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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7621468 | System for pressurized delivery of fluids A pressurized spray system. The spray system has a flow path through which contents must pass to be dispensed from the system to the atmosphere. By maintaining the proper proportions of restrictions in the flow path to the spray nozzle exit orifice, a relatively con... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7370817 | Actuated atomizer An actuated atomizer is adapted for spray cooling or other applications wherein a well-developed, homogeneous and generally conical spray mist is required. The actuated atomizer includes an outer shell formed by an inner ring; an outer ring; an actuator insert and a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7125355 | Continuously variable transmission A regulatable continuously variable transmission in which one multiple-jet nozzle (4) is used for supplying cooling and lubricant oil to the variator. The flow diameter (9, 10) of the nozzle (4) is created so that a stationary flow exists in the... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6971557 | Actuator for a pressurized material dispenser An actuator orifice and an actuator for enhancing or creating a foam from a pressurized material dispenser. The actuator includes a skirt attached to the dispenser and a trigger movably mounted to the skirt. The trigger includes a flow conduit with a socket for rece... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6948639 | Device for packaging and dispensing a product, notably in the form of a sample A device for packaging and dispensing of a cosmetic product which includes a container to hold the product, with the container being delineated by a body. A movable element moves relative to the container body and is capable, in response to an action exerted manuall... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6932246 | Assembly for packaging and dispensing a product, especially in the form of a sample An assembly for packaging and dispensing a product, especially a cosmetic product. The assembly includes a container containing the product and delimited by a body, one end of which is closed by a bottom. A movable component is movable relative to the body of the co... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6919054 | Reactant nozzles within flowing reactors Improved reaction chamber designs are described that provide for improved control over the flow within the reaction chamber. The reaction chambers contain reactions for particle production from a flowing reactant stream. Improved reactant delivery nozzles are descri... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6848637 | Hydrotherapy jet with rotating outlet A hydrotherapy jet is disclosed which has a jet body with a water inlet to allow water to flow into it. An eyeball with one or more outlets is mounted to the body to allow water to flow out of the body through the outlets. The flow of water through the outlets cause... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6824077 | Dispenser head having two nozzles A dispenser head includes a body defining two housings, which receive a respective nozzle-carrier provided with a nozzle. Each of the housings communicates with the outside via a first opening and via a second opening. Each nozzle-carrier communicates with a feed du... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6814307 | Low NOx liquid fuel oil atomizer spray plate and fabrication method thereof An atomizer spray plate is provided for discharging fuel oil. The spray plate has a cylindrical rear portion and a conical front portion. A frusto-conical whirl chamber extends from the rear portion to the front portion with a decreasing radius. The rear portion inc... | 11/09/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6676017 | Personal interface device and method A personal device is provided. The personal device includes an identification verification system that receives first identification data from a physical identification device, such as by inserting a driver's license into a card reader that is adapted to ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6622944 | Fuel oil atomizer and method for discharging atomized fuel oil A two phase fuel oil atomizer utilizing a secondary media such as high pressure steam or air to assist in the atomization of heavy fuel oil, while reducing NOx and other polluting emissions. The fuel oil atomizer comprises a mixing plate and a sprayer pla... | 09/23/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6328229 | Low volume mixing spray head for mixing and dispensing of two reactive fluid components A device for mixing and ejecting a multi-component reactive mixture, which will not clog after a single and subsequent uses, is disclosed. The device has a cylindrical mixing space defined by upper, lower, and side walls. There are two entry ports into th... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6257496 | Fuel injector having an integrated seat and swirl generator A fuel injector with a body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a fuel passageway extending from the inlet portion to the outlet portion along a longitudinal axis. An armature proximate the inlet portion of the body. A needle operatively conne... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6241165 | Spray nozzle with directly mounted plate A spray nozzle includes a central swirl chamber (9), receiving the fluid tangentially through lateral fluid inlet channels (14) from a peripheral front cavity (8), and projecting the fluid in outlet through a coaxial outlet passage (12). The coaxial outle... