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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162237 | Air:fluid distribution system and method A valve assembly including a block forming a bore. An air inlet opening is in communication with the bore, and provides a volume of air into the bore. The bore provides communication between the air inlet opening and at least one air outlet passage. A fuel inlet ope... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7677471 | Modular fuel nozzle and method of making A modular fuel nozzle configuration is defined which permits lower-cost manufacturing operations such as injection moulding to be employed. Also described is a method of making such a component. ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7658339 | Modular fuel nozzle air swirler A modular fuel nozzle air swirler for a gas turbine engine has a body defining a fuel passage extending between an inlet end and a discharge end of the body. An annular cap is removably secured to the discharge end of the body via cooperating interlocking members. | 02/09/2010 |
| 7422772 | Conformal coating applicator and method An applicator for dispensing a conformal coating material onto a substrate. The applicator has a body with a nozzle having a dispensing orifice at a distal end of the body, and assist air is supplied to a location adjacent the dispensing orifice. A seat is disposed ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7389635 | Twisted mixer with open center body An exhaust mixer assembly having a twisted mixer and an open centerbody is provided. The open centerbody is centrally disposed within the twisted mixer and helps to provide efficient cooling of exhaust air from gas turbine engines. A method for cooling exhaust air f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7351324 | Liquid fuel applying to various combustion systems with high heating value, high volatile, low pollution and low price The present invention relates to a liquid fuel blended by dissolving crude pentane into the heavy oil with different proportions, and applied to different combustion system respectively; the fuel thus formed is easily dissolved, volatilized, atomized and vaporized i... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7320414 | Beverage dispense A beverage dispense system has a dispense nozzle with inlet sections for connection to beverage supplies that merge into an outlet section sized to match the flows such that a unit volume of beverage can be dispensed more quickly. The inlet sections are provided wit... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7308794 | Combustor and method of improving manufacturing accuracy thereof An improved gas turbine engine combustor with a liner and a dome connected to the liner trough small radius transition portions only, the dome having a plurality of fuel nozzles mounted therein and an interior directly exposed to a combustion region of the combustor... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7273187 | Nozzle for air-assisted atomization of a liquid fuel A nozzle (100) for air-assisted atomizing of a liquid fuel comprises a fuel feed passage (110) and an air feed passage (114) and a swirling chamber (118) from which fuel and air may be passed to an exit orifice (126) for emerging a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267809 | Burner and method for the chemical reaction of two gas streams The invention relates to a burner with a burner head (1) and a gas feed pipe (2) that is located in the burner head (1) and that is surrounded by an ring channel (3) for feed of another gas. In the gas feed pipe (2) and in the ring... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7249460 | Fuel injection system for a turbine engine To improve the burning efficiency of fuel supplied to a turbine engine by electronic fuel injectors under control of a fuel injection control system, a nebulizer of unique design is employed with the fuel injectors to further reduce the individual fuel cell size fro... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243862 | Apparatus and method for mode-switching fuel injector nozzle A fuel injector nozzle and method for dispersing fuel during a normal combustion operation and a supplemental combustion operation, the fuel injector nozzle comprising: a plurality of first outlet openings configured to disperse fuel in a first arrangement; and a pl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237730 | Modular fuel nozzle and method of making A modular fuel nozzle configuration is defined which permits lower-cost manufacturing operations such as injection moulding to be employed. Also described is a method of making such a component. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232080 | Nozzle for a spray device A nozzle for a spray device comprising a mixing chamber (3) for a first fluid and a second fluid, said mixing chamber (3) having an exit orifice (24), an inlet feed (8) from an inner tubular passage (4) suitable for carrying the fi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220457 | Air atomizing assembly and method and system of applying an air atomized material A spray head and air atomizing assembly for providing atomizing air in an air sprayer or other delivery device in which the atomizing assembly includes converging, spiral atomizing fluid passageways. The invention also relates to a method and system for applying mat... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191959 | Domestic spray device A domestic spray device comprising a liquid reservoir (1), a continuous feed gas pump (3) with a control means (5) for activation thereof, and a means of transferring liquid (2) from the liquid reservoir (1) to a nozzle unit (12... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175108 | Applicator and nozzle for dispensing controlled patterns of liquid material An apparatus (10) for dispensing a filament of liquid includes a nozzle (12) having a liquid discharge passage (46) and a plurality of air discharge passages (70, 72, 74, 76). The liquid discharge passage (46) extends centrally thr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159796 | Device for spraying a substance onto a medium A device for spraying at least one substance onto a medium includes a supply of vector gas, a substance feed in communication with a supply of the substance and at least one shutter which interrupts communication between the substance feed and the supply of substanc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152815 | Dispensing system, nozzle and method for independently dispensing and controlling liquid A dispensing system comprising first and second valve modules each having an output for delivering a liquid under pressure, a nozzle assembly coupled to the first and second valve modules, the nozzle assembly having at least two separated, at least partially coexten... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7132017 | Low-pressure cleaning system using high velocity high volume air A method for cleaning a heat exchanging coil in an air conditioning unit using a low-pressure cleaning system to remove foreign particles that have accumulated on the heat exchanging coil. The low-pressure cleaning system discharges air at a low pressure, high veloc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117678 | Fuel injector head A gas turbine fuel nozzle head includes an outlet passage having a curved annular transitional surface extending smoothly to a substantially radial and annular surface relative to a central axis of the fuel nozzle head, for providing a low cost and compact structure... