Spray nozzle fluid distribution system

A method of distributing a fluid stream comprising the steps of:

• forming a relatively flat, uniform, stable first plane of fluid, intersecting said first fluid plane with a separate second fluid plane, thereby causing a generally uniform dispersion of fluid underneath said intersecting first and second fluid planes;
• and
• further intersecting said first fluid plane with a plurality of separate fluid planes such that said first fluid plane undergoes a plurality of intersections prior to said first fluid plane reaching the surface to which said fluid stream is being distributed.

A fluid distribution system comprising a plurality of fluid distribution nozzles, each nozzle consisting of a main body and a fluid stream deflector, said main body having a longitudinal axis and a wall with a wall thickness, said wall defining a generally cylindrical axial throughbore, and said fluid stream deflector comprising a top member and a bottom member, each of said top and bottom members having a top and bottom face, said top face having a plurality of sloping sides which form a centrally located vertex, said vertex centered and supported in a vertically spaced relation underneath said axial throughbore of said main body, said bottom member top face having a plurality of sides in the shape of a frustrum of an obtuse angle pyramid with said top member of said deflector centered on said top side of said bottom member,

• said nozzles arranged in a spaced horizontal relation from each other and above a surface over which fluid is to be distributed,
• each nozzle being operable to produce at least one uniform, flat plane of fluid, each of said fluid planes intersecting with an adjacent nozzle fluid plane to create a dispersion of fluid underneath said intersecting fluid planes, each of said fluid planes intersecting the fluid planes of adjacent nozzles a plurality of times prior to said fluid planes reaching said surface to which said fluid is to be distributed.