Fluid jet nozzle
OwnerElliot Cotlerinventor
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Abstract
An improved fluid jet nozzle, having particular utility in the textile field, has a body with an air inlet for a pressurized fluid, such as air, a manifold, and an outlet. The outlet is in the form of parallel series of outlet apertures, the apertures of a series being laterally offset from the outlet apertures of an adjacent series. The outlet apertures may be formed as portions of slots in shims mounted in the nozzle. The aperture configuration provides for better balance between overall flow uniformity and economical fluid usage.
Claims17
A fluid nozzle, comprising a body having a fluid manifold, a pressurized fluid inlet coupled to the manifold, and a first and second parallel series of outlet apertures coupled to the manifold, the outlet apertures of the first series being laterally offset from the outlet apertures of the second series.
A shim set for use in a nozzle for pressurized fluid having a fluid inlet, a manifold and a shim set having outlet means for the nozzle, the shim set comprising first and second adjacent planar shim members, each of the members having a plurality of spaced slots having opposed edge portions defining sides of outlet apertures for the nozzle and terminating at a front edge of the shim, each of the slots being in fluid communication with the manifold,
- the slots in the first and second shim members being oriented such that, with the shims in a face to face aligned contacting relationship and positioned in the nozzle, the slots of the first member are offset from the slots of the second member to form two independent series of outlet apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.