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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438238 | Gaseous fuel injector The injector includes a nozzle, a needle, a control chamber, a working fluid supply passage, an electric switching valve, a high-pressure gaseous fuel supply passage and a lubrication liquid fuel supply passage. The nozzle has an injection hole, through which high-p... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7296761 | Hand-held dispenser A hand-held dispenser for precisely controlling the flow rate of water therethrough and for precisely controlling the metering of a liquid chemical into the water passing through the apparatus. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296759 | Ratcheting retaining ring A retaining ring for a coating material dispenser including a nozzle for the discharge of coating material and a cap having a plurality of orifices arrayed in a spatial orientation with respect to the nozzle to supply a flow of gas or a mixture of gases to aid in di... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296760 | Indexing valve A valve for controlling the flow of a gas or mixture of gases through a passageway in a coating material dispensing device includes first and second valve portions. The first valve portion is adjustable with respect to the second valve portion selectively to adjust ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7219850 | Mechanical valve assembly A water spray nozzle assembly includes an internal channel that is sealable by an internal valve having a seat and a disc. A tilting member is operable to tilt the disc at least partially off of the seat, allowing water to flow through the internal channel. The disc... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185830 | Uniform droplet spray nozzle for liquids A liquid spray nozzle configured to provide a relatively uniform droplet size spray having a nozzle body, a flow passage disposed in the nozzle body, a turbulent flow mechanism in the flow passage, a flow separating mechanism in the flow passage and a converging mec... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178744 | System and process for solid-state deposition and consolidation of high velocity powder particles using thermal plastic deformation The invention relates to an apparatus and process for solid-state deposition and consolidation of powder particles entrained in a subsonic or sonic gas jet onto the surface of an object. Under high velocity impact and thermal plastic deformation, the powder particle... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143763 | Device for washing nasal cavities and collecting catarrhal matter The invention relates to a device for washing the nasal cavities with a nebulized treatment liquid. It comprises a base body, a atomizer chamber containing a washing liquid, means for nebulizing the liquid in said chamber and dispensing the atomized liquid to the na... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7086613 | Lightweight solenoid-operated spray gun A solenoid-operated liquid spray gun having a lightweight, corrosion resistant plastic housing which enables the spray gun to be mounted on and be more easily moved by robotic transfer devices. To effect the necessary flux loop within the plastic-housed spray gun fo... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077339 | Spray applicator An applicator for applying a multi-component bio-material including at least two containers. Both containers are held in a structure or oriented in a structure such that material contained in the containers can be expressed from oriented outlets simultaneously. The ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7004181 | Apparatus for cleaning a substrate The invention provides a water supplying apparatus and method thereof which has a high capacity of peeling and removing a disused material such as a resist film and the like, and can efficiently use water vapor. A water supplying apparatus for executing a washing pr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6991180 | Multi-component internal mix spray applicator A spray applicator for dispensing a multiple component reactant mixture and for also dispensing purge materials. The applicator has a valve plate with a plurality of valve seats for cylindrical valve elements that are arcuately shifted by a control air circuit. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6964380 | Spraying gun having flow rate control effect A spraying gun includes a water inlet connector, a connecting member, an adjusting member, a detergent tube, a water conducting tube, and an extension pipe. Thus, the water flow rate of the spraying gun is adjusted by rotation of the adjusting member, thereby facili... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6749027 | Fire fighting nozzle and method including pressure regulation, chemical and education features A fire fighting nozzle for extinguishing industrial scale fires including improved automatic pressure regulating features, enhanced educting features having central (110) and peripheral channeling (94) for foam concentrate, combined with a capacity to ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6702195 | Multi-layer slot coating die with selective ultrasonic assist A multi-layer slot coating die (A) includes a housing (30) having a cavity therein, and a divider (32) arranged within the cavity of the housing (30) such that a plurality of separate channels are defined therein. The channels have elongated openings on a... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6425533 | Spray gun with common control of fluid and air valve The spray gun has an air cap that generates a spray mixture of liquid and air. The air cap includes a fluid valve for controlling the delivery of liquid and a separate air valve in the body of the spray gun is provided for controlling delivery of air. A c... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6375096 | Two component spray gun and nozzle attachment The present invention relates to polyurethane foam spray guns and disposable, attachable nozzles. The spray gun has at least two barrels and metering chambers containing continuous passageways defined by inner bores. Each inner bore can have at least one ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6328230 | Fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine includes a first injection valve having a first valve element that can be displaced in an axial direction and a first actuating device located axially downstream from the first injection valve to actuate t... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6165353 | Distribution apparatus and method for patterned feed injection An arrangement for the controlled production of an essentially linear array of hydrocarbon feed injection jets maintains stable and reliable jets by passing individual piping for each jet through a support shroud that is located in a contacting vessel. Co... