# US 10,480,700 B2 · Nozzle arrangement for flowable substances > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,700 B2 - Document ID: US10480700B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/379,171 - Filed: 2016-12-14 - Published: 2017-06-15 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-14 - Assignees: Agrotop GmbH - Applicants: Agrotop GmbH - Inventors: Steffen Graef - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480700B2 ## CPC - F16L 37/248: Bayonet-type couplings - A01C 23/047: {Spraying of liquid fertilisers} - A01G 25/00: Watering gardens, fields, sports grounds or the like (special apparatus or adaptations for fertilising-liquids A01C23/00; nozzles or outlets, spraying apparatus B05B) - A01M 7/006: {Mounting of the nozzles} - B05B 1/00: Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means (B05B3/00, B05B5/00, B05B7/00 take precedence; devices for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by contact B05C; nozzles for ink-jet printing mechanisms B41J2/135; nozzles for liquid-dispensing, e.g. in vehicle service stations, B67D7/42) - B05B 15/65: Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits - B05C 17/00509: {of the bayonet type} - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - A01C: PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B51/00 - A01B75/00) - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) - A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) - B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08) ## Abstract A nozzle device for dispensing flowable substances, having a support and a nozzle element arranged at least in part within this support, which element is suitable and intended for dispensing the flowable substance, and having a first coupler, in order to arrange the nozzle device detachably to a supply for the flowable substance. According to the invention, the nozzle device has a second coupler in order to fasten the nozzle device detachably to a further nozzle device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A nozzle device for dispensing flowable substances, having a support and a nozzle element arranged at least in part within this support, which element is suitable and intended for dispensing the flowable substance, and having a first coupler, in order to arrange the nozzle device detachably to a supply for the flowable substance, wherein the nozzle device has a second coupler in order to fasten the nozzle device detachably to a further nozzle device, and wherein the nozzle element is set back with respect to the support. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein at least one coupler is arranged on the support. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the second coupler cooperates mechanically with the first coupler in order to fasten two nozzle devices detachably to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein at least one coupler is arranged adjacent an end on the nozzle device with respect to a longitudinal direction of the nozzle device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The nozzle device according to claim 4, wherein the second coupler is likewise arranged at the end on the nozzle device with respect to the longitudinal direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the second coupler has at least one projection extending in a radial direction of the nozzle device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the first coupler and the second coupler jointly form a bayonet-like connection. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The nozzle-device according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle device has an annular sealing element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The nozzle device according to claim 8, wherein the sealing element in an assembled state of two nozzle devices can be clamped between the two nozzle devices. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The nozzle device according to claim 8, wherein at least one radially protruding projection is arranged on the support, which projection permits manual turning of the support. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The nozzle device according to claim 4, wherein the coupler is arranged adjacent a short distance away from the end of the nozzle device, so that the first and/or second coupler is arranged relative to a longitudinal direction of the nozzle device in an end quarter of the nozzle device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The nozzle device according to claim 4, wherein the coupler is arranged adjacent a short distance away from the end of the nozzle device, so that the first and/or second coupler is arranged relative to a longitudinal direction of the nozzle device in an end fifth of the nozzle device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The nozzle device according to claim 4, wherein the coupler is arranged adjacent a short distance away from the end of the nozzle device, so that the first and/or second coupler is arranged relative to a longitudinal direction of the nozzle device in an end sixth of the nozzle device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the first coupler has a groove which extends at least in portions obliquely with respect to a peripheral direction or with respect to a plane which is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the nozzle device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the support has recesses which serve to reduce weight and also to increase stability. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle element or an end (or outlet) is free of contact with a further element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle element is formed in at least two parts. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The nozzle device according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle element has a dispensing element adapted to dispense the flowable substance, and a further element separable from the dispensing element.