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US 12,702,989 B2Granted
Annular effervescent nozzle
AssigneeGenesee Valley Innovations, LLC
InventorsKathryn F. Murphy, David K. Biegelsen, Armand P. Neukermans, Gary F. Cooper, Lee Kanne Galbraith, Sudhanshu Jain, Geordie Zapalac
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Abstract
A nozzle includes a housing having an inner chamber, a first opening connected to the inner chamber, and a second opening connected to the inner chamber, and a solid, partially conical, plug in the second opening, the solid plug configured to leave a slit around the plug connected to the inner chamber, and the plug extending beyond an end of the housing.
Claims16
A nozzle, comprising:
- a first pipe having a first portion having a first diameter, and a second portion having a second diameter wider than the first diameter having a step between the first portion and the second portion;
- an inner pipe, the inner pipe having a lower portion having a lower diameter and a channel portion having a channel diameter wider than the lower diameter, the channel portion resting on the step;
- an inner chamber;
- a primary air channel formed by the inner pipe separate from the inner chamber;
- an inlet opening on a side of the first pipe, the inlet opening connected to the inner chamber;
- a top opening connected to the inner chamber;
- one or more angled channels in the inner chamber configured to cause water to swirl within the inner chamber;
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- at least one air opening structured to cause air to flow from the portion of the primary air channel separate from the inner chamber into the inner chamber;
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- a solid, partially conical, plug in the top opening, the solid plug configured to leave a slit around the plug connected to the inner chamber for an exiting airflow, and the plug extending beyond an end of the first pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.