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6156276 | Distribution apparatus for short time contact of hydrocarbon compounds with particles An arrangement for the controlled production of an essentially linear array of hydrocarbon feed injection jets maintains stable and reliable jets by passing individual piping for each jet through a support shroud that is located in a contacting vessel. Co... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5964094 | Method and apparatus for mixing liquefied gases A method of and apparatus for mixing two cryogenic liquids in which a first amount of first cryogenic liquid is introduced into a vented vessel having one or more vents. The vent or vents are then closed and a second amount of a second cryogenic level is ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5944259 | Spray gun with improved seal A spool valve and cooperating housing with a particular shape. A portion of the housing has a relatively thin sidewall and it includes an integrally formed stub cylindrical wall portion. A cooperating cylindrical force-applying element is present which de... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5934566 | Washing apparatus and washing method The present invention is directed to providing an apparatus which is improved so as to remove a contamination on a substrate efficiently. This apparatus includes a jet nozzle jetting out droplets toward a substrate. A liquid supply device and a gas supply... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5890445 | Anhydrous ammonia applicator An applicator for injecting anhydrous ammonia into the soil. The applicator includes a pulling vehicle and a tool bar which are releasably coupled to one another. The pulling vehicle carries a large anhydrous ammonia storage tank and is preferably provide... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5827360 | Method and equipment for producing foam bitumen The invention relates to a method and equipment for producing foam bitumen. Water is mixed to hot bitumen under a pressure which is lower than the prevailing absolute pressure, and after this the pressure is allowed to rise and the flow rate to drop. The ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5816504 | Discharge apparatus for flowable media A discharge apparatus (1 or 41) for media to be atomized in ultrafine form has a discharge nozzle (3) with a sponge-like medium receiver (10), into which issue on the one hand a functionally closed source unit (50) for the medium and on the other a convey... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5704548 | Spray nozzle having air shaping orifices and reversing structure for cleaning A spray nozzle includes a central resin nozzle and peripheral catalyst nozzles as well as air nozzles designed to emit streams of air to shape the flow of the resin material from the resin nozzle. The resin nozzle is mounted on a rotary fitting allowing t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5405083 | Spray gun with disposable mixer An apparatus for mixing and spraying a catalyst with a resin onto a surface. The resin and catalyst are internally mixed within a disposable mixing tube. After the spraying is completed, the catalyzed resin is allowed to harden within the tube and the tub... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5388768 | Spray gun with a catalyst injector and a manifold block An apparatus for mixing and spraying a catalyst with a resin onto a surface. The resin and catalyst are delivered to a mixer having no O-rings which could become clogged with catalyzed resin and destroy the gun. The manifold is connected to a mixer which ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5344074 | Dispensing apparatus having a removable variable proportioning and metering device A system for diluting and dispensing concentrated liquid products is disclosed. The system includes a dispensing device (10, 150) containing a removable proportioning means such as an aspirator assembly (40, 154). A concentrate pickup tube (114) attaches ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5119989 | Dripless spray nozzle A dripless spray nozzle for an intermittent or cyclical spraying operation providing a spray manifold having an inlet port for receiving a pumped material to be sprayed, such as pressurized lube oil, and an inlet port for receiving pressurized air, a mixi... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5085370 | Compact spray gun A compact spray gun using a single air supply port to actuate two piston valves and act as an air refinement system. An externally adjustable cartridge type packaging assembly needle piston valve seals the resin. A spool valve portion of a catalyst piston... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5048497 | Fuel injection unit A number of embodiments of fuel injection systems using air/fuel injection and wherein the fuel is not delivered to the injection unit until after the injection valve is open so that fuel cannot flow back into the pressurized air system. In some embodimen... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4969603 | Fluid spray system having a replaceable cartridge A fluid spraying system having a spray gun capable of alternatively selecting a low pressure aerated cleaning or high pressure non-aerated rinsing mode. The system further has an improved interchangeable and disposable fluid cartridge with a combination m... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4934329 | Fuel injection system for a multi-cylinder engine A fuel injection system for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, which includes a rigid elongated unitary member incorporating a gas supply duct, a fuel supply duct and a fuel return duct, each of which extends in the direction of elongation of th... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4925100 | Methods and apparatus for injection molding and injection blow molding multi-layer articles, and articles made thereby Valve means for use in a co-injection nozzle of a multi-polymer injection molding or blow-molding machine wherein the nozzle has an axial or cylindrical central channel, comprised of an elongated sleeve having an axial central passageway and a port in its... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925112 | Fuel injection In an injector adapted to deliver a charge of fuel and air directly into the combustion chamber of a two-stroke cycle engine, a pair of solenoid coils are aligned along a common axis between an armature that serves as a fuel metering valve and an armature... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925107 | Low cost mixing and dispensing gun for reactive chemical products A gun having a gun body which includes a housing for component inlet and outlet passages and for a product flow control valve, which further includes a handle, a nozzle receiver assembly, and a trigger for rotating a spool valve between open, closed, and ... | 05/15/1990 |
