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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429004 | Nozzle structure in washer fluid ejection apparatus At a time of forming lip portions in upper and lower edge portions of an ejection port in a protruding manner, a nozzle for ejecting a washer fluid of a washer fluid ejection apparatus in a diffusion manner is structured such that a step surface is formed on an inne... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7367518 | Descaling nozzle A nozzle orifice of a nozzle (1) includes a tapered segment (16) extending from an elliptical discharge orifice (15) and having a taper angle θ of 30 to 80°, and a large-diameter segment (18) continuing with the tapered segment. The rat... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7303156 | Generation and usage of microbubbles as a blood oxygenator A micro-nozzle for generating micro-bubbles. The micro-nozzle includes a liquid inlet forming a liquid path, a gas inlet, and a constricting wall positioned in the liquid path and shaped to abruptly constrict said liquid path to a width of less than approximately 20... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7211614 | Insulating nozzle for gas blast circuit breaker The invention concerns an insulating nozzle for a gas blast circuit breaker. In accordance with the invention, the material constituting the nozzle comprises (A) 90% to 99.9% by weight of a fluorinated polymer, and (B) 0.1% to 10% by weight of a filler based on at l... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207498 | Fluid dispense tips A fluid dispense tip includes a bevel at an opening to reduce the amount of surface tension, or “land”, at the opening. The bevel is formed by grinding in a longitudinal direction such that any tooling scars resulting from the grinding operation are likewise lon... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201335 | Injection nozzle system A nozzle system is provided comprising a nozzle tip supported in a nozzle body with an alignment member. The alignment member has a connection for engaging a corresponding connection located on the nozzle body. The alignment member also has an aperture concentric wi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7156327 | Device for spraying water with a thin seal support The invention relates to a device for spraying water, provided with a seal support (21) arranged between the body (1) and the perforated sheet (23) and in contact with the above. The seal support is mounted such as to be able to be removed from ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131600 | Reverse venturi atomization chamber and the use thereof An atomization chamber apparatus used for aircraft pesticide delivery, which has an open ended walled chamber, divided into left and right sections, each having outer and inner segments, each segment having a top and a bottom wall, the outer segments having a same r... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128283 | Paint spraying nozzle assembly A paint spraying nozzle assembly includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall a peripheral wall that has a peripheral outer shoulder such that the bottom wall has a greater diameter than the top wall. An opening extends through the bottom and top walls. The o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124963 | Low pressure fuel injector nozzle A nozzle for a low pressure fuel injector that improves the control and size of the spray angle, as well as enhances the atomization of the fuel delivered to a cylinder of an engine. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7077343 | Submerged nozzle for a metallurgic container placed upstream from a casting device The invention is directed to an immersion nozzle for a metallurgic vessel arranged upstream of a casting device, in particular a continuous casting mold or a twin roller, in which a slit-shaped pour-out opening (2) having a length that is several times greate... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7028416 | Noise attenuating drying apparatus for motor vehicles An air duct for a motor vehicle air dryer has an outer shell defining an inner surface. A porous, fluid permeable lining for attenuating noise caused by turbulent air flow through the air duct is positioned on the shell inner surface, and defines an inner surface. T... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014131 | Multiple spray devices for automotive and other applications A fluidic insert that receives fluid under pressure from a fluid inlet tube and generates a specified spatial distribution of the fluid exiting the insert includes: (1) a body member having top, bottom, front and rear outer surfaces, (2) top and bottom fluidic circu... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6957783 | Dispense tip with vented outlets In a fluid pump and cartridge assembly, a cartridge includes a material inlet port, a material outlet port, and a feed screw. The feed screw delivers fluid to be dispensed from the fluid inlet to the outlet port. The fluid inlet is preferably elongated in a directio... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942168 | Spray nozzle suitable for use in hot corrosive environments and method of use A spray nozzle for spraying a fluid and suitable for use in hot corrosive environments is disclosed, comprising a single piece body comprising a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top where the bottom further comprises a connector; a channel disposed about an ou... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6938841 | Pressure compensating orifice for control of nitrous oxide delivery This invention is a variable orifice for controlling the mass flow rate of nitrous oxide used as an engine oxidizer, this orifice having an effective size, or area, which changes with changes in the nitrous oxide pressure applied to it. Several design parameters can... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6910957 | Method and apparatus for high pressure article cleaner A cleaning system 210 having nozzle assembly 10 for a pressured fluid stream entrained with abrasive that includes a pressured fluid receiving portion 15 adapted to accommodate a pressured fluid dispenser 20. An abrasive entrainment chamb... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6883734 | Method and device for stabilizing slit fluid jet A fluid film is formed stably over a long distance from a nozzle without breaking a slit fluid jet by allowing fluid flow out from a slit to form a slit fluid jet. A crossed flow is superimposed causing a flip-flop phenomenon upon the slit fluid jet. Energy of a flu... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6866211 | Lateral spray nozzle A spray nozzle for directing a wide lateral spray curtain with substantially uniform liquid distribution throughout the length of the spray curtain is provided. The nozzle includes a nozzle body defining an elongated internal flow passage. The nozzle body includes a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6854671 | Nozzle for ejecting molten metal A nozzle ejects molten metal in an ejecting direction. The nozzle has a solder-philic surface in a first region and a solder-repellent surface in a second region. The second region is located forward of the first region in the ejecting direction. Before molten metal... