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Dionysius Lardner, Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London ; 1830
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303153 | Side and corner strip nozzle A spray head provided with a plurality of nozzles defined by a base and a deflector cap. Each nozzle is provided with a deflector portion or nozzle plate for directing an upward traveling fluid in an outward direction. Furthermore, the deflector portion may be provi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281702 | Methods and apparatus for mixing and distributing fluids A flow distribution device (100) has a vane distributor (111) at least partially disposed within a cartridge (102) and is operationally coupled to a second distributing device (112) that receives output from the vane distributor (111 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7240860 | Water distribution plate for rotating sprinklers A rotor plate for a sprinkler includes a water impingement surface bounded by an annular peripheral wall and having a radial center, and adapted to be impinged upon by a stream emitted from a nozzle. The water impingement surface is formed to include at least one ra... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7100846 | Water-jet device for separating a biological structure The water jet of a conventional water jet device is straight, bundled and impinges with its complete cross-section onto the biological structure to be separated. This renders the separating section frequently imprecise and requires an increased flow pressure. Theref... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066410 | Common rail injector The invention relates to a common rail injector for injecting fuel in a common rail injection system of an internal combustion engine, having an injector housing, which communicates with a central high-pressure reservoir and in which a nozzle needle is axially displ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063686 | Nozzle for administrations and lavages of nasal cavities and similar A nozzle having an ejection duct structured so as to allow a better distribution of the substances on the inner panes of nasal cavities and similar, such as auricular, vaginal and rectal cavities is described. A conical central portion is mounted in the nozzle outle... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048206 | Swirl pressure nozzle A swirl pressure nozzle with a nozzle body is proposed, in which an inner area is provided, which has a tapered section with a largest diameter and a smallest diameter. The nozzle has an inlet which leads into the section in an essentially tangential manner, which h... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036689 | Child-resistant trigger sprayer A child-resistant trigger sprayer includes a sprayer body having a barrel with an internal passage, and at least one first lug formed integrally with the barrel and extending radially outwardly from the barrel. A nozzle is rotatable on the barrel between at least on... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017833 | Trigger sprayer spray, off, stream, off indexing nozzle assembly An indexing nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer has a manually rotatable cap mounted for rotation on a liquid spinner of the nozzle assembly. Rotation of a cap changes the nozzle assembly between an off condition, a spray condition, a second off condition, and a s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6953161 | Nozzle, especially an atomizing nozzle for an oil burner A nozzle, especially an atomizing nozzle for an oil burner, has a housing with a nozzle opening, and a distributing insert which from the interior of the housing lies on the housing in the area of the nozzle opening and is held in the housing with the help of a defo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6920690 | Method of manufacturing a fuel injector seat A fuel injector seat for a fuel injector assembly, and more particularly for a high-pressure fuel injector assembly, having a number of features for minimizing the formation of combustion chamber deposits on the seat, providing a selected finish on a needle-sealing ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921036 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector, in particular for direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine having mixture compression and spark ignition, has an armature, which cooperates with a solenoid, and a valve needle, which is connected to the a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6739524 | Condiment dispensing nozzle apparatus and method The nozzle of the present invention has an internal chamber, condiment input and discharge ports in fluid communication with the internal chamber, and an extension downstream of the condiment discharge port. Preferably, the internal chamber has a flow disrupter taki... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6722585 | Fluid spray head including a closure member A spray head (1) for spraying fluid through a spray orifice (7), the head being provided with an expulsion channel (5), and with a closure member disposed in fixed manner in the expulsion channel (5), upstream from the spray orifice (7... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6481645 | Condiment dispensing nozzle apparatus and method The nozzle of the present invention has an internal chamber, condiment input and discharge ports in fluid communication with the internal chamber, and an extension downstream of the condiment discharge port. Preferably, the internal chamber has a flow dis... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6443370 | Spray head for a liquid-product distributor The invention relates to a spray head (100) for a fluid dispenser for dispensing a fluid, the spray head being provided with an expulsion channel (1) opening out in a spray orifice (9), and with a moving closure member (10) mounted to move between a close... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6425537 | Fire extinguishing device The invention relates to a fire extinguishing device that includes at least one liquid conduit connected at one end to a source with a fire extinguishing liquid under pressure, and at the other end having channels in a nozzle head with a plurality of nozz... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6345601 | Direct injection fuel injector and internal combustion engine mounting the same In a spray characteristic in a direct injection system gasoline engine use electromagnetic system fuel injector, to a piston cavity a mixture of fuel and air having a combustible concentration is converged and making rich the mixture having the combustibl... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6179227 | Pressure swirl generator for a fuel injector A fuel injector with a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and an axially extending fuel passageway from the inlet to the outlet. An armature located proximate the inlet of the valve body. A needle valve operatively connected to the armature. A valve s... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5927611 | Enhanced performance atomizing nozzle An atomizing nozzle (40) includes a body (44) having an fluid inlet end (50), a fluid outlet end (52), and a channel (54) located between the inlet end (50) and the outlet end (52). A free floating plunger (46) resides in the channel (54). The plunger (46... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5884850 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve includes at least two throttling constrictions. The fuel is guided in so that it flows through one of the throttling constrictions with a flow component directed away from the spray orifice. Thus, at least partially compensating opp... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5372311 | Spray type pressure dispensing container A pressurized liquid dispensing container and valve assembly comprises an essentially upright container for containing under pressure a liquid to be dispensed and a discharge valve assembly above the container. The valve assembly includes a valve body and... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5267692 | Adjustable nozzle assembly The adjustable nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nose bushing and an integral nozzle cap capable of being screwed upon the bushing. The nozzle cap has a discharge orifice located in its front face and a flange skirt extending from a front ... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5114077 | Fuel injector end cap A metal end cap for a high pressure fuel injector prevents leakage of fuel as a result of high pressures within the injector. The terminals for the solenoid are insulated from the cap by means a plurality of insulating spacers on either side of a high pre... | 05/19/1992 |
| 4991778 | Adjustable nozzle assembly The adjustable nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nose bushing and an integral nozzle cap capable of being screwed upon the bushing. The nozzle cap has a discharge orifice located in its front face and a flange skirt extending from a front ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4989790 | Nozzle cap, spring valve and body assembly The nozzle cap, spring valve and body assembly for a trigger sprayer comprises a nozzle cap, a spring valve and a body. The nozzle cap is capable of being screwed upon the nose bushing portion of the body. The nozzle cap has an outlet orifice located in i... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4753393 | Electromagnetically actuatable fuel-injection valve In an electromagnetically actuatable fuel-injection valve for injection systems for internal-combustion engines, the valve includes a valve housing, an ejection opening, a magnet winding, a closure element which is connected to an armature associated with... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4706888 | Multi-purpose nozzle assembly A multi-purpose nozzle assembly for a liquid dispenser includes a rotatable nozzle cap having an internal sleeve in engagement with the end of a fixed plug located within an outlet member of the dispenser containing a discharge conduit. An end wall of the... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4534512 | Fluid dispenser A fluid dispenser, preferably a pistol grip type hose nozzle, affords no flow, solid misty cone spray and solid jet spray capabilities and contains a fluid flow rate control feature for instantaneous adjustment of the rate of fluid flow through the dispen... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4453674 | Nozzle for a burner operating on liquefied petroleum gas A burner operating on liquefied petroleum gas comprising a tubular barrel having an inlet for the liquefied petroleum gas. The end of the tubular barrel is provided with a swirl chamber that debouches into a calibrated central injector port. A cylindro-og... | 06/12/1984 |