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US 8,408,253 B2Granted
Nozzle
AssigneeMurata Machinery, Ltd.
InventorsNaruto Adachi, Kaname Takai
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Abstract
A nozzle that can introduce gas into containers placed at a predetermined interval. The nozzle introduces gas into the container without contacting the container, and includes a main opening where the gas at a first flow rate is discharged and a sub-opening where the gas at a second flow rate is discharged in a same direction as the direction of the gas discharged from the main opening.
Claims5
A purge apparatus comprising:
- a container to be purged, the container being adapted to store an object therein;
- and
- a nozzle which introduces gas into the container without contacting the container, wherein the nozzle includes:
- a main opening where the gas at a first flow rate is discharged;
- and
- a sub-opening which has a collar-shape surrounding said main opening, and where the gas at a second flow rate is discharged in a same direction as a direction of the gas discharged from said main opening, and
- the container includes a guide which guides the gas discharged from said sub-opening in a direction of the gas discharged from said main opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.