Unilever Home and Personal Care Usa, Division of Conopco, Inc.

Susan Michelle Kutay

Guy Richard Thompson

Gregory Alan Erickson

Wamadeva Balachandran

Peng Miao

Richard Leslie Wright

A nozzle for a spray device comprising a mixing chamber () for a first fluid and a second fluid, said mixing chamber () having an exit orifice (), an inlet feed () from an inner tubular passage () suitable for carrying the first fluid, and an inlet feed (I) from an annular passage () surrounding the inner tubular passage () and suitable for carrying the second fluid, characterised in that the nozzle comprises a means for causing spiral flow around the inner tubular passage () of a fluid passing through the surrounding annular passage ().

Nozzle for a spray device

A domestic spray device comprising a liquid reservoir (), a continuous feed gas pump () with a control means () for activation thereof, and a means of transferring liquid () from the liquid reservoir () to a nozzle unit (), the nozzle unit () comprising a means of forming a film of liquid, a means of injecting bubbles of gas into said film of liquid, said gas being forced into the nozzle unit () by the continuous feed gas pump (), and a section of hardware defining an exit orifice () for the spray generated.

Domestic spray device

A personal product comprising a liquid cosmetic composition and a hand-held electrostatic spraying device suitable for applying the composition to the human body, said hand-held electrostatic spraying device comprising a slit nozzle having a maximum width of from 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm, means for containing the liquid cosmetic composition, means for supplying the liquid cosmetic composition to the nozzle, an electricity source, high voltage circuitry arranged so that, in use, liquid cosmetic composition sprayed in atomised form from the nozzle is electrically charged, and control means for selectively applying a high voltage.

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Wirral, United Kingdom

Susan Michelle Kutay