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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1990
Wayne E Verley, Monmouth, OR (US);
Timothy S Hostetler, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles R Blakely, Corvallis, OR (US);
Charles C Haluzak, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for abrasive jet machining. A special spray nozzle unit is provided which is mounted within a cavity in a retaining block. Each nozzle unit is preferably made of multiple components secured together within the cavity. Also, such unit includes at least two passageways therethrough. In a preferred embodiment, the unit is divided into two heads, each head being substantially triangular with a flattened apex. The retaining block has at least one port therethrough which communicates with the passageways in the heads. A flow of particulate materials into the block passes through the passageways in the heads, simultaneously producing multiple particulate streams. The multiple streams may then be directed toward a substrate in order to simultaneously produce a plurality of openings through the substrate.