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US 5,848,753 AGranted
Waterjet orifice assembly
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorsDavid C. Wands, John L. Scott
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Abstract
A waterjet orifice assembly is provided with a retaining hat which assembles over a head portion of a nozzle mount to capture a nozzle jewel between the mount and retaining hat so that when assembled in a nozzle assembly between a nozzle tube and a capture nut the nozzle jewel becomes securely held and centrally aligned within the assembly.
Claims5
A waterjet orifice assembly comprising:
- a mounting base having a through bore and a cylindrical head concentric with and intersecting said through bore;
- said cylindrical head being further provided with a counter bore of accurately defined depth;
- an orifice jewel having a depth slightly greater than the depth of the accurately defined counter bore depth inserted in said counter bore;
- a concentrically deployed retainer having a retainer bore for receiving and slidingly engaging a defined portion of said cylindrical head therein by an interference fit;
- means on said retainer for retaining said orifice jewel in said counter bore;
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- stop means on said retainer for positioning said orifice jewel at a predetermined position within a waterjet nozzle assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.