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US 4,790,482 AGranted
Sheet metal liquid atomizer
OwnerVann Y. Woninventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a liquid atomizer having a liquid atomizing rotor rotatable about an axis, and designed to feed a liquid into its inlet, along a liquid flow surface of the rotor and through its outlet as an atomized spray. The liquid flow surface is formed by a bent sheet member, fluted or zig-zag in formation, forming a closed figure surrounding the axis, and two generally symmetrically formed sheet portions, and doubler seams on diametrically opposite sides of the sheet portions for counterbalancing during rotor rotation about the axis.
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A liquid atomizer comprising:
- a liquid atomizing rotor rotatable about an axis and having a rotor liquid inlet and a rotor fluid outlet,
- said liquid atomizing rotor including liquid feeding atomizing means responsive to rotation of said rotor about said axis for feeding the liquid from said inlet and through said outlet as an atomized spray,
- said means including liquid flow surfaces providing at least a portion of the liquid flow path for said liquid from said inlet to said outlet,
- at least some of said flow surfaces being formed by a bent, fluted sheet member forming a closed figure surrounding said axis, and
- said sheet member including two generally symmetrically formed sheet portions, and doubler seams on diametrically opposite sides of said sheet portions for securing together opposite sides of said sheet portions for counterbalancing said rotor during rotor rotation about said axis.
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A liquid atomizer comprising:
- a liquid atomizing rotor rotatable about an axis and having a rotor liquid inlet and a rotor fluid outlet,
- said liquid atomizing rotor including liquid feeding atomizing means responsive to rotation of said rotor about said axis for feeding the liquid from said inlet and through said outlet as an atomized spray,
- said means including a liquid flow surface providing at least a portion of the liquid flow path for said liquid from said inlet to said outlet,
- at least some of said flow surfaces being formed by a bent, fluted sheet member, said fluted sheet member forming a closed figure surrounding said axis,
- an annular member secured to said bent sheet member at one of its end, and
- said rotor including a sleeve telescoped over the periphery of said fluted sheet member and abutting, at one end thereof, said annular member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.