Rigid Fluid Confining Distributor Patents (Class 239/589)
  • Publication number: 20110220741
    Abstract: A rotary spray nozzle for spray guns comprises a metallic outer housing and a plastic assembling element wherein the metallic outer housing has a hollow chamber disposed at one side to accommodate the plastic assembling element therein, a water-emitting port disposed at the other side to fluidly connect to the hollow chamber, and a ringed water-blocking seat protruding between the hollow chamber and the water-emitting port. The plastic assembling element, formed a hollow extending there-through, is molded similarly to the hollow chamber and equipped with an internal-threaded portion therein to secure to an external-threaded section defining a water-outlet cylinder of a gun body. The plastic assembling element also has a reverse-stop ring extending at the middle section to restrict the position of a sealing ring mounted to the water-outlet cylinder thereof, achieving anti-leaking and anti-loosing benefits as well as simplifying the structure and manufacturing process of the present invention thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: King Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20110220339
    Abstract: A synthetic jet includes a first backer structure and a first actuator coupled to the first backer structure to form a first composite unit. The synthetic jet also includes a second backer structure, and a second actuator coupled to the second backer structure to form a second composite unit. A wall member is coupled to and positioned between the first and second backer structures to form a cavity. The first composite unit has an orifice formed therethrough and the orifice is fluidically coupled to the cavity and fluidically coupled to an environment external to the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Mehmet Arik, Stanton Earl Weaver, Charles Erklin Seeley, Yogen Vishwas Utturkar
  • Patent number: 8006915
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventors: Mohan M. Vijay, Wenzhuo Yan, Andrew Tieu, Baolin Ren
  • Publication number: 20110203813
    Abstract: Fire protection apparatus, systems, and methods for addressing a fire with a mist are provided. More particularly, the invention provides systems and their method of design which provide a water mist to address and preferably suppress a fire. The invention further provides systems and methods for total flooding volume protection of a space to address a fire, preferably control, suppress, and more preferably extinguish a fire. The invention further provides atomizing devices for use in such systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Marcus Brian Mayhall Fenton, James Oliver French, Zachary L. Magnone, David J. LeBlanc, Sean S. Troutt
  • Publication number: 20110198416
    Abstract: Provided is a shower apparatus which can stably supply bubbly water through all nozzle holes and can cause water droplets of large, uniform size to land continuously on the user so as to allow the user to enjoy a shower with a voluminous feel as if the user were being showered by large drops of rain. The shower apparatus includes a water supply unit, a throttle unit adapted to eject passing water downstream, an aeration unit adapted to produce bubbly water by aerating the water ejected through the throttle unit, and a nozzle unit provided with a plurality of nozzle holes used to discharge the bubbly water, wherein the throttle unit has a flat-shaped throttle channel and water ejected through the throttle channel plunges into an air-liquid interface as a sheet-like stream, thereby producing bubbly water, which is then discharged through the nozzle hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotake UKIGAI, Minoru SATO, Takahiro OHASHI, Yutaka AIHARA, Minami OKAMOTO, Katsuya NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20110198420
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a water bubbler sprinkler head for a drop hose to produce bubbling water to reduce the destructive force of the water landing on the surrounding land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Jerry D. Lawyer, Donald E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20110198417
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally provide plasma etch process chamber improvements. An improved gas injection nozzle is provided for use at a central location of the lid of the chamber. The gas injection nozzle may be used in an existing plasma etch chamber and is configured to provide a series of conic gas flows across the surface of a substrate positioned within the chamber. In one embodiment, an improved exhaust kit for use in the plasma etch chamber is provided. The exhaust kit includes apparatus that may be used in an existing plasma etch chamber and is configured to provide annular flow of exhaust gases from the processing region of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: STANLEY DETMAR, BRIAN T. WEST, RONALD VERN SCHAUER
  • Publication number: 20110186655
