Torpedo Nozzle Apparatus
AssigneeHydra-Cone, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Strickler
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Abstract
The present invention embodies a spray nozzle for mixing and spraying a mixture of liquid and dry material. The device is comprised of a liquid injector, a torpedo, a spray tip, and a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber is connected to a hose that directs dry material through the apparatus. Dry material is forced around and over the first end of the torpedo within the mixing chamber, slowing the speed of that material and focusing it toward the second end of the torpedo where it mixes with liquid exiting the spray tip at this second end. The torpedo blends the dry and liquid components more uniformly resulting in a more homogenous material.
Claims16
A torpedo spray nozzle apparatus for mixing and dispensing a dry material flowing through a connected hose with a liquid flowing through the torpedo spray nozzle apparatus, the torpedo spray nozzle comprising:
- a mixing chamber having a longitudinal axis, an interior, a nozzle end, and a connection end, the connection end being removeably attached to a hose supplying dry material and wherein the interior of the mixing chamber comprises a tapered funneling section, a cylindrical throttling section, and a tapered blending section;
- a liquid injector connected to a liquid supply, wherein said liquid injector penetrates the mixing chamber;
- a torpedo connected to or forming an integral part of the liquid injector and comprising a longitudinal axis, a conically shaped first end, a cylindrically shaped main body, and a conically shaped second end, the longitudinal axis of the torpedo being substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber such that the conically shaped first end is positioned within the funneling section of the mixing chamber and the conically shaped second end is positioned within the blending section of the mixing chamber;
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- a spray tip comprising a whirl plate, the spray tip being mechanically connected to the liquid injector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.