B05B 3/021
With means for regulating the jet relative to the horizontal angular position
Official title: {with means for regulating the jet relative to the horizontal angular position of the nozzle, e.g. for spraying non-circular areas by changing the elevation of the nozzle or by varying the nozzle flow-rate (when the rotating elements are rotated by the liquid or other fluent material discharged B05B3/0453)}
B05B3/021 (With means for regulating the jet relative to the horizontal angular position) appears on 79 US grants and 97 published applications in this corpus.
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