Multi-nozzle dosing system
AssigneeV.B.S. Sprl
InventorsBart Limpens, Xavier Andrieu
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved nozzle assembly for the high-frequency dispensing of (small) volumes of a dosing fluid in a container, as well as a dosing system according to the nozzle assembly of the invention. The invention also relates to an improved volumetric device for a dosing system.
Claims20
A nozzle assembly for high-frequency supply of a predetermined volume of a dosing fluid, up to maximum volumes of the dosing fluid of 1.0 ml, in liquid containers, wherein the high-frequency supply is performed at a frequency of at least 5 dispensations of the predetermined volume of dosing fluid per second,
- wherein the nozzle assembly comprises a multiplicity of dosing channels extending in a same direction for the joint discharge of the predetermined volume of the dosing fluid, in which the dosing channels comprise a maximum internal diameter of 1.0 mm, and
- wherein the internal diameter of the dosing channels is constant along the dosing channels and is at least 0.7 mm,
- wherein at least some of the dosing channels extend at different angles with respect to each other, with at least a first group of said dosing channels oriented such that the extensions of said first group of said dosing channels converge in a convergence point on a distal side of the nozzle assembly, the nozzle assembly having at least 6 dosing channels,
- wherein the dosing channels extend independently of each other at distal ends thereof in separate hollow tubes over at least 4 mm, wherein the distal ends are open and are positioned at a minimal mutual distance of 0.8 mm from each other, wherein at least one of the dosing channels forms an angle of at least 5° with respect to a mean direction of all dosing channels, and wherein at least one of the dosing channels forms an angle of at least 10° with respect to the mean direction of all dosing channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.