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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank J DeMaine, Endwell, NY (US);
Robert E Pelkie, Owego, NY (US);
Normand C Smith, Endicott, NY (US);
Reinhold E Tomek, Endwell, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-1 ; 239-4 ; 239102 ; 346 75 ; 3461 / ;
Abstract
Nozzle for creating perturbations in a pressurized liquid filament issuing from an orifice in the nozzle in which the perturbations are caused by varying the cross-section of the orifice to produce corresponding variations in the cross-section of the liquid filament and induce subsequent breakup of the filament into a succession of drops.