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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162238 | Spray type liquid pressure head A spray liquid pressure head has a main head body containing a suction body, a suction pipe and a container locking ring. A pressing member assembled over the main head body has a pressure head and horizontal expansion pipe. A directional jack is assembled at one en... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141798 | High velocity low pressure emitter with deflector having closed end cavity An emitter for atomizing and discharging a liquid entrained in a gas stream is disclosed. The emitter has a nozzle with an outlet facing a deflector surface having a closed end cavity. The nozzle discharges a gas jet against the deflector surface. The emitter has a ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7735756 | Advanced mechanical atomization for oil burners An atomizer spray plate including a body having an inlet surface and an exit surface, a swirl chamber within the body and adjacent to the inlet surface, an atomizer hole extending through the body from the swirl chamber to the exit surface, and a plurality of elonga... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7597275 | Methods and apparatus for atomization of a liquid Representative embodiments provide for corresponding fluid atomizer bodies, each generally defining a fluidicly communicative interior cavity. The interior cavity is typically defined by an entry passageway portion, a chamber portion, a plurality of feeder passagewa... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7370815 | Cone nozzle The invention relates to a cone nozzle with a nozzle body having a swirl chamber (18), an inlet hole (22) arranged in a side wall of the swirl chamber (18) and an outlet hole (20) arranged in a first end wall of the swirl chamber (18 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7334745 | Hazing a bird repellent solution The present invention provides a method and a machine for dispersing a liquid bird repellent solution. The method includes providing a liquid bird repellent solution at a first orifice. The first orifice is defined in a liquid conduit. A flow of air is released thro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320440 | Low cost pressure atomizer A spray device, useful for example as a fuel nozzle for gas turbine engines, comprises a body having a bore and a cap member having an orifice, the body and cap member in combination defining a chamber. Fluid passages introduce pressurized liquid into the chamber an... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7300001 | Pump-dispensing atomizer A pump-dispensing atomizer includes a dispensing pump with a closure to engage with a container. The dispensing pump includes a pressing button with a booster chamber formed inside, a nozzle with one end extending from the pressing button and a probe formed with at ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299552 | Methods for creating channels Methods of creating an internal channel of a fluid-ejection device are provided. One method includes encapsulating a channel core in an element of the fluid-ejection device that corresponds to the internal channel and dissolving at least a portion of the channel cor... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7281674 | Sprayer push-button The push-button is made up of two parts which fit into each other and define between them a whirl chamber, a part of which is formed by a cavity (38) defined inside the outer part on a face of the latter that is tilted in a direction and at a sufficient angle (∝),... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7261559 | Syringe delivery system for dispensing a dental composite or other highly viscous material A syringe delivery system for dispensing a highly viscous material through a syringe delivery opening. The system includes a syringe barrel having a delivery opening, a plunger including a threaded shaft that threadably engages the syringe barrel for selectively dis... | 08/28/2007 |
| RE39767 | Swirl unit, orifice plate, and spray nozzle including same In a spray nozzle (10), a carrier (12) defines a spray aperture (20), a groove (30) surrounding the spray aperture for receiving an o-ring (32), a first locating bore (26) for slidably receiving an orifice plate (14) ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243861 | Spray nozzle A spray nozzle (11) includes a body (12) defining an axial cavity and having, housed in the cavity, from upstream to downstream in the liquid direction of flow X-X′, a calibrating nozzle tip (33), a piece called divergent (19) and a pie... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7172098 | Dispensing head mounted on a mobile hollow actuating shaft A dispenser head comprising a connection sleeve (20), a dispenser orifice (31), a duct (123) connecting said connection sleeve (20) to the dispenser orifice, and a press surface (11), the head further comprising a shutter (4... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6978946 | Dual discharge trigger sprayer A trigger actuated fluid dispenser for simultaneously dispensing disparate fluids separately stored in separate fluid compartments of a container includes a mixing manifold for intimately mixing the fluids together and the nozzle assembly in which the mixture is cha... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978914 | Valve elements for pressurized containers and actuating elements therefor Apparatus for placing contents of a first container in fluid communication with a delivery apparatus includes an actuating element carried by the delivery apparatus and a valve element carried by the first container. At least one of the actuating element and the val... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966505 | Spray control with non-angled orifices in fuel injection metering disc and methods A fuel injector that allows spray targeting and distribution of fuel to be configured using non-angled or straight orifice having an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the subassembly. Metering orifices are located about the longitudinal axis and defining a fir... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951454 | Dual fuel burner for a shortened flame and reduced pollutant emissions A dual fuel burner including an elongated supply pipe and a gas injector for a boiler furnace having a plurality of peripheral openings around a center opening. The peripheral openings are pitched radially away from the longitudinal axis of the gas injector and also... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6929197 | Generally circular spray pattern control with non-angled orifices in fuel injection metering disc and method Fuel metering components of a fuel injector that allow spray targeting and distribution of fuel to be configured using non-angled or straight orifice having an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuel metering components. Metering orifices are located about ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6899289 | Atomizing nozzle for fine spray and misting applications The invention relates to a nozzle (10) for mixing a gaseous fluid such as air and a liquid such as water and for ejecting an atomized mist of liquid droplets. The nozzle includes a nozzle body defining first (60), second (44) and third (52 | 05/31/2005 |
