EP0604741A3 - Swirl nozzle for spraying a liquid. - Google Patents

Swirl nozzle for spraying a liquid. Download PDF

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EP0604741A3
EP0604741A3 EP19930118034 EP93118034A EP0604741A3 EP 0604741 A3 EP0604741 A3 EP 0604741A3 EP 19930118034 EP19930118034 EP 19930118034 EP 93118034 A EP93118034 A EP 93118034A EP 0604741 A3 EP0604741 A3 EP 0604741A3
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swirl nozzle
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Zoltan Farago
Tom Schork
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Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft und Raumfahrt eV
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet
    • B05B1/3478—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet the liquid flowing at least two different courses before reaching the swirl chamber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • B05B1/3405—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl
    • B05B1/341—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet
    • B05B1/3421—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber
    • B05B1/3431—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves
    • B05B1/3442—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl to produce swirl before discharging the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. in a swirl chamber upstream the spray outlet with channels emerging substantially tangentially in the swirl chamber the channels being formed at the interface of cooperating elements, e.g. by means of grooves the interface being a cone having the same axis as the outlet
EP93118034A 1987-12-11 1988-12-09 Swirl nozzle for spraying a liquid Expired - Lifetime EP0604741B1 (en)

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DE3742015 1987-12-11
DE3742015 1987-12-11
EP89900234A EP0346417B1 (en) 1987-12-11 1988-12-09 Whirl nozzle for atomizing a liquid

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EP89900234A Division EP0346417B1 (en) 1987-12-11 1988-12-09 Whirl nozzle for atomizing a liquid
EP89900234.9 Division 1988-12-09

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EP0604741A2 EP0604741A2 (en) 1994-07-06
EP0604741A3 true EP0604741A3 (en) 1994-11-30
EP0604741B1 EP0604741B1 (en) 1998-05-13

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EP (2) EP0604741B1 (en)
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WO (1) WO1989005195A1 (en)

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DE3856185D1 (en) 1998-06-18
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EP0604741A2 (en) 1994-07-06
EP0604741B1 (en) 1998-05-13
EP0346417A1 (en) 1989-12-20
US5067655A (en) 1991-11-26

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