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US 5,312,048 AGranted
Regulating nozzle with adjustable effective area baffle
AssigneeTask Force Tips, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Steingass, Stewart G. McMillan
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AssigneeTask Force Tips, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Steingass, Stewart G. McMillan
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A nozzle including a tubular nozzle body forming a centrally located liquid flow path, the body having an inlet end and an outlet end. Mounted centrally in the body within the flow path is a pressure-regulating mechanism including an axially located dual-pressure baffle. The baffle is located at the outlet end and forms a nozzle gap with a throat surface of the body. During operation, a spring biases the baffle to close the gap and the liquid pressure on the baffle operates to open the gap. Adjustably mounted on the baffle is a shield which is movable relative to the baffle between a normal pressure position and a low pressure position. In the normal pressure position, the shield forms a gap size appropriate for a normal supply pressure. In the low pressure position, the shield forms a gap having an increased size appropriate for a supply pressure which is substantially less than the normal supply pressure. In addition to changing the gap size, adjustment of the shield also changes the effective area over which the water pressure acts on the baffle. Apparatus is provided for increasing the effective baffle area during operation in the low pressure position, whereby the water pressure further increases the size of the gap.
A nozzle for a stream of liquid, said nozzle comprising a tubular body having an inlet end operable to be attached to a liquid supply hose, the liquid having a supply pressure, said body further having an outlet end and a flow passage therethrough from said inlet end to said outlet end, and a pressure regulating mechanism mounted in said body in said flow passage and at said outlet end, said mechanism comprising a baffle mounted for movement on said body and in said flow stream and separated from said body by a gap, biasing means connected between said body and said baffle and acting to reduce the size of said gap, first adjustable means on one of said body and said baffle for changing the size of said gap, said baffle having an effective area on which said liquid pressure acts to vary size of said gap, and second adjustable means on said baffle for changing the size of said effective area.
A nozzle for a stream of liquid, said nozzle comprising a tubular body having an inlet end operable to be attached to a liquid supply hose, the liquid having a supply pressure, said body further having an outlet end and a flow passage therethrough from said inlet end to said outlet end, and a pressure regulating mechanism mounted in said body in said flow passage and at said outlet end, said mechanism comprising a baffle mounted for movement on said body and in said flow stream and separated from said body by a gap, biasing means connected between said body and said baffle and acting to reduce the size of said gap, said baffle having an effective area on which said liquid pressure acts to vary the size of said gap, and adjustable means for changing the size of said effective area.
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