| 6796510 | System and method for a two piece spray nozzle An aerosol tip mechanism for an aerosol-type dispenser for dispensing liquid content has a flexible outer shell, a rigid cap portion composed of lower and upper portions, and a rigid nozzle portion having a rigid shaft received within the outlet portion of the flexi... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6793156 | Orifice cup for manually actuated sprayer A manually actuated sprayer has an orifice cup with a reverse taper mounted within a cylindrical bore of the discharge passage for positively retaining the orifice cup in place without dislodgement during spray actuation. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6793150 | Bell cup post A dispensing apparatus is provided for a pulverulent material entrained in a stream of a transporting gas or mixture of gases. The apparatus includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an interior into which the stream flows and a perimetr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6789750 | Fluid product dispenser A fluid dispenser device comprising a reservoir (10) containing one or more doses of fluid, a dispensing orifice (20), and a dispensing member (30), said device being characterized in that said reservoir is of the syringe type (10) having... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6772967 | Misting nozzle A misting nozzle includes a nozzle body defining a conduit with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet end. The nozzle also includes an aperture member having an opening therethrough with an aperture at one end. The opening is designed to receive the fluid outlet end ther... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6729562 | Low pressure spray nozzle A spray nozzle is disclosed which includes an elongated nozzle body having an axially extending interior chamber and at least two radially extending air inlet ports communicating with the interior chamber. An elongated fluid inlet fitting having an axial fluid inlet... | 05/04/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6708907 | Fuel injector producing non-symmetrical conical fuel distribution A fuel injector including a body having an inlet, an outlet, and a fuel passageway extending from the inlet to the outlet along a longitudinal axis. An armature is proximate the inlet of the body. A needle is operatively connected to the armature. A seat is proximat... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705274 | In-cylinder direct injection spark-ignition internal combustion engine In a direct injection spark-ignition engine with a swirl fuel injector, an orifice nozzle tip has an inclined surface that is formed on the lower end face of the orifice nozzle tip and inclined by a predetermined inclination angle with respect to a reference plane n... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6685109 | System and method for a two piece spray nozzle An aerosol tip mechanism for an aerosol-type dispenser for dispensing liquid content has a flexible outer shell, a rigid cap portion composed of lower and upper portions, and a rigid nozzle portion having a rigid shaft received within the outlet portion o... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6666387 | Fuel injector of internal combustion engine In a fuel injector with a swirler creating swirling fuel flow, a projected portion is formed as an orifice nozzle tip at an opening end of a nozzle hole. The projected portion includes a first sloped portion having a sloped surface whose height h1, measur... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6585172 | Dispenser head and fluid product dispensing device comprising same A dispenser head (10) for a fluid dispenser device, said head (10) comprising an expulsion channel (11) terminating in a dispensing orifice (12), an insert (20) being placed in said expulsion channel (11), the downstream end (21) of said insert (20) in th... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6578777 | Low pressure spray nozzle A spray nozzle is disclosed which includes an elongated nozzle body having an axially extending interior chamber and at least two radially extending air inlet ports communicating with the interior chamber. An elongated fluid inlet fitting having an axial ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6402054 | Airless squeeze bottle aspirator An airless squeeze bottle sprayer comprised of a tube retainer, an orifice cup and a closure. The tube retainer has a product outlet port, a post, and at least one tangential apertures through which fluid is expelled from within the container. The orifice... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6378786 | Sprayable abrasive cleaning compositions A spraying device comprising a reservoir and a nozzle linked by a path is used to apply an aqueous cleaning composition to a surface. The interim dimension of the path is located immediately upstream of the nozzle. The composition comprises abrasive parti... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6260773 | Air-atomizing oil and/or gas burner utilizing a low pressure fan and nozzle A burner utilizing a low pressure fan for atomizing fuel and supplying air for combustion. The burner includes an air-tube, an air-atomizing nozzle disposed in the air-tube, a conduit for supplying fuel to the nozzle, and a fan for supplying air to the ai... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257370 | Process for dividing a viscous liquid conveyed by a flow of gas An apparatus for subdividing a viscous liquid conveyed by a gas flow into a plurality of component flows has first and second connecting elements aligned within a tubular casing. The first connecting element has an inflow bore which branches into a number... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6193172 | Swirl unit, orifice plate, and spray nozzle including same In a spray nozzle (10), a carrier (12) defines a spray aperture (20), a groove (30) surrounding the spray aperture for receiving an o-ring (32), a first locating bore (26) for slidably receiving an orifice plate (14) seated against the o-ring (32) and for... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6142390 | Nozzle assembly for a spray head A nozzle assembly for a spray head (10) having a tubular body (11) that has an inlet (13) thereto and an outlet (14) therefrom, has a nozzle member (15) and a core member (16). The nozzle member (15) has a central chamber (20) adapted to be in fluid commu... | 11/07/2000 |
