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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7648087 | Spray nozzle assembly A spray nozzle assembly for atomizing a medium through a nozzle channel, comprising a first channel portion which is tapered by two lateral surfaces facing each other to form an elongate narrow cross-sectioned surface, a passage orifice disposed in the narrow cross-... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7552881 | Solid cone spray nozzle The invention relates to a solid cone spray nozzle with a mouthpiece having an outlet chamber and an inlet opening emanating from the outlet chamber and having a smaller cross-section than the latter According to the invention an inlet opening into the outlet... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7461797 | Air knife The present invention provides a fluid discharge apparatus for producing a curtain of air. The apparatus comprises a body member having an air inlet chamber and an air outlet chamber. The air outlet chamber is in fluid communication with the air inlet chamber. The b... | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7427037 | Anti-clogging showerhead device A showerhead facilitating draining of water retained following shut-off. The showerhead includes a housing swivelably fitted on a ball-adapter which in turn includes an integral threaded segment for attachment to a water feed line. An air pathway is formed to extend... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7389953 | Spray head for a granulating system A spraying head for a granulating installation includes a slotted nozzle in which a nozzle channel having an oblong cross-section of flow is limited downwards by a floor surface, upwards by a top surface and laterally by a side face on each side. An oblong flow cont... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387264 | Asymmetrical spray nozzle with alignment notch A spraying system is provided including a spray gun and a spray nozzle. The spray gun has a discharge end. A locating pin is arranged on the discharge end of the spray gun. The spray nozzle is selectively mountable on the discharge end of the spray gun. The spray no... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380732 | Multiple discharge orifice spray nozzle A spray tip for discharging a controlled liquid spray distribution is provided. The spray tip includes a spray tip body having an inlet end for connection to a pressurized liquid supply. The spray tip body includes a first fluid chamber having a first longitudinal a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347383 | Modular fuel injector and method of assembling the modular fuel injector A fuel injector for use with an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector comprises a valve group subassembly and a coil group subassembly. The valve group subassembly includes a tube assembly having a longitudinal axis that extends between a first end and a sec... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337991 | Accessory for air blast and device equipped with accessory The invention relates to an accessory adapted to be mounted on the end of an outlet conduit (4) of an air blast device (1). The accessory is in the form of a tube having an inlet, an outlet and a central passage therethrough, the axial passage or tube ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7290723 | Aerosol splitter for ELSD The present invention is directed to a device for splitting a propelled aerosol cloud. The device utilizes a curved spray chamber and a thermal technique to divert any desired portion of the aerosol to waste. The remainder of the aerosol is made available to an ELSD... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285309 | Wide slit nozzle and coating method by wide slit nozzle A wide slit nozzle having a slit as a discharge opening. The thickness of a lateral end part is set smaller than the thickness at a lateral center part. The thickness of the lateral center part is fixed. The thickness of the lateral end part changes linearly from op... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7267245 | Bite valve A bite valve manufactured from a soft and flexible material includes a joining section, a liquid outlet section, and at least a pair of columns at an inner wall approaching the liquid outlet section to retain the bite valve and to prevent an inner channel of the bit... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255292 | Module and nozzle for dispensing controlled patterns of liquid material A liquid dispensing module and nozzle or die tip for discharging at least one liquid filament. The nozzle includes a wedge-shaped member having a pair of side surfaces converging to an apex. A liquid discharge passage extends along an axis through the wedge-shaped m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7229027 | Waterfall-producing device Devices for producing waterfalls, which provide a decorative effect in pools, spas, bathtubs, and sinks. The devices include a water inlet, and a water chamber connected to the water inlet. An elongated water outlet is connected to the water chamber, such that water... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204432 | Multi-purpose window-washer sprayer with orientable jet, in particular for vehicles A window-washer sprayer is configured to provide an orientable jet by substitution of a cylindrical nipple installed within a seat of an enbloc sprayer body. The sprayer body defines the seat, an internal duct for passage of a detergent fluid, and a side window made... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185833 | Method for fluid jet formation and apparatus for the same A nozzle having a housing and an assembly including at least two conjugated parts separated by a spacer seal. The assembly is arranged in the housing so as to form a nozzle outlet. At least one of he housing, the parts, and the spacer seal are deformable so as to de... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172733 | Device for injection of hydrocarbons into a fluidized chamber A device suitable for atomization and injection of a hydrocarbon batch into a reaction chamber comprises an admission and mixing chamber (5) for the liquid hydrocarbon batch introduced into the device by a tube (8) and for an atomization gas introduced... