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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364687 | Soft film The invention relates to a method of making a film, and to a die for making the film. The fluid die includes a fluid feed manifold connected to a housing having positioned therein at least one fluid feed channel in fluid communication with the fluid feed manifold. T... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337991 | Accessory for air blast and device equipped with accessory The invention relates to an accessory adapted to be mounted on the end of an outlet conduit (4) of an air blast device (1). The accessory is in the form of a tube having an inlet, an outlet and a central passage therethrough, the axial passage or tube ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7303156 | Generation and usage of microbubbles as a blood oxygenator A micro-nozzle for generating micro-bubbles. The micro-nozzle includes a liquid inlet forming a liquid path, a gas inlet, and a constricting wall positioned in the liquid path and shaped to abruptly constrict said liquid path to a width of less than approximately 20... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281671 | Washer fluid squirt device for motor vehicle windscreen washer jets The device is comprised of a jet body (2) and a body for a fan shaped squirt (3) which can be mutually coupled. The squirt body (3) has a squirting orifice (9) which comprises four consecutively connected portions, of which, in the washer... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7207498 | Fluid dispense tips A fluid dispense tip includes a bevel at an opening to reduce the amount of surface tension, or “land”, at the opening. The bevel is formed by grinding in a longitudinal direction such that any tooling scars resulting from the grinding operation are likewise lon... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207502 | Velocity profile modifying device for nozzles A velocity-profile modifying device is located between a heat component and an air pouring apparatus. The air pouring apparatus pours the air into the heat component via an air moving track. The velocity-profile modifying device is set at the air moving track and is... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201335 | Injection nozzle system A nozzle system is provided comprising a nozzle tip supported in a nozzle body with an alignment member. The alignment member has a connection for engaging a corresponding connection located on the nozzle body. The alignment member also has an aperture concentric wi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185833 | Method for fluid jet formation and apparatus for the same A nozzle having a housing and an assembly including at least two conjugated parts separated by a spacer seal. The assembly is arranged in the housing so as to form a nozzle outlet. At least one of he housing, the parts, and the spacer seal are deformable so as to de... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7152810 | Micro-droplet generator with autostabilization function of negative pressure A micro-droplet generator, comprising a chamber, enclosed by a casing, a spraying plate, having a plurality of spraying holes, a piezoelectric plate, a signal connector, and a storage tank. The piezoelectric plate is mounted inside the chamber, having a fixed end fa... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143967 | Method and system for cold gas spraying A cold gas spraying method and device, whereby the sprayed particles are accelerated in a gas flow. A powder tube and an outer nozzle body together form a Laval nozzle that produces high gas flow velocities. The injection of the sprayed particles occurs in the diver... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131600 | Reverse venturi atomization chamber and the use thereof An atomization chamber apparatus used for aircraft pesticide delivery, which has an open ended walled chamber, divided into left and right sections, each having outer and inner segments, each segment having a top and a bottom wall, the outer segments having a same r... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7090155 | Spray nozzle with one piece diffuser unit A spray nozzle of two piece structure threaded together and including a fitting for mounting on a pressurized liquid supply pipe and including an orifice controlling liquid flow to a one piece molded nozzle of plastic material screw threaded onto the fitting. The no... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6942168 | Spray nozzle suitable for use in hot corrosive environments and method of use A spray nozzle for spraying a fluid and suitable for use in hot corrosive environments is disclosed, comprising a single piece body comprising a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top where the bottom further comprises a connector; a channel disposed about an ou... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6910957 | Method and apparatus for high pressure article cleaner A cleaning system 210 having nozzle assembly 10 for a pressured fluid stream entrained with abrasive that includes a pressured fluid receiving portion 15 adapted to accommodate a pressured fluid dispenser 20. An abrasive entrainment chamb... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6883735 | Integral nozzle cleaning system A nozzle for a liquid dispenser that incorporates a cleaning probe capable of removing foreign debris from a nozzle discharge passageway. The cleaning probe is moveable between a retracted position that permits fluid flow to a discharge orifice terminating the disch... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6854671 | Nozzle for ejecting molten metal A nozzle ejects molten metal in an ejecting direction. The nozzle has a solder-philic surface in a first region and a solder-repellent surface in a second region. The second region is located forward of the first region in the ejecting direction. Before molten metal... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6779535 | Paint brush cleaning device A cleaning device for a paint brush comprises a hollow nozzle attached to a source of pressurized cleaning solution such as water, solvent, liquefied hot soap or alike. The distal tip of the nozzle is equipped with a poppet valve such that the body of the valve prot... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6758905 | Fluorescent layer forming apparatus The present invention provides a fluorescent layer forming apparatus for applying a fluorescent material paste into a recess defined between barrier ribs formed on a substrate for formation of a fluorescent layer in a plasma display panel production process. The app... