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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Daniel A. Vidusek, Hampshire, IL (US);
Emily Pope, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Daniel A. Vidusek, Hampshire, IL (US);
Emily Pope, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Spraying Systems Co., Wheaton, IL (US);
Abstract
A pressurized air-assisted liquid spray nozzle assembly having an air direction member that defines a central longitudinal airflow passage having an upstream end for coupling to a pressurized air supply and a plurality of cross-passages for directing a plurality of pressurized air streams radially outwardly, a liquid direction guide disposed in surrounding relation to the air direction member having a plurality of circumferentially spaced liquid passages extending transversely across the cross-passages for intersecting pressurized liquid and air streams and pre-atomizing the liquid, a downstream expansion chamber for receiving pre-atomized liquid, and discharge orifice communicating centrally with the expansion chamber for emitting a predetermined atomized liquid spray pattern.