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US 9,433,950 B2Granted
Water nozzle with a notched deflector
AssigneeBeleggingsmaatschappij Noventu B. V.
InventorOrestes Chamorro Canet
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Abstract
A water nozzle includes an outer cylindrical body and a laminator cylinder, axially movable over an exterior of the cylindrical body. A notched deflector is axially positioned inside the cylindrical body, the deflector being provided with a series of notches peripherally positioned over a lateral cylindrical face of a head of the deflector.
Claims15
A fluid nozzle having an axis and axially spaced discharge and second ends, the fluid nozzle comprising:
- a laminator cylinder having a radially inwardly facing annular surface extending around the axis and a first axially facing surface at a first axial end of the laminator cylinder;
- an inner cylinder extending around a fluid flow space and having an axially facing second surface at one axial end of the inner cylinder;
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- a deflector having a head at the one axial end of the inner cylinder,
- the deflector head having:
- (a) a third surface facing axially oppositely to the first and second axially facing surfaces;
- and (b) a cylindrical surface facing radially outwardly with a series of notches in the cylindrical surface at locations spaced around the axis,
- the laminator cylinder, inner cylinder, and deflector configured to be placed in a plurality of different relative positions by changing relative axial positions of the (a) laminator cylinder, and (b) the inner cylinder and deflector to place the fluid nozzle selectively in at least first and second different states,
- with the fluid nozzle in the first state, the laminator cylinder and inner cylinder and deflector are in a first axial relationship and configured so that the fluid from a supply delivered to the fluid nozzle at the second end moves in a path:
- (a) in one axial direction through the fluid flow space;
- (b) radially between the second and third axially facing surfaces to against the radially inwardly facing annular surface on the laminator cylinder;
- and (c) in the one axial direction between the radially inwardly facing annular surface on the laminator cylinder and the cylindrical surface on the head and through the notches for expulsion in a first pattern at the discharge end of the fluid nozzle,
- with the fluid nozzle in the second state, the laminator cylinder and inner cylinder and deflector are in a second axial relationship that is different than the first axial relationship which causes expelled fluid to be in a second pattern that is different than the first pattern,
- wherein each of the notches has a central axis that is aligned with the fluid nozzle axis,
- wherein the laminator cylinder has an annular edge where the radially inwardly facing annular surface and first axially facing surface meet and with the fluid nozzle in the first and second different states the notches are in different axial relationships with the annular edge,
- wherein one of the second and third surfaces is at an angle to a plane orthogonal to the axis.
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A fluid nozzle having an axis and axially spaced discharge and second ends, the fluid nozzle comprising:
- a laminator cylinder having a radially inwardly facing annular surface extending around the axis and a first axially facing surface at a first axial end of the laminator cylinder;
- an inner cylinder extending around a fluid flow space;
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- a deflector having a head at one axial end of the inner cylinder,
- the deflector head having a cylindrical surface facing radially outwardly with a series of notches in the cylindrical surface at locations spaced around the axis,
- the cylindrical surface at all times spaced from the radially inwardly facing annular surface on the laminator,
- the laminator cylinder, inner cylinder, and deflector configured to be placed in a plurality of different relative positions by changing relative axial positions of the (a) laminator cylinder, and (b) the inner cylinder and deflector to place the fluid nozzle selectively in at least first and second different states,
- with the fluid nozzle in the first state, the laminator cylinder and inner cylinder and deflector are in a first axial relationship and configured so that the fluid from a supply delivered to the fluid nozzle at the second end moves in a path:
- (a) in one axial direction through the fluid flow space;
- (b) radially along a surface on one of the inner cylinder and deflector that is at an angle to a plane orthogonal to the axis to against the radially inwardly facing annular surface on the laminator cylinder;
- and (c) in the one axial direction in the space between the radially inwardly facing annular surface on the laminator cylinder and the cylindrical surface on the head and through the notches for expulsion in a first pattern at the discharge end of the fluid nozzle,
- with the fluid nozzle in the second state, the laminator cylinder and inner cylinder and deflector are in a second axial relationship that is different than the first axial relationship which causes expelled fluid to be in a second pattern that is different than the first pattern,
- the notches and the laminator cylinder being in different relative axial positions with the fluid nozzle in the first and second different states,
- wherein each of the notches has a central axis that is aligned with the fluid nozzle axis.
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