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6729561 | Cleaning nozzle and substrate cleaning apparatus A cleaning nozzle includes a mixing portion with inner walls thereof formed of quartz given smoothing treatment. As a result, the inner walls of the mixing portion have smooth surfaces. This construction effectively suppresses abrasion of the inner walls of the mixi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6722584 | Cold spray system nozzle The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front housing re... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6502767 | Advanced cold spray system The invention relates to an improved design for a spray gun and application system for cold gas dynamic spraying of a metal, alloy, polymer, or mechanical mixtures thereof. The gun includes a rear housing comprising a powder inlet and a gas inlet, a front... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6440215 | Fluid knife Air knives 109,110 for a solder leveller each comprises an air knife tip 111. The tip has a nozzle slot 114, up-and down-stream lands 119, 115, which are parallel to a back surface 130. Beyond the lands, the tip has a wing 120 and a lip 117, with a wing f... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6394369 | Nozzle A nozzle 10 having a material outlet aperture 24 which causes received material 28 to be emitted in the form of a streaming sheet 30.... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6315221 | Nozzle A nozzle 10 having an outlet aperture 26, the outlet aperture 26 having at least one injector 40,42 which is disposed within the aperture 26 and which injects a material 17 within the aperture 26, effective to allow the material to be atomized and to be e... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5704825 | Blast nozzle The improved blast nozzle comprises an inlet portion, an outlet portion and a square venturi orifice connecting the inlet and outlet portions. The inlet portion includes a square inlet for receiving the air and abrasive particle mixture with a pair of opp... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5616067 | CO2 nozzle and method for cleaning pressure-sensitive surfaces In an apparatus for cleaning a workpiece with abrasive CO2 particles, a CO2 nozzle receives and expels liquid CO2 through at least one orifice sized for at least partially converting the liquid into CO2 particle... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5288027 | Dispensing method and apparatus including a ribbon nozzle for coating printed circuit boards A dispensing apparatus including an airless ribbon nozzle having a nozzle tip formed with a nozzle bore tapering radially inwardly from an inlet end to a semispherical-shaped discharge end which intersects a rectangular-shaped discharge slot. The nozzle i... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5173175 | FCC feed injector This invention is directed to a feed injector for a fluid catalytic cracking reaction zone, which feed injector provides improved oil atomization and dispersion. The injector comprises a straight-pass conduit section, in which a feed oil and steam are pre... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4982896 | Spray wand A fluid wand including a pistol grip, a nozzle and a tubular body communicating therebetween. The nozzle includes a hemispherical end wall adjacent a slit like opening configured as a rectangular box-like passageway and the piston grip maintains constant ... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4950352 | Hot air heater for welding plastic materials together and method of handling the hot air flow An air guiding arrangement for welding materials having plastic films includes a device to supply a uniform hot-air stream at any given air velocity. The air guiding arrangement has a nozzle which contains a swirl chamber functioning as a diffuser which t... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4798008 | Nozzle construction A top air nozzle for blowing water off a washed moving vehicle in a car wash comprises a unit nozzle housing of molded plastic material having an arcuate top wall, laterally diverging side walls, a pair of laterally spaced mount blocks, an upright rear wa... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4736892 | Self-aligning spray tip There is disclosed an orifice tip which has a cylindrical base with an asymmetric head, preferably in the shape of a single upstanding elongated rib which is centrally located on the cylindrical base. The rib has tapered side walls with an arcuate, convex... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4424761 | Nozzle for coating a disc with a lubricant A nozzle for directing a flow of lubricant particles vertically downwardly onto the surface of a disc moving horizontally across the discharge opening of the nozzle includes a pair of side plates which are secured together by end plates to form an enclosu... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4216913 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the distribution of water from an irrigation sprinkler A method and apparatus for enhancing the distribution of water from an irrigation sprinkler is provided and includes a nozzle disposed at the end of a discharge tube on the sprinkler, which nozzle includes a frusto-pyramidal passage leading to a polygonal... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4037667 | Blower for edger A blower apparatus for a plant cutter including a hollow member affixed to conduct exhaust gases from the cutter. The hollow member conducts exhaust gases from the plant cutter to a connected rotatable hollow member and through a terminal opening in the r... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4013486 | Spot scarfing nozzle for use in gang arrangement A scarfing nozzle for producing a fin-free scarfing cut at least as wide as the width of the nozzle. The nozzle comprises an oxygen gas passage terminating in a nozzle discharge orifice characterized by having a central section and at least one end sectio... | 03/22/1977 |
| 3990838 | Burner for mixtures of air and gas A burner for mixtures of air and gas has a generally closed burner body extending along an axis. There is an entrance portion at one end of the body open to the atmosphere and an exit portion at the other end of the body having a second opening to the atm... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3931932 | Liquid sprayer A liquid sprayer for a gas turbine engine comprises a body formed with one or more air passages therein and one or more fuel passages. The fuel passages open into the air passages over portions thereof whose dimensions change smoothly and continuously lon... | 01/13/1976 |