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US 7,114,667 B1Granted
Nozzle coupling
OwnerThomas A. Bontemsinventor
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Abstract
A nozzle coupling includes a connector having an attached nozzle and opposing ends. The connector is capable of receiving fluid and conducting it to the nozzle and the nozzle is capable of receiving fluid from the connector and spraying it outwardly therefrom. Facets of the connector extend longitudinally of the connector from one of the opposing ends to the other of the opposing ends, and each of the facets are capable of being borne against a surface to locate the nozzle.
Claims11
Apparatus comprising:
- a connector that bounds a channel that is capable of being coupled in fluid communication to a fluid source;
- the channel includes counterbores formed at opposing ends, each having a diameter and each capable of receiving a fluid conducting conduit, and an intermediate passage that communicates between the opposing counterbores, the intermediate passage having a diameter less than the diameter of the counterbores, wherein an insertion of each of the fluid conducting conduits into the counterbores is stopped by the intermediate passage;
- a nozzle attached to the connector in fluid communication with the channel at the intermediate passage to receive fluid from the channel and spray it outwardly from the channel;
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- an exterior facet of the connector that is capable of being borne against a surface to locate the nozzle.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a connector that bounds a channel that is capable of being coupled in fluid communication to a fluid source;
- the channel includes counterbores formed at opposing ends, each having a diameter and each capable of receiving a fluid conducting conduit, and an intermediate passage that communicates between the opposing counterbores, the intermediate passage having a diameter less than the diameter of the counterbores, wherein an insertion of each of the fluid conducting conduits into the counterbores is stopped by the intermediate passage;
- a nozzle attached to the connector in fluid communication with the channel at the intermediate passage to receive fluid from the channel and spray it outwardly from the channel;
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- an engagement assembly attaching the nozzle to the connector including an engagement element carried by one of the nozzle and the connector;
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- a detachably engaged complemental engagement element carried by the other of the nozzle and the connector.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a connector having opposing ends;
- a channel bound by the connector and capable of being coupled in fluid communication to a fluid source;
- the channel including counterbores formed at the opposing ends, each having a diameter and each capable of receiving a fluid conducting conduit, and an intermediate passage that communicates between the opposing counterbores, the intermediate passage having a diameter less than the diameter of the counterbores wherein an insertion of each of the fluid conducting conduits into the counterbores is stopped by the intermediate passage;
- a nozzle attached to the connector between the opposing ends in fluid communication with the channel at the intermediate passage to receive fluid from the channel and spray it outwardly from the channel;
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- adjacent exterior facets of the connector that extend longitudinally of the connector from one of the opposing ends to the other of the opposing ends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.