Spraying Systems Co.

Ted L Butterfield

Edward J O'Brien

Gary A Paulsen

Lyle J Emory

George E Bird

Daniel J Filicicchia

Stephen C Reif

Shikui Chen

Liquid is finely atomized and is ejected through apertures in a disc by virtue of high frequency vibration of the disc at controlled amplitudes. To insure an adequate supply of liquid to the disc while avoiding overflow and droplet leakage through the apertures, an injector meters supply liquid to the disc and simultaneously extracts excess liquid from the disc with a siphon action.

Liquid spray nozzle with liquid injector/extractor

A clamping arrangement for quickly and easily mounting a spray nozzle on a support boom in predetermined orientation without the necessity for handling of separate fasteners and without disassembly of the nozzle. The clamping arrangement includes a pair of clamping elements that each have first cooperating portions for positioning about opposed sides of the support boom and second cooperating portions for positioning about opposed sides of the nozzle, and at least one of the clamping elements carries a fastener that is engageable with the other clamping element for securing the elements in mounted position on the boom with the nozzle captively held therein. The nozzle and clamping elements cooperate to both angularly and vertically orient the nozzle in relatively precise predetermined relation to the boom as an incident to such mounting.

Spray nozzle boom mounting arrangement

An improved diaphragm-type antidrip valve including a valve body defining an annular valve chamber having a fluid inlet and an axial fluid outlet defined by a centrally located valve tube with a diaphragm element having its peripheral portion held in sealing engagement against the outer end of the valve chamber by an end cap and its front face disposed for sealing engagement with the open end of the valve tube, wherein the diaphragm is formed with a centrally located button projecting axially from its rear face and received and radially supported in a socket in a valve follower slidably mounted in the end cap and biased towards closed position by a compression spring and the end cap including an annular contoured ramp presenting a concave seat adjacent the effective outer periphery of the diaphragm for radially and axially supporting the diaphragm in its open position.

Diaphragm-type antidrip valve

Combined cap and spray tip for spray nozzle assembly

A fluid transfer system including a cap member having a first fluid transfer member therein and being removably mountable on a second fluid transfer member. Cooperating lugs and slots formed by the cap member and second member lock the two members together when the cap is placed on the second member and rotated relative thereto. A resilient annular gasket is disposed between the second member and cap member and surrounds the liquid passageway therethrough to prevent leakage. The second member and cap members form an annular space on one side of the outer peripheral portion of the gasket, and an annular bead presses against the other side of the outer peripheral portion of the gasket so that the bead bends that portion of the gasket into the annular space to effect a liquid-tight seal on both sides of the gasket. In the preferred embodiment, the locking lugs are formed on the second member which fits inside the cap member, and the locking slots formed by the cap member extend radially through the wall of the cap member so that the cooperating lugs on the body member are visible through the slots. The slots form cam surfaces which force the cap member tightly onto the second member, and locking notches adjacent the ends of the cam surfaces for holding the cap member in a predetermined locked position. The ends of the notches adjacent the cam surfaces are tapered in the direction of the cam surfaces so that the application of a turning torque to the cap is sufficient to disengage the locking notches from the lugs, thereby facilitating disassembly of the cap. In one embodiment, the fluid transfer system comprises a spray nozzle assembly in which the first fluid transfer member is a spray tip seated in the cap, and in alternate embodiments, pipe coupling assemblies are disclosed wherein the first and second fluid transfer members are pipe sections.

Quick disconnect fluid transfer system

This invention relates to a nozzle having a restriction in the form of an insert comprised of a pre-metering orifice in the nozzle that causes the emerging stream to flare out and impinge on the nozzle side walls and create turbulence to flood the nozzle and achieve a predetermined spray pattern. The premetering insert is formed to provide a non-uniform orifice length and is installed immediately ahead of the nozzle to reduce the velocity of the stream without disrupting the spraying performance of the nozzle and one or both parts are made from a plastic material such as nylon.

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Naperville, IL, United States of America

Ted L Butterfield