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172142 | Nozzles, and components thereof and methods for making the same Various nozzles, components of nozzles, and methods, materials and devices for making them are disclosed. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163163 | Wide angle nozzle for agricultural sprayers A spray nozzle system includes a spray tip having an elongated slot-shaped discharge opening for defining a flat fan spray pattern that subtends a wide angle, a cap body carrying the spray tip in fixed relation thereto and adapted to attach the spray tip to a supply... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159802 | Fluid injection nozzle, fuel injector having the same and manufacturing method of the same A fluid injection nozzle has an injection port plate, an injection port and a protruding portion. The injection port plate is to be mounted on a downstream end of a fluid injection valve so that a center axis thereof is coaxial to the fluid injection valve. The inje... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143967 | Method and system for cold gas spraying A cold gas spraying method and device, whereby the sprayed particles are accelerated in a gas flow. A powder tube and an outer nozzle body together form a Laval nozzle that produces high gas flow velocities. The injection of the sprayed particles occurs in the diver... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137576 | Fuel injector nozzle assembly A fuel injector nozzle assembly includes an injector body including a valve seat with a supply passage through which fuel flows generally along a supply axis. The valve seat presents an upper surface which is adapted to engage a valve to seal the supply passage. A n... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134941 | Methods for residue removal and corrosion prevention in a post-metal etch process A method of plasma assisted CO2 cleaning for dry removal of residual photoresist and sidewall polymer with an etch gas mixture comprising fluorine containing gas, oxygen and hydrogen in N2 or H2O. The process removes polymer residues... | 11/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7108195 | Protective shroud for FCC feed nozzles and method for designing such shroud A protective shield for protecting a feed nozzle encloses, not only the circumference of the feed nozzle, but also encloses and protects the end of the feed nozzle. The protective shield includes an open portion in its end which corresponds to, and surrounds the sli... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101260 | Methods for resist stripping and other processes for cleaning surfaces substantially free of contaminants A method for manufacturing an article where the article has polymeric residue that is to be removed during the manufacture of the article. The article is introduced into a controlled environment of a processing tool that has at least first and second processing cham... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093362 | Method of connecting components of a modular fuel injector A method of fabricating a modular fuel injector permits the fabrication of the electrical group subassembly outside a clean room while a fuel group subassembly is fabricated inside a clean room. The fuel injector comprises a valve group subassembly and a coil group ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090155 | Spray nozzle with one piece diffuser unit A spray nozzle of two piece structure threaded together and including a fitting for mounting on a pressurized liquid supply pipe and including an orifice controlling liquid flow to a one piece molded nozzle of plastic material screw threaded onto the fitting. The no... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7070655 | Pre-treatment tunnel and method of preparing extrusions or section bars for being powder or liquid coated Pre-treatment tunnel and method of preparing extrusions or section bars for being coated, wherein each workpiece is caused to move along a pre-treatment path and each treatment liquid is poured from above onto each workpiece so as to spread liquid onto the entire ex... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051953 | Nozzle device A nozzle device for ejecting a liquid onto vehicle windows or headlight lenses. At least one rotation chamber is formed inside a nozzle body. The liquid enters the chamber, is rotationally displaced in such a way that it is then ejected as a homogeneous fan jet via ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032832 | Asymmetrical spray nozzle with alignment notch A spraying system is provided including a spray gun and a spray nozzle. The spray gun has a discharge end. A locating pin is arranged on the discharge end of the spray gun. The spray nozzle is selectively mountable on the discharge end of the spray gun. The spray no... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028929 | Nozzle and manufacturing method thereof A nozzle and the method for manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: 1. forming a base with a closure and a supporting frame with two corresponding shafts on the top thereof via extruded hard plastic; 2. inserting a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021571 | Spray device with flat fan nozzle The present invention relates to a portable device for spraying a liquid at low pressure, said device comprising a spray arm (220), and characterized in that the spray arm comprises at least one flat fan spray nozzle (230). Preferably, the liquid is a ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021563 | Spray nozzle with adjustable and removable diffuser A spray nozzle for discharging liquid in a spray pattern onto a ground surface includes a structure to obtain optimum diffusion of the liquid droplets in the spray pattern. The spray nozzle includes a diffuser plate having an upwardly extending diffuser blade thereo... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6978948 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines A fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines, has a valve body with a pressure chamber that can be filled with fuel under pressure. Embodied in the valve body is at least one injection conduit, which originates at the wall of the pressure chamber, where it... | 12/27/2005 |