# US 10,864,531 B2 · Nozzle for spraying liquids

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- Number: US 10,864,531 B2
- Document ID: US10864531B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/598,701
- Filed: 2017-05-18
- Published: 2017-11-23
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-19
- Assignees: Lechler GmbH
- Applicants: Thomas Zeeb
- Inventors: Thomas Zeeb
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864531B2

## CPC

- B05B 1/14: with multiple outlet openings (B05B1/02, B05B1/26 take precedence); with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
- B05B 1/02: designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, {or having an outlet of particular shape}(B05B1/26, B05B1/28, B05B1/34 take precedence)
- B05B 1/06: in annular, tubular or hollow conical form
- B05B 1/1423: {comprising concentric or coaxial groups}
- B05B 7/0466: {with means for deflecting the central liquid flow towards the peripheral gas flow}
- B05B 7/0892: {the outlet orifices for jets constituted by a liquid or a mixture containing a liquid being disposed on a circle}
- B05B 7/24: with means, e.g. a container, for supplying liquid or other fluent material to a discharge device (B05B7/14, B05B7/16, B05B11/00 take precedence)
- 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)

## Abstract

A nozzle for spraying liquids, in particular a dual-substance nozzle, having a nozzle housing and a plurality of outlet openings in the nozzle housing, wherein each outlet opening is arranged at the end of an outlet passage through the wall of the nozzle housing, and wherein the plurality of outlet openings is arranged in a circle on the nozzle housing. An outlet angle which the respective central axis of the outlet passage associated with the outlet opening encloses with a central longitudinal axis of the nozzle housing differs between at least one first and at least one second outlet opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A nozzle for spraying liquids comprising a nozzle housing and a plurality of outlet openings in the nozzle housing, wherein each outlet opening of the plurality of outlet openings is arranged at an end of one of a plurality of outlet passages through a wall of the nozzle housing, and wherein the plurality of outlet openings are arranged in a circle along at least one imaginary circular line on the nozzle housing, wherein an outlet angle which a respective central axis of one of the plurality of outlet passages associated with one of the plurality of outlet openings encloses with a central longitudinal axis of the nozzle housing differs between at least one first outlet opening, at least one second outlet opening and at least one third outlet opening of the plurality of outlet openings, wherein the nozzle is designed as a dual-substance nozzle having an internal mixing chamber, and wherein the internal mixing chamber has a liquid inlet and a gas inlet, wherein the internal mixing chamber is of annular design, wherein the plurality of outlet passages start from the internal mixing chamber, wherein a conical distribution wall is provided, wherein the internal mixing chamber adjoins a circumferential edge of the conical distribution wall, and wherein mouth inlets of the plurality of outlet passages on an inside of the wall of the nozzle housing are situated on a common imaginary circular line, and wherein in a sectional view onto a sectional plane containing the central longitudinal axis, an outer wall of the internal mixing chamber forms a pair of straight lines and a peripheral wall of at least one of the plurality of outlet passages continues from an end of the outer wall of the internal mixing chamber and diverges away from the central longitudinal axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the at least one first outlet opening is a plurality of first outlet openings, the at least one second outlet opening is a plurality of second outlet openings, the at least one third outlet opening is a plurality of third outlet openings, the plurality of first outlet openings is arranged in a circle along an imaginary first circular line having a first radius, the plurality of second outlet openings is arranged in a circle along an imaginary second circular line having a second radius, which is different from the first radius, and the plurality of third outlet openings is arranged along an imaginary third circular line having a third radius, wherein the first, the second and the third circular lines are concentric with respect to one another.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The nozzle according to claim 1, wherein an imaginary extension of at least one gas inlet passage extends into a region of the circumferential edge of the conical distribution wall.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the internal mixing chamber of annular design is located between the mouth inlets and the conical distribution wall.