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6152384 | Spraying device for jets of windscreen washers in motor vehicles A spraying device for windscreen washer nozzles of automobile vehicles has a fixing body and a spraying body which are coupled coaxially to each other and to a nozzle body attachable to a body work and connectable to a cleaning liquid tube. The coupling o... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6131820 | Discharge valve assembly for trigger sprayer A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a discharge valve assembly located in the discharge barrel of the pump body which includes a filler for reducing the volume of the discharge barrel thereby displacing the air therein whereupon the strokes-to-prime ratio... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6053431 | Liquid Atomizer A liquid atomizer for, e.g., fuel, comprises a tube having an opening for receiving pressurized liquid flow. The tube has a closed end, a wall, and a plurality of bores in the wall. The bores are disposed in consecutive circumferential rows, and are orien... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6024301 | Low NOx liquid fuel oil atomizer spray plate and fabrication method thereof An atomizer spray plate is provided for discharging fuel oil. The spray plate has a cylindrical rear portion and a conical front portion. A frusto-conical whirl chamber extends from the rear portion to the front portion with a decreasing radius. The rear ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5994770 | Portable electronic data carrier An apparatus includes a circuit positioned in a housing, which circuit includes an input/output module having a parasitic power sub-module. The circuit further includes a scratchpad memory, coupled to the input/output module; a programmable memory, couple... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5931387 | Liquid atomizer A liquid atomizer for, e.g., fuel, comprises a tube having an opening for receiving pressurized liquid flow. The tube has a closed end, a wall, and one or more bores through the wall. A shell having a discharge end with a discharge orifice encircles a por... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5868321 | Enhanced efficiency atomizing and spray nozzle A cap is disposed internally of a spray nozzle and effects active atomization of pressurized liquid flowing through the nozzle by mixing with compressed air and creating turbulence in the liquid during the flow. The nozzle includes an internal cap which c... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5738282 | Pump sprayer nozzle for producing a solid spray pattern A manually actuated pump sprayer of the type having a discharge nozzle cap in engagement with a probe, spin mechanics formed between the cap and the probe. A generally cylindrical fluid flow dampening chamber, formed at the end of the probe in communicati... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5711488 | High pressure swirl atomizer An atomizing nozzle having a plurality of vanes, a swift chamber, and a discharge orifice is provided for dispensing a liquid spray. The plurality of vanes extend outwardly from the swirl chamber and are in fluid communication therewith. The discharge ori... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5697556 | Liquid dispenser having discharge valve assembly A liquid dispenser comprising a dispenser body and a valve housing. The dispenser body has a pump mechanism, an intake port adapted for fluid communication with a source of liquid, and an intake liquid flow path providing fluid communication between the i... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5676311 | Actuator for spray valve An actuator for a spray valve is provided which includes an actuator head and spray producing body positioned within the head. The actuator head includes a mechanism for connecting the head to a spray valve and transfer channel for receiving a pressurized... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5622489 | Fuel atomizer and apparatus and method for reducing NOx A fuel atomizer using a spray plate, for a highly spun liquid fuel is described for generating spaced apart fuel rich zones separated by a fuel lean zone by forming a slot in an outer domed surface of the spray plate. The shape of the domed surface is sel... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5560544 | Anti-clogging atomizer nozzle The present invention provides an improved atomization system for dispensing and atomizing a fluid product having film-forming characteristics. The atomization system includes a nozzle for atomizing the fluid product which has been formed of a reduced wet... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5522549 | Jet nozzle assembly for removing pests from crops A jet nozzle assembly including a socket to hold a nozzle plate having a jet nozzle, a stepped barrel fastened to the socket to hold a hollow shaft having a front cup, a coupling coupled to a water supply pipe, a connector connected between the hollow sha... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5388766 | High pressure atomization systems for high viscosity products The present invention pertains to improved manually operated atomization systems which combine atomizing nozzles with high pressure, pre-compression type pump mechanisms in order to provide a consistent, high quality, finely-atomized spray of a comparativ... | 02/14/1995 |