    Abstract: A spray discharge assembly is provided for use with an aerosol spray device comprising a pressurizable container holding a liquid to be discharged from the device by a propellant. The spray discharge assembly incorporates an approach channel having at least one inlet and an outlet, a flow conduit upstream of the approach channel in the direction of liquid discharge for supplying fluid to be discharged to the approach channel, at least one jetting orifice through which fluid from the conduit passes and issues as a jet into the approach channel through the inlet thereof, and a discharge orifice into which fluid from the approach channel passes via the outlet thereof to issue as a spray from the device. The outlet of the approach channel is surrounded by a sharp edge, and the jetting orifice is configured for directing the jet against the sharp edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Ghasem Ghavami-Nasr, Andrew John Yule, Martin Laurence Burby
  • Publication number: 20110168745
    Abstract: An outlet head (22) for a spray device (10), the outlet head (22) comprising an inlet section (31) having an opening (30) adapted to receive an output section (20) of a spray material container (16), said opening (30) forming a first end of a fluid channel for spray material from the spray material container (16), the outlet head (22) also comprising an outlet portion (14) adapted to eject spray material and forming a second end of the fluid channel for spray material, wherein the inlet section (31) has a first, major, lateral axis and a second, minor, lateral axis, said first and second axes being substantially at right angles to one another, wherein the size of the inlet section along the first, major, axis is greater than the size of the inlet section along the second, minor, axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited
    Inventors: David Bedford, Martin Butler
  • Publication number: 20110163173
    Abstract: A rotary atomiser for receiving molten material and projecting droplets of the molten material there from; the rotary atomiser having a rotating well for receiving molten material. The well comprising a base and a peripheral wall extending from a peripheral rim around the base, the top of the peripheral wall having an inner top edge and a lip region extending away from the inner top edge at an angle of 0-60 degrees below the horizontal. Preferably the upper region of the peripheral side wall extending to the inner top edge is substantially vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Orgainsation
    Inventors: Dongsheng Xie, Bernard Washington, Steven Sanetsis
  • Publication number: 20110162370
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kwanwoo Kim, Fei Han, Shiva Srinivasan, Kapil Kumar Singh
  • Publication number: 20110162372
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle for a gas turbine includes a fuel nozzle body or endcover. The fuel nozzle body or endcover includes at least one seal surface. The fuel nozzle also includes at least one flexible hose and at least one flange connected to the flexible hose. The at least one flange is fastened to the fuel nozzle body at the at least one seal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lucas John Stoia, Keith Cletus Belsom, Seth Reynolds Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20110155825
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: HOMAX PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald J. Stern, James A. Tryon
  • Publication number: 20110155827
    Abstract: A liquid diffusing device with interchangeable nozzles, comprising a support frame (2) having a passageway (3) for the liquid to be diffused, with an inlet (4) and an outlet (5), at least one nozzle (6), having a liquid outlet section (7) with a predetermined diameter and a corresponding outflow rate, which is removably and selectively attachable to the outlet (5) in a predetermined operating position, means for supporting at least one additional nozzle (6?, 6?, . . . ) having an outlet section (7?, 7?, . . . ) of a diameter other than that of the first nozzle (6), in the non-operating position. The support means comprise a nozzle-holding plate (8) formed of one piece with the frame (2) and having quick connect/disconnect means (9) for the additional nozzle (6?, 6?, . . . ) in the non-operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Arno Drechsel
  • Patent number: 7967224
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spray head for atomising a medium using a pressurised propellant, with a spray head body (10) which comprises a fastening ring (6) and an actuating element (20) movably connected thereto, a holding element (12) which comprises an inlet port (24), an adjoining duct section (26) and a holding section (28), and a duct element (14) which has an outlet port (62) for the medium and which has in at least one section a diameter such that the medium to be discharged atomizes in the flow of propellant, the duct element (14) preferably being a capillary pipe or capillary tube and/or having a constant diameter over its entire length, the duct element (14) being arranged in the holding section (28) of the holding element (12) and, preferably, being bent through approximately 90° in the holding section (28) of the holding element (12) and the holding element (12) preferably being connected to the spray head body (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim microParts GmbH