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6851633 | Auto-tracking dispenser A liquid dispenser. The dispenser includes a base structure, a plurality of cartridges releasably mounted to the base structure, and a valve fluidly coupled with an applicator head to allow continued contact with and selective deposition of the liquid to a product p... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6799736 | Material dispensing apparatus including a nozzle having a wedge-shaped aperture, and method of using same A material dispensing apparatus, for use with a circular workpiece, includes a nozzle having a wedge-shaped aperture. The nozzle is attached to a dispenser body, and a solenoid valve is operable to start and stop material flow through the apparatus. A rotatable turn... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6779535 | Paint brush cleaning device A cleaning device for a paint brush comprises a hollow nozzle attached to a source of pressurized cleaning solution such as water, solvent, liquefied hot soap or alike. The distal tip of the nozzle is equipped with a poppet valve such that the body of the valve prot... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6729564 | Fluidic SPA Nozzles with dual operating modes and methods Spa nozzles having dual fluidic nozzles capable of submerged operation and of selectively providing straight, concentrated, non-oscillating jets with air entrainment or an oscillating jet or slugs of water in water to provide a soothing massaging effect with no movi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726130 | Nozzle intended for the concentrated distribution of a fluid loaded with solid particles, particularly with a view to the fine, accurate and controlled scouring of surfaces The invention relates to a nozzle for the projection on to an object of a fluid such as a gaseous flow containing solid particles, comprising a body 1 through which there passes a longitudinal tubular passage, one end of which constitutes an inlet 2 th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6394369 | Nozzle A nozzle 10 having a material outlet aperture 24 which causes received material 28 to be emitted in the form of a streaming sheet 30.... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6377749 | Hairdryer with concentric nozzles The present invention is a hairdryer. The hairdryer includes a housing body which has an opening at a front end thereof and an air intake at a rear end thereof. A handle is disposed at a bottom portion of the housing body. A heater and a fan are disposed ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6360973 | Slot nozzle for spraying a continuous casting product with a cooling liquid The spray nozzle comprises a mixing chamber into which a liquid, forming a first and a second liquid stream, can flow through two inlet openings and which comprises an outlet opening, disposed downstream, for a spray jet. A mixing chamber wall acts as a g... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6336708 | Ink jet nozzle A nozzle for an ink-jet printer is provided. The nozzle is manufactured from a heat-softenable tube and has a gradually converging inner diameter leading to an orifice less than 30 microns in diameter and an outer nozzle diameter proximate the orifice at ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6325126 | Nozzle for heat welding overlapping roof membranes to each other along separated first and second paths A nozzle for directing discrete streams of air along separated and parallel first and second paths includes a chamber for receiving air of a selected temperature, a first outlet arm extending from the chamber and having a first outlet at a distal end ther... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6315221 | Nozzle A nozzle 10 having an outlet aperture 26, the outlet aperture 26 having at least one injector 40,42 which is disposed within the aperture 26 and which injects a material 17 within the aperture 26, effective to allow the material to be atomized and to be e... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5881958 | Fluid discharge nozzle A fluid discharge nozzle includes a nozzle tip defining a spout for jetting fluid at a jet angle. Wall surfaces surround the spout and extend downstream with respect to a jetting direction. The wall surfaces contact free surfaces of the fluid jetting out ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5660580 | Nozzle for cryogenic particle blast system A convergent-divergent Single/Multiple Expansion wave contour wall and wave Reflection solid wall Nozzle (S/MERN) for use with particle blast systems is provided which includes a single contoured converging-diverging wall opposing a generally flat, solid ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5524654 | Etching, developing and peeling apparatus for printed board An etching, developing and peeling apparatus for a printed board includes a vertical disk having a center part fixed with a lower end of a vertical shaft driven and rotated at an elected speed, and a lower face of the disk dotted with nozzles for jetting ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5283990 | Blast nozzle with inlet flow straightener A blast nozzle apparatus for directing abrasive particles against a surface to remove therefrom adherent materials includes a flow straightener intermediate the blast nozzle and flexible supply hose so as to rehomogenize the abrasive particles throughout ... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5005253 | Surface cleaning apparatus A pavement cleaning vehicle having brushes for dislodging and sweeping rearwardly debris, is provided with elongated air nozzles which direct the debris towards suction heads. The air nozzles extend angularly outward and forward from a location along the ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4993360 | Vapor growth apparatus having a diffuser section containing a flow regulating member A vapor growth apparatus comprising a reaction chamber including a gas inlet, a diffuser section, the cross section of which gradually increases in a direction of the flow of gas supplied from the gas inlet, and a reaction chamber, which is coupled to the... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4886446 | Gas burner of the cold nozzle type A gas burner of cold nozzle type is provided including an injection device for injecting a flow of a fuel gas mixture into a burner head, including successively: a pressure recovery chamber having a divergent profile, an ignition chamber having two parall... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4783006 | Mist supplying device for forming thin film A mist supplying device for supplying a film-forming solution to form a thin film on a substrate includes a nozzle having an elongate outlet port, an atomizer coupled to the nozzle for atomizing the film-forming solution, and a disperser movably disposed ... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4763759 | Apparatus for lubricating wheel flanges of a railroad vehicle Lubricating equipment for wheel flanges of a railroad vehicle has a compressed air supply, and a generator (3) generating an air-oil mixture. Tubing extends from the generator to application nozzles (15) which have a profile that increases density of the ... | 08/16/1988 |