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104528 | Fuel processor apparatus and method The present invention relates to an improved fuel processor for preparing fuel prior to introducing the fuel into a combustor utilized in connection with a gas internal combustion engine. The fuel processor of the present invention efficiently maintains an internal ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093777 | Jet clean nozzle with multiple spray openings A jet clean nozzle having multiple spray openings which increase the scan density of pressurized water sprayed against the surface of a semiconductor wafer. The jet clean nozzle includes a nozzle body for attachment to a nozzle adaptor that communicates with a water... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083121 | Modular automatic spray gun manifold A modular automatic spray gun manifold is provided. The manifold includes a plurality of spray gun modules arranged in an array in laterally spaced relation from each other. A junction element is arranged at an upstream end of the manifold. The junction element incl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7059541 | Fluid mixing block A fluid mixing arrangement, referred to as a mixing block, for use in mixing two liquids like an acidic and a basic components of a cleaning solution, which is placed under pressure and sprayed through a conventional spray gun or nozzle at a reduced amount of pressu... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052231 | Methods and apparatus for injecting fluids in gas turbine engines A method enables a nozzle support for a gas turbine engine to be fabricated. The method comprises forming an annular assembly including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced gas injector assemblies, wherein each gas injector assembly includes a plenum and a unitar... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7036750 | Axial shaping air design for paint atomizer Rotary atomizer for coating work pieces, with a rotating bell-shaped plate shaft for a bell-shaped plate for discharging a spray stream of a coating agent, at least one steering air outlet for discharging steering air for shaping the spray stream, a housing, and als... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007864 | Fuel nozzle design The present invention relates to a fuel nozzle for use in an engine such as a gas turbine engine. The fuel nozzle includes a fuel injector for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the engine and a plurality of rows of holes surrounding the fuel injector for e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997401 | Fuel injector nozzle adapter A fuel injector adapter for providing nitrous oxide to an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The nozzle has a fuel injector passage, having a central axis and terminating at an injector outlet, for passing fuel from a fuel injector to an engine. The nozzle als... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994271 | Automated chemical application system and method An automated chemical application system for automating the application of a chemical to a target. In a first embodiment, an automated chemical application system connects to and interacts with an individual's existing sprinkler system. The automated chemical applic... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6993916 | Burner tube and method for mixing air and gas in a gas turbine engine A hybrid structure that combines characteristics of the DACRS and Swozzle burners to provide the high mixing ability of an axial flowing counter rotating vane swirler with good dynamic flame stability characteristics of a bluff center body. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986473 | Atomizer device and method for the production of a liquid-gas mixture In an atomizer device for the production of a liquid-gas mixture (4), the mixture (4) is introduced, particularly for compression, into a nozzle arrangement (3) in which the kinetic energy of the mixture (4) is in large part converted int... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6976641 | Optical elements and methods for making thereof Optical elements are made using micro-jet printing methods to precisely control the type, position and amount of polymer deposited onto a substrate. In preferred embodiments, the proportions of two or more different polymer compositions are varied over the course of... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969012 | Low pressure atomizer for difficult to disperse solutions An atomizer for difficult to disperse solutions such as sizing and paper coatings comprising three nozzles defining three channels respectively two of the nozzles comprising fluid-emitting nozzles and the third nozzle comprising a treatment-emitting nozzle. Alternat... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964307 | Sprinklers The sprinkler includes the following structural members: a body (1) with a channel for liquid supply, a thermally responsive unit with a valve (4) closing the sprinkler outlet, and a thermally responsive unit attachment. In the first alternative embodi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959535 | Differential pressure induced purging fuel injectors A fuel injector includes an annular main fuel nozzle received within an annular nozzle housing, a main nozzle fuel circuit having at least one annular leg, and a pilot nozzle fuel circuit. Spray orifices of the leg extend through the fuel nozzle and spray wells thro... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951310 | Spray head and air atomizing assembly A spray head and air atomizing assembly for providing atomizing air in an air sprayer or other delivery device in which the atomizing assembly includes converging, spiral atomizing fluid passageways. ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6905081 | Apparatus and methods for applying adhesive filaments onto one or more moving narrow substrates Apparatus and methods for applying adhesive to one or more narrow substrates, such as elastic strands, that are in motion. The apparatus includes a coating applicator and an air moving device mounted adjacent to the coating applicator. The coating applicator is capa... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902122 | Device for atomizing a liquid product, a spray-drying and conditioning device provided therewith, and a method for conditioning a liquid product The invention relates to a device for atomizing a liquid, thereby forming a hollow cone of liquid, comprising a housing into which a first liquid product can be supplied, said housing comprising an outflow end and an insert piece with a guide end that interacts with... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892962 | Fuel oil atomizer and method for atomizing fuel oil The present invention provides specific design dimensions for a sprayer plate flow restrictor orifices of a fuel oil atomizer, and the resulting arrangement of the atomized liquid spray pattern. Specific depth to diameter ratios of the sprayer plate restrictor orifi... | 05/17/2005 |