    Inventors: Rüdiger Belau, Lutz Maske, Campbell Patrick
  • Publication number: 20110147496
    Abstract: The present model discloses a device introduced into a tip for spraying droplets, which provides for the control of the flow, distribution and formation of spray droplets, within the spectrum of droplet sizes considered as aerosols (<50 ?m), specially aiming the control of the current vector insects which transmit human disease epidemics and, manufactured for assembly on powered backpack equipment for spraying/atomizing liquids, in such a way to allow the application in closed and difficult access areas, where motor vehicles are not able to arrive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Carlos Alberto Fleury Bellandi
  • Publication number: 20110139283
    Abstract: A jet regulator or jet aerator is provided with a jet regulator housing insertable into a water outlet and detachably held therein by threaded or bayonet connection. The jet regulator housing has an outflow-side housing partial region with a reduced housing outer circumference compared to the inflow-side housing partial region, and the outflow-side housing partial region is insertable into an insert opening of a turning tool such that the turning tool can be applied to a tool working surface in a rotationally fixed manner. The tool working surface is provided on the outflow-side frontal edge, the housing circumference of the outflow-side housing partial region and/or an annular shoulder surrounding the housing partial region on the outside. A sanitary water outlet is also provided, which for a plurality of visibly separately emerging water jets has a corresponding plurality of water outflows spaced apart from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander STEIN, Hermann Grether
  • Patent number: 7954446
    Abstract: A hopper for cleaning a coating machine in which a rotary atomizing head extends through an opening in the upper surface of a hopper housing, a thinner for cleaning the rotary atomizing coating machine and a residual coating material are sprayed on the inside, an airstream control member for preventing flow from ascending from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing through a gap between the coating machine and the opening by the rotation of the rotary atomizing head corresponding to the gap between the coating machine and the opening, and the control member is formed with an air vent hole for supplying air to a negative pressure zone formed just below the rotary atomizing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Trinity Industrial Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Nakane, Takao Ueno, Koji Sakuraba
  • Publication number: 20110121108
    Abstract: A nozzle provides plasma polymerization on a cylindrical surface of an object. The nozzle includes a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis, a coaxial cylindrical inlet for receiving plasma and the object, a radial inlet for receiving an organic precursor, and a mixing chamber for receiving the plasma and the object from the coaxial cylindrical inlet thereby providing mixing of the plasma and the organic precursor and a uniform deposition of polymer on the cylindrical surface of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Stephan Rodewald, Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer
  • Publication number: 20110121107
    Abstract: A nozzle provides plasma polymerization. The nozzle includes a cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis, a coaxial conical inlet for receiving plasma, a radial inlet for receiving an organic precursor, a coaxial core outlet for receiving plasma from the coaxial conical inlet, and a coaxial toroidal outlet for receiving the organic precursor from the radial inlet. Outer sidewalls of the toroidal outlet extend to a bottom, outlet end of the nozzle. Inner sidewalls of the toroidal outlet do not extend all the way to the bottom end of the nozzle thereby providing partial mixing of the plasma and the organic precursor prior to deposition of polymer on to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Frederic Gerard Auguste Siffer, Dale Roy Norton, James Gregory Gillick
  • Publication number: 20110114764
    Abstract: Attachment piece for controlled and directed emptying of a spray can containing a liquid or gaseous substance, preferably an expandable insulating seal substance, consists of a housing (1) with a rest (2) in the form of an inner ring that snap fits the external circumference of a plug (3) with a valve (4) of a can (5). The internal surface of said housing (1) comprises a thread (7), on which a nozzle (8) is arranged. Said nozzle (8) is designed in a way to co-operate with said thread (7) with its thread section (9) of its cylindrical part (10). Said cylindrical part (10) continues on one side by a concentrically arranged tubular part (11) with said rest (12) tightly fitting the free end of said valve (4) of said can (5), wherein on the external end said nozzle (8) is optionally shaped, preferably in the sense of an outflow section (13) oriented perpendicularly to the axis of said can (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Bostjan Berginc
