly couple the first and second fluid paths of the downstream and upstream orifices, respectively, to one another. At least one of a radial size and an axial location of the upstream orifice is set to cooperatively detune an acoustic impedance of the fuel system.

Abstract: A dispensing system for texture material includes a main container, a secondary container, and a conduit. The main container stores texture material. The secondary container stores pressurized propellant material. The conduit is operatively connected between the main container and the secondary container. The conduit allows pressurized propellant material to flow from the secondary container to the main container, thereby forcing texture material out of the main container.

Abstract: A rinse arm or wash arm includes a tubular body connected to a fluid source. The tubular body has at least a first aperture and a second aperture therethrough. The first aperture forms a first spray and the second aperture forms a second spray when the fluid flows through the tubular body from the fluid source. The first aperture has a first aperture axis therethrough and the second aperture has a second aperture axis therethrough. The first aperture axis forms a first angle with a first vertical axis and the second aperture axis forms a second angle with a second vertical axis. The first angle is greater than 0 degrees, so that the first aperture directs the first spray towards the second spray forming an overlapping spray of the first spray and the second spray.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a gas distribution showerhead having insulated corner regions to reduce arcing and improve deposition uniformity control. In one embodiment, the gas distribution showerhead is formed of a conductive material with material from the corner regions removed. Corner members formed substantially in the shape of the removed portion of corner regions are attached to the conductive showerhead. The corner members may be made of a material having electrical insulating properties, such as a ceramic or insulating polymer.

Abstract: A shower head comprises an upper watering set including a tube having a channel formed therein, a first disc including a bottom wall, and a connection defined between the tube and the first disc and including an arcuate internal wall formed therein, between the internal wall and the bottom wall being defined plural radial passages; a lower watering set connected to the upper watering set and including a top surface disposed on a top end thereof and having a conical guiding peg inserted to the receiving chamber, the guiding peg including an arcuate periphery extending downward and outward to correspond to the internal wall; plural distances between the top surface and peripheral fences of the passages being equivalent to form a number of gaps so as to adjust flowing amounts in the passages individually; the top surface including a plurality of spouts relative to the passages to spray water flowers.

Abstract: A spray head or spray head insert is provided for use in at least one of a shower head, an industrial spray head and an agricultural spray head including a plurality of groups of nozzles, each group of nozzles having at least two nozzles that are suitable for issuing jets of fluid from a surface of the spray head or spray head insert and are dimensioned and oriented, at least in use, so that fluid exiting the said at least two nozzles under pressure collides, interacts substantially unimpeded by surrounding structures and breaks into droplets.

Abstract: A wind-collecting nozzle mounted on outlet of hairdryer includes a wind-collecting nozzle body (1), and at least two blowing ports are formed on the nozzle body (1). One end of the nozzle body (1) has a plug-and-pull connector (11) for mounting on the outlet of the dryer (3), and the other end has two spaced mounting ports, wherein a blowing piece (2) is mounted at each of the mounting ports, and the free end of the blowing piece (2) has a flat blowing outlet (21). The mounting ports of the wind-collecting nozzle body (1) are circular ports, and a protruding element is formed on each inner side of the mounting ports. Each blowing piece (2) has a circular shaped opening provided at a mounting end thereof where a ring shaped groove is provided therein for receiving the protruding element therein so as to enable the blowing piece rotating about the respective protruding element. Each of the two blowing outlets is in flat shape and the pair of blowing outlets is arranged in a -shaped configuration.

Abstract: A shower head for a hand-held shower attachment, an overhead shower attachment or a side shower attachment contains, in its shower-head housing, a vortex chamber which is of funnel shape with the side wall curved. The funnel begins, at the location of the largest diameter, in a radial plane and then decreases in diameter along a curved contour to an exit, where the walls of the funnel run in the axial direction. At the location of the largest diameter of the vortex chamber, upstream of this tapering region, the water is let in tangentially in the circumferential direction and in the axial direction. The vortex which is generated by virtue of the water being let in tangentially accelerates its speed of rotation in the direction of the spray disc. Arranged at the end of the tapering region is a jet-outlet chamber which is very flat, but is of large diameter in relation to the vortex chamber.

Abstract: A showerhead is disclosed that has a housing with an inlet and an outlet. There is a ball joint at the inlet of the housing adapted to be connected to a source of water and a spacer within the housing channels water from the inlet towards the outlet. Within the spacer is a flow control disc having one or more apertures. Each aperture is surrounded by a chamber within the disc, and the depth of each chamber partially controls the spray dispersion of the water flowing through the spacer. There is also an outlet cap removeably retained in the outlet of the housing. The outlet cap has a plurality of nozzle chambers each being fed by an aperture of the disc. The depth of each nozzle chamber is such as to also partially control the spray dispersion of the water discharged from the showerhead.

Abstract: A system for mixing and mixing processes and structures are disclosed. In addition a nozzle used for mixing is disclosed.

Abstract: In a fuel injection valve having a valve plug for opening and closing a valve seat in which fuel is injected from a plurality of orifices provided in an orifice plate mounted at the downstream side of the valve seat by operating the valve plug in response to an operation signal from a controller, a thin wall part is provided by concaving a center portion of an upstream-side end face of the orifice plate to the downstream side by press working, and the orifice plate is disposed so that a virtual circular conical surface extending to the downstream side of the valve seat surface and an upstream-side end face of the orifice plate of the outer peripheral side of the thin wall part intersect to each other to form one virtual circle.

Abstract: A multi-point injector includes an annular body defining an interior annular flow passage. The annular body includes a fluid inlet and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart fluid outlets in fluid communication with the interior flow passage. Each of the outlets has a swirl chamber formed within the annular body associated therewith for imparting swirl to fluid delivered thereto.

Abstract: An ice maker for creating a layer of ice on a cooled surface, is disclosed. The ice maker has a source of de-gassed water, which may be de-gassed by being heated. A pump to pressurize the de-gassed water is provided and the water is passed to a sprayer hydraulically connected to the pump. The sprayer has nozzles sized and shaped to convert the pressurized water into a fine de-gassing droplet spray directed at the cooled surface. The droplets are sized to substantially freeze on contact with the cooled surface. In one embodiment a microprocessor is provided to change the volume sprayed according to the speed of the ice maker to ensure an even coat of ice is layed down.