Spray apparatus
OwnerJoseph Clearman, Jack Clearmaninventors
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Abstract
A spray apparatus includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets, and a turbine carried for rotary movement within the housing under fluid flow from the fluid inlet to one or more of the fluid outlets. An integrating member is preferably operatively coupled to the turbine for oscillatory movement relative to the housing under rotary movement of the turbine, and a plurality of tubes are each disposed in one of the fluid outlets for dispensing fluid from the housing. At least a subset of the plurality of tubes are operatively-coupled to the integrating member for coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in the respective plurality of fluid outlets.
Claims68
A spray apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets;
- a turbine carried for rotary movement within the housing under fluid flow from the fluid inlet to one or more of the fluid outlets;
- an integrating member operatively coupled to the turbine for oscillatory movement relative to the housing under rotary movement of the turbine;
- and
- a plurality of tubes each disposed in one of the fluid outlets for dispensing fluid from the housing, at least a subset of the plurality of tubes being operatively-coupled to the integrating member for coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in the respective plurality of fluid outlets.
A spray apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet;
- a plurality of tubes for dispensing fluid from the housing;
- an integrating member operatively coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of tubes for effecting coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in response to movement of the integrating member;
- and
- an actuator for inducing movement of the integrating member.
A spray apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets;
- a plurality of tubes each exclusively disposed in one of the fluid outlets for dispensing fluid from the housing;
- an integrating member operatively coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of tubes for effecting coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in the respective plurality of fluid outlets in response to movement of the integrating member;
- and
- an actuator for inducing movement of the integrating member.
A method of spraying fluid, comprising the steps of:
- delivering pressurized fluid to a plurality of dispensing tubes;
- coupling together at least a subset of the plurality of tubes so that the coupled tubes move in a coordinated fashion under an actuating force;
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- applying an actuating force to the coupled tubes to effect a desired fluid spray through the tubes.
A spray apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet;
- an actuator carried for rotary movement within the housing under fluid flow from the fluid inlet;
- an integrating member operatively coupled to the actuator for oscillatory movement relative to the housing under rotary movement of the actuator;
- and
- a plurality of tubes for dispensing fluid from the housing, at least a subset of the plurality of tubes being operatively-coupled to the integrating member for coordinated movement of the coupled tubes.
A spray apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having a fluid inlet;
- a plurality of tubes for dispensing fluid from the housing;
- and
- a means for converting energy from fluid delivered through the fluid inlet into coordinated movement of at least a subset of the plurality of tubes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.