Shredder comprising one or more nozzle assemblies
AssigneeJet-Zone Bvba
InventorsNicolas Aurele Luc Malfait, Mirko Savic
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Abstract
A shredder comprises one or more nozzle assemblies each including an elastic element configured to work in conjunction with the nozzle and the nozzle housing such that the nozzle is held in the home position when in an unloaded rest condition and as a result of an impact temporarily moves in the direction of the impact position.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A shredder comprising a cutting drum and a shredder housing, the shredder housing comprising one or more nozzle assemblies mounted in a working zone of the cutting drum, the one or more nozzle assemblies each configured to atomise a liquid in the working zone of the cutting drum and each comprising:
- a nozzle with an intake orifice configured to receive the liquid, and a discharge orifice configured to atomise the liquid;
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- a nozzle housing in which the nozzle is mounted and comprising an inlet opening on the side of the intake orifice and an outlet opening on the side of the discharge orifice, the nozzle moveably mounted in the nozzle housing such that the nozzle is moveable between an impact position and a home position;
- the nozzle assembly further comprising an elastic element mounted to work in conjunction with the nozzle and the nozzle housing such that the nozzle is held in the home position in an unloaded rest condition in which the nozzle is not subjected to an impact, and as a result of the force of an impact temporarily moves in the direction of the impact position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.