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US 2002/0157208 A1Published application
Dryer
OwnerDaniel J. MacNeilinventor
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Abstract
A nozzle for an air blower of a car wash installation is designed to be adjustable to vary the direction of the air flow delivered by the blower. The blower has a tapered frusto-conical nozzle that is oblique and is rotatably mounted at its base about an outlet of the blower. Upon rotation of the nozzle the direction of the delivered air flow moves in a conical path. Automated controls are provided to direct air flows from blowers in predetermined directions in the dryer section of an automated vehicle wash.
Claims16
An air blower comprising:
- a housing enclosing a fan, said housing having inlet and outlet ports for flow of air through said housing upon operation of said fan;
- a nozzle carried by said housing to deliver a flow of air therefrom in a given direction;
- wherein said nozzle has a base carried on said housing in communication with and surrounding said outlet port, said nozzle being rotatable relative to said housing about an axis, said nozzle being oriented at an acute angle relative to said axis such that rotation of said nozzle about said axis is effective to adjust said given direction through a conical path.
An air blower nozzle comprising:
- a hollow tubular body having a predetermined length and including an open base end providing an inlet and an opposite open end providing an outlet, said base end defining a circular profile that lies in a plane extending at an acute angle with respect to the length of the tubular member, said circular profile providing for rotatable mounting of the nozzle on an air blower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.