  • Publication number: 20110115851
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a component for dispensing a fluid includes: a plurality of fluid ejection orifices arrayed in a plane; and an elongated bumper extending along one side of the array generally in a plane intersecting the plane of the array and the bumper having a protruding exterior surface that includes a first part inclining away from the array and a contiguous second part inclining back toward the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel W. Petersen, James D. Plymale, John L. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20110114759
    Abstract: Proposed are a spray head with a nozzle for the atomizing of a liquid as well as a device with such a spray head. Associated with the nozzle is a delivery tube that can optionally be folded upward away from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SEAQUIST PERFECT DISPENSING GMBH
    Inventor: Detlef Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20110101125
    Abstract: A plasma spray nozzle is provided. Owing to their high degree of wear, previous plasma spray nozzles were not suitable for the coating of components for which long coating times were necessary. The coating times may be reduced considerably by the triple injection of powder into the inner channel through the plasma spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Mario Felkel, Heiko Gruner, Francis-Jurjen Ladru
  • Patent number: 7934667
    Abstract: A diffuser for a device for packaging and dispensing a product. The arrangement is particularly advantageous for foaming cosmetic products. The diffuser includes a collar which can be mounted on a container and a product diffusion head extending from the collar and provided with at least one output aperture. Preferably, the output aperture is oriented at an angle, relative to an axis of the collar, lying between 0° and 85°. The diffusion head is movable relative to the collar. Moreover, the diffusion head has an extension axis inclined with respect to a longitudinal axis of the collar, and has a size which is contained within the maximum cross-section of the collar and/or of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Caroline Westrich
  • Publication number: 20110095104
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a bayonet system for attaching a nozzle body to a nozzle turret. The bayonet system can be rotated with respect to a spray nozzle. A seal can be positioned between the spray nozzle and the nozzle turret. The seal can be compressed by moving the bayonet system without exerting any substantial torsion force on the seal. The bayonet system can help prevent unintentional disengagement of the spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Trevor William Bartlett Swan
  • Publication number: 20110094206
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a reductant injection apparatus includes an injector attachment portion to which a reductant injector is coupleable. The apparatus also includes a perforated tubular portion coupled to the injector attachment portion. The perforated tubular portion includes an inlet, an outlet, and a diverging sidewall extending from the inlet to the outlet. Additionally, a plurality of perforations is formed in the sidewall. A reductant spray can be injected into the perforated tubular portion via the inlet. Further, a portion of a bulk exhaust gas stream can be diverted into the perforated tubular portion through the plurality of perforations, through the perforated tubular element, and out of the perforated tubular portion through the plurality of perforations. The portion of exhaust gas stream can then be rejoined with the bulk exhaust gas stream downstream of the perforated tubular portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC
    Inventors: Z. Gerald Liu, Jim Clerc, Jason Drost, Jim Burke, Mihai Chiruta, Achuth Munnannur
  • Publication number: 20110095095
    Abstract: Technology is presented for the high efficiency concentration of fine and ultrafine airborne particles into a small fraction of the sampled airflow by condensational enlargement, aerodynamic focusing and flow separation. A nozzle concentrator structure including an acceleration nozzle with a flow extraction structure may be coupled to a containment vessel. The containment vessel may include a water condensation growth tube to facilitate the concentration of ultrafine particles. The containment vessel may further include a separate carrier flow introduced at the center of the sampled flow, upstream of the acceleration nozzle of the nozzle concentrator to facilitate the separation of particle and vapor constituents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC.
