Injection needle blowoff apparatus and injection testing systems
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorRyan Levy
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Abstract
Disclosed example injection needle blowoff apparatus include: a loading surface having a first side configured to contact an injector and having a second side opposite the first side; and an adjustable blowoff nozzle adjacent the second side of the loading surface, the adjustable blowoff nozzle comprising: a gas inlet configured to be coupled to a gas supply; and a gas outlet configured to direct gas from the gas inlet towards a location of a needle of the injector, the gas outlet being adjustable to blow on the needle within a range of distances from the second side of the loading surface.
Claims20
An injection needle blowoff apparatus, comprising:
- a loading surface having a first side configured to contact an injector and having a second side opposite the first side;
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- an adjustable blowoff nozzle adjacent the second side of the loading surface, the adjustable blowoff nozzle comprising:
- a gas inlet configured to be coupled to a gas supply;
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- a gas outlet configured to direct gas from the gas inlet towards a location of a needle of the injector, the gas outlet being adjustable to blow on the needle within a range of distances from the second side of the loading surface.
An injector testing device, comprising:
- a gas supply;
- an injection needle blowoff device, comprising:
- a loading surface having a first side configured to contact an injector and having a second side opposite the first side;
- an adjustable blowoff nozzle adjacent to the second side of the loading surface, the adjustable blowoff nozzle comprising:
- a gas inlet configured to be coupled to the gas supply;
- and
- a gas outlet configured to direct gas from the gas inlet towards a location of a needle of the injector, the gas outlet being adjustable to blow on the needle within a range of distances from the second side of the loading surface;
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- control circuitry configured to control the gas supply to output the gas to the adjustable blowoff nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.