Nozzle assembly
AssigneeSonny's HFI Holdings, LLC
InventorsIan Marc Taylor, Jeffrey David Boily
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Abstract
A nozzle assembly includes a stator including a front portion optionally with a first nozzle configured to direct an optional first stream of a cleaning fluid in a forward direction of the nozzle assembly, a rear portion including a second nozzle configured to direct a second stream of the cleaning fluid rearward of the nozzle assembly, a rotor disposed between the front portion and the rear portion along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly and including a third nozzle configured to direct a third stream of the cleaning fluid; and a magnetic brake disposed between the stator and rotor.
Claims20
A nozzle assembly comprising:
- a stator comprising:
- a front portion including a first nozzle configured to direct a first stream of a cleaning fluid in a forward direction of the nozzle assembly, and
- a rear portion including a second nozzle configured to direct a second stream of the cleaning fluid rearward of the nozzle assembly;
- a rotor disposed between the front portion and the rear portion along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly and including a third nozzle configured to direct a third stream of the cleaning fluid;
- and
- a magnetic brake disposed between the stator and the rotor.
A magnetic brake for a nozzle assembly comprising:
- a magnet having a magnetic field disposed on a stator portion of the nozzle assembly;
- a conductor disposed within a rotor of the nozzle assembly, wherein:
- a nozzle disposed in the rotor is configured to direct a stream of a cleaning fluid such that the stream causes a rotary motion of the rotor with respect to the stator portion along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly,
- the rotary motion causes a relative movement between the magnet and the conductor, such that the magnet induces an eddy current in the conductor that resists the rotary motion;
- and
- a magnetic shield disposed further from the longitudinal axis than the conductor and the magnet reduces a field strength of the magnetic field at an external surface of the nozzle assembly.
A nozzle assembly comprising:
- a stator comprising:
- a front portion, and
- a rear portion including a first nozzle configured to direct a first stream of the cleaning fluid rearward of the nozzle assembly;
- a rotor disposed between the front portion and the rear portion along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle assembly and including a second nozzle configured to direct a second stream of the cleaning fluid;
- and
- a magnetic brake disposed between the stator and the rotor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.