    Inventors: Susanne V. Hering, Gregory S. Lewis, Steven R. Spielman
  • Publication number: 20110095103
    Abstract: A product release system for atomizing cosmetic hair or skin cleaning compositions is described, which has (a) pressure-resistant packaging, (b) a capillary-containing spray head, and (c) a propellant-containing cosmetic composition, which contains at least one wash-active surfactant. The atomization is done using the capillary. The capillary preferably has a diameter of 0.1 to 1 mm and a length of 5 to 100 mm. The spray rate is preferably 0.01 to 5 g/s. The composition can particularly be gel-like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Hartmut Schiemann, Thomas Krause, Michael Franzke, Dirk Weber, Monika Moenks, Jan Baumeister, Ellen Florig
  • Publication number: 20110089267
    Abstract: The present application provides a method of mounting lip seals within a sleeve assembly of a fuel nozzle. The method may include the steps of sliding a first lip seal along a second diameter tube until the first lip seal contacts a first tube flange of a first diameter tube, sliding a seal spacer along the second diameter tube until the seal spacer contacts the first lip seal, and sliding a second lip seal along the second diameter tube until the second lip seal contacts the seal spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lucas John Stoia, Karthik Subramanian
  • Patent number: 7922566
    Abstract: A cutting head for a water jet cutting machine includes a base with a bore and an orifice member having an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and outlet which increases velocity of fluid flowing through the passage to form a fluid jet. A wear insert has first and second ends, a passage extending between the two ends, the body second end being connected with the base and the body first end supporting the orifice member. A fluid focusing device includes a tubular body with a central passage having inlet and discharge ports, the tubular body being disposable within the base bore such that the body inlet port is fluidly coupleable with the orifice outlet. The tubular body and/or the base are/is configured such that the tubular body is separately positionable at one of a plurality of discrete, predetermined angular positions about the base bore axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: KMT Waterjet Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Shajan V. Chacko, Duane C. Johnson, Jeffrey D. Stephens, Will C. Lambeth
  • Publication number: 20110079667
    Abstract: A method of repairing a modular gas turbine fuel nozzle tip, having a fuel-conveying body and an annular cap fastened to the body by at least two fasteners, includes removing the fasteners, replacing the annular cap with a replacement annular cap, and interconnecting the replacement annular cap and the body using new fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Honza Stastny, Bhawan B. Patel, John Greer, Parthasarathy Sampath
  • Patent number: 7913936
    Abstract: A silencer in a flow duct (10) comprises at least one plate-shaped element (12) which extends essentially parallel to the throughflow direction (16) of the flow duct. Integrated in the plate-shaped element (12), preferably in the downstream region, are means (13, 14) for feeding and for spraying a liquid (15) into the throughflow of the flow duct. The spraying means are preferably arranged in such a way that the liquid (15) is sprayed at an angle of at least 30° to the throughflow (16). The silencer according to the invention is used, for example, in the intake duct of a gas turboset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Juergen Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 7913934
    Abstract: A shower head with a housing and a jet outlet surface can be achieved with an example embodiment of the invention. An adjuster device is provided on one side, for adjusting the supply of water to individual or all regions, into which the jet outlet surface is divided. The above can be a central small region and the region surrounding the above. Furthermore, an air supply device is provided for aerating the water jets. The air supply device is simultaneously operated with the switching between the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hansgrohe AG
    Inventor: Franz Schorn
  • Publication number: 20110068201
    Abstract: The advantage of this construction is that the time between manual cleanings of the frontal area of the gun can be lengthened or eliminated. The spray gun utilizes high pressure air forced through thin openings and that surround the spray tip, to eliminate the eddies in the air flow around the frontal area of the spray gun. One concentric thin opening surrounds the spray tip and is directed parallel to the direction of spray. With a second concentric thin opening, the air is directed at an angle of about 55 degrees relative to the axis or direction of spray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph E. Tix, Mark T. Weinberger, Christopher J. Pellin
  • Publication number: 20110068200
