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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415827 | Arrangement for controlling fluid jets injected into a fluid stream In an air mixing arrangement wherein a primary fluid is introduced through an opening in a wall to be mixed with a secondary fluid flowing along the wall surface, the opening is airfoil shaped with its leading edge being orientated at an attack angle with respect to... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401745 | Powder diffuser nozzle for an electrostatic dusting device with oriented jet The invention relates to a powder diffuser nozzle (2) for an electrostatic dusting device, which is designed to be positioned at the end of an applicator gun. The inventive nozzle (2) comprises: a lateral wall (49) which defines a passage that e... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7389944 | Edge remover having a gas sprayer to prevent a chemical solvent from splashing A gas sprayer mounted on an edge removing robotic arm is disclosed, wherein the edge removing robotic arm circles around along the edges of a substrate and sprays a chemical solvent over the edge surface of the substrate to dissolve photoresist materials attached to... | 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 |
| 7344090 | Asymmetric fluidic flow controller orifice disc for fuel injector A fuel injector is described. The fuel injector includes an inlet, outlet, seat, closure member, and a metering orifice disc. The metering orifice disc is disposed between the seat and the outlet. The metering orifice disc includes an outer wall having a surface tha... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7299997 | Fuel injector with sauter-mean-diameter atomization spray of less than 70 microns A fuel injector is shown and described. The fuel injector includes an inlet, outlet, seat, closure member, and a metering orifice disc. The metering orifice disc is disposed between the seat and the outlet. The metering orifice disc includes a plurality of metering ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7198207 | 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. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182278 | Spray valve Accordingly, the invention provides a spray valve comprising: (a) an upper valve body including a hydraulic chamber for receiving an incompressible hydraulic fluid through a piston port and a piston slidable within said hydraulic chamber; (b) a lower valve body incl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168637 | 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. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7137577 | 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. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7100848 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine for a vehicle is comprised of a nozzle plate which has a plurality of nozzle holes. Fuel injection jets are injected from the nozzle holes and collided with each other. The thickness of the nozzle plate is equa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7014128 | Showerhead assembly A showerhead assembly has a tubular shaped spray head and a longitudinal axis. The tubular shaped spray head has several apertures located along the longitudinal axis. The tubular shaped spray head is connected to a water source for introducing water in the tubular ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994279 | Fuel injection device In an injection hole plate of a fuel injection device, injection holes are arranged about a circle. Fuel injected from the injection holes forms a flat sector-shaped spray. The intervals between adjacent injection holes are approximately equal to each other, while t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6966499 | Spray pattern control with non-angled orifices formed on a generally planar metering disc and reoriented on subsequently dimpled fuel injection metering disc A fuel injector that includes a housing, a seat, a metering disc and a closure member. The metering orifices can be located on a first virtual circle greater than a second virtual circle as defined by a projection of a sealing surface converging at a virtual apex pr... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6921021 | Spray pattern control with non-angled orifices formed on a dimpled fuel injection metering disc having a sac volume reducer A fuel injector that includes a housing, a seat, a metering disc and a closure member. The metering orifices can be located on a first virtual circle greater than a second virtual circle as defined by a projection of a sealing surface converging at a virtual apex pr... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921022 | Spray pattern control with non-angled orifices formed on dimpled fuel injection metering disc having a sac volume reducer A fuel injector that includes a housing, a seat, a metering disc and a closure member. The metering orifices can be located on a first virtual circle greater than a second virtual circle as defined by a projection of a sealing surface converging at a virtual apex pr... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6742730 | Spray nozzle with improved asymmetrical fluid discharge distribution A spray nozzle for producing an asymmetrically distributed fluid discharge pattern such as for use in a container coating application is provided. The spray nozzles includes a body portion having an internal fluid passageway which terminates in a substantially hemis... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6651906 | 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 wed... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6637731 | Diffuser for use in a carbonic acid control system A diffuser for use in a pressurized feed system. The diffuser introduces a carbonic acid solution into water to be treated. The carbonic acid solution within the diffuser is maintained at an elevated pressure. As the carbonic acid solution passes to the e... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6592058 | Spray nozzle with improved asymmetrical fluid discharge distribution A spray nozzle for producing an asymmetrically distributed fluid discharge pattern such as for use in a container coating application is provided. The spray nozzles includes a body portion having an internal fluid passageway which terminates in a substant... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6444081 | Method of applying glue simultaneously to two facing, adjacent disc surfaces A nozzle for simultaneous application of a string of glue on two facing adjacent disc surfaces, especially for gluing together two optical disc elements to form a DVD. In order to make possible higher glue application rates and smaller dimensions of the g... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435425 | 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 wed... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6371392 | Nozzle construction An irrigating nozzle has a tubular body having a bore closed at one end and open at its other end for coupling to a source of irrigating fluid. The body has at least one slit in its side wall and such side wall is formed of elastically deformable material... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6029756 | Nozzle positioning assembly A nozzle assembly for use in a drill bit includes a nozzle body having a nozzle oriented at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle body and a positioning ring that is rotationally and axially locked to the nozzle body. The nozzle body includes a ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5868324 | Nozzle for soldering apparatus A nozzle is able to reliably coat and solder a paste-like solder onto a joined member to be soldered, e.g., a plurality of surfaces of two surfaces or more including a joined corner of a metal plate and a base. In a nozzle (1A) according to the present in... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5660635 | Nozzle for a material delivery system A nozzle for application of fluent material to a receiving surface. The nozzle allows for introduction of compressed air at locations along the length of the nozzle via multiple sets of plural air conduits. Individual conduits are angled toward a nozzle o... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5607110 | Device for discharging blowing air An adjustable discharge nozzle for blowing air is constructed in a structurally simple manner. A second pipe section is fit over a first pipe section substantially without play and it is fixed longitudinally but rotatable about the longitudinal axis. A re... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5551354 | Biased flow directional liquor nozzle An apparatus for spraying liquor onto the walls of a recovery boiler furnace has a biased opening at the end of a nozzle. The bias and reduced opening size cause the liquor stream to be flattened and allow for direction of the stream onto specific walls o... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5488900 | Dewatering press Apparatus for dewatering material suspensions is disclosed including a pair of rotatable cylindrical liquid permeable press rolls at least partially immersed in a vat, inlet channels for supplying the material suspension to the bottom portion of the vat, ... | 02/06/1996 |