    Abstract: Provided is a single wafer processing apparatus for cleaning a substrate. The apparatus includes a substrate support member including a spin head to place a substrate thereon, a processing bowl disposed to surround the spin head and adapted to collect a processing fluid scattering from the substrate, and a swing nozzle unit adapted to inject the processing fluid to the substrate placed on the spin head by rotating in a swinging motion, wherein the swing nozzle unit includes a nozzle part including a nozzle body constituted by an inner resin pipe supplying an inner path where a processing fluid supply tube is disposed, a metal pipe disposed to surround the inner resin pipe, and an outer resin pipe disposed to surround the metal pipe, and a nozzle driver adapted to rotate the nozzle part in a ?-axis direction and move the nozzle part up and down in a z-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Taeho KIM, Boong Kim, Youngju Jeong
  • Publication number: 20110067632
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a reactor for material deposition. The reactor includes a chamber and at least one gas nozzle. The chamber includes a pair of susceptors, each having a front side and a back side. The front side mounts a number of substrates. The susceptors are positioned vertically so that the front sides of the susceptors face each other, and the vertical edges of the susceptors are in contact with each other, thereby forming a substantially enclosed narrow channel between the substrates mounted on different susceptors. The gas nozzle includes a gas-inlet component situated in the center and a detachable gas-outlet component stacked around the gas-inlet component. The gas-inlet component includes at least one opening coupled to the chamber, and is configured to inject precursor gases into the chamber. The detachable gas-outlet component includes at least one opening coupled to the chamber, and is configured to output exhaust gases from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: SIERRA SOLAR POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Steve Poppe, Yan Rozenzon, Peijun Ding
  • Publication number: 20110061642
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a combustion process, especially for melting glass, in which a flame is created by gaseous fuel, characterized in that several regularly spaced peripheral low-pressure gas jets converge on a central high-pressure gas jet; an injector for implementing this process; a burner comprising one or more such injectors; and a furnace comprising at least one such burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicants: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE, SAINT-GOBAIN EMBALLAGE
    Inventors: Patrice Rouchy, Laurent Garnier, Carlos Mazzotti De Oliveira, Joseph Vernaz
  • Publication number: 20110061423
    Abstract: In an ejector, a refrigerant passage of a nozzle for decompressing and expanding refrigerant includes a throat portion in which a refrigerant passage sectional area is most reduced, a first taper portion arranged downstream of the throat portion to gradually enlarge the refrigerant passage sectional area, a second taper portion arranged downstream of the first taper portion to gradually enlarge the refrigerant passage sectional area, and an end taper portion arranged in a range from an outlet side of the second taper portion to a refrigerant jet port to gradually enlarge the refrigerant passage sectional area. Furthermore, a second expanding angle at the outlet side of the second taper portion is larger than the first expanding angle at the outlet side of the first taper portion, and an end expanding angle at the outlet side of the end taper portion is smaller than the second expanding angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gouta Ogata, Haruyuki Nishijima, Etsuhisa Yamada, Mika Gocho
  • Patent number: 7905432
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a casting nozzle in which attachment and deposition of alumina or the like can be prevented while a drift of molten steel can be prevented. The casting nozzle according to the invention is characterized in that the casting nozzle has a molten steel flow hole portion in which “a plurality of independent protrusion portions and/or concave portions” are disposed so that each of the protrusion portions and/or concave portions has a size satisfying the expression (1): H?2 mm and the expression (2): L>2×H mm [in which “H” shows the maximum height of the protrusion portion or the maximum depth of the concave portion, and “L” shows the maximum length of a base portion of the protrusion portion or concave portion].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Nomura, Masamichi Takai, Masaru Kurisaki, Hidetaka Ogino, Toshio Horiuchi, Shinsuke Inoue
  • Patent number: 7896647
    Abstract: Heating provided by a burner that combusts hydrocarbon fuel can be provided at a sequence of different heat transfer rates by adjusting the total oxygen concentration of oxidant streams fed to the burner. A burner with which the method can be practiced is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William Thoru Kobayashi, Abilio Tasca, Francisco Dominques Alves De Sousa
  • Publication number: 20110042492
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly has a housing, a joint, a spraying head assembly, a connector and a switch assembly. The housing is tubular and has an inside space. The joint is mounted in the inside space of the housing and has a front end and a rear end. The spraying head assembly is mounted securely on the front end of the joint. The connector is mounted securely on the rear end of the joint. The switch assembly is mounted in the inside space of the housing and has a button. The switch assembly is switched by the button. With the button, the volume of the nozzle assembly becomes small. This can be easily held by hands and is very handy and convenient in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Chin-Chi Pan
  • Publication number: 20110036920
    Abstract: A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. The angle between the orifice centerline and the surface is less than 90 degrees. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. The deflection ridge encompasses a partial circumference of the nozzle. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas Les Johnson
  • Publication number: 20110036453
    Abstract: DNP polarizer comprising a housing receiving a free end of a tubular fluid conduit positioned in fluid communication with a nozzle supported by said housing, said nozzle including an input port, a dispense port and a tapering inner surface or a stepped inner surface defining a nozzle flowpath extending in fluid communication between said input port and said dispense port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-larsen, David Dietrich, Karl Andreas Gram, Andrew M. Leach, Peter Miller, Eric J. Telfeyan, Mikkel Thaning, David B. Whitt
  • Publication number: 20110011956
    Abstract: A cleaning method comprises first cleaning which includes supplying a cleaning-liquid to the coloring device from the optical fiber passing hole of the nipple and the ink supply opening, and discharging the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-liquid discharge opening, and second cleaning which includes supplying a cleaning-liquid to the coloring device from the optical fiber passing hole of the nipple and the ink supply opening, and discharging the cleaning-liquid from the optical fiber passing hole of the second die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi ARIMA, Hiroaki Itoh, Tatsuya Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20110000214
    Abstract: A method of assembling a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes coupling a combustor in flow communication with a compressor such that the combustor receives at least some of the air discharged by the compressor. A fuel nozzle assembly is coupled to the combustor and includes at least one fuel nozzle that includes a plurality of interior surfaces, wherein a thermal barrier coating is applied across at least one of the plurality of interior surfaces to facilitate shielding the interior surfaces from combustion gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: David Andrew Helmick, Thomas Edward Johnson, William David York, Benjamin Paul Lacy
  • Patent number: 7861953
    Abstract: A dispersing apparatus that can efficiently disperse agglomerated particles in a slurry at a lower energy, a method for preparing a ceramic slurry containing ceramic particles that have been dispersed with the dispersing apparatus, a reliable monolithic ceramic electronic component manufactured using ceramic green sheets formed of the ceramic slurry, and a method for manufacturing the monolithic ceramic electronic component. A slurry containing agglomerated particles is passed through a dispersing section to produce a tensile stress, and the tensile stress is applied to the agglomerated particles in the slurry, thereby dispersing the agglomerated particles. The dispersing section includes a nozzle, a first channel thorough which a jet generated through the nozzle passes, and a cylindrical second channel through which the jet coming through the first channel passes to produce a tensile stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Naka, Takeshi Tashima
  • Publication number: 20100331769
    Abstract: A nozzle for jetting devices is described comprising e.g. one patterned silicon substrate enabling semiconductor mass production. The method of manufacturing the nozzle is characterized by using one mask layer deposited on the silicon substrate. The etching of the silicon substrate is done by means of a first isotropic etching step and a second anisotropic etching step through the mask layer, resulting in a perfectly aligned nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Giovanni Nisato, Freddy Roozeboom, Jan-Eric Jack Martijn Rubingh, Wouter Dekkers
  • Publication number: 20100327077
    Abstract: A nozzle for generating fluid flow in an algae cultivation pond is disclosed. The nozzle includes a surface forming a smooth flow path from an inlet to an outlet. The surface corresponds to a monotonically decreasing function from the inlet to the outlet. A ratio of an inlet cross-sectional area to an outlet cross-sectional area is greater than sixteen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mehran Parsheh, Perry Young, Stephen Strutner, Guido Radaelli
  • Publication number: 20100327086
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to a liquid control assembly wherein the assembly is useful in the placement of liquid dispersed at an angle, and more particularly, a nozzle assembly for directing thermal melt adhesive at an angle onto a desired target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle projection that exhibits a minimized effective radius and as such minimizes the temperature drop of the nozzle assembly with respect to the thermal melt extrusion head to which it is attached, thus retaining an operating temperature suitable for extrusion of thermal melt adhesives. The nozzle assembly further includes a two part inter-locking construction that allows for free axial rotation of the nozzle projection while retaining simplified assembly, maintenance, repair, and installation when used in conjunction with a thermal melt extrusion assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: William Hassler