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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Mel Steven Lessley, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Edward W. Bolyard, Jr., Old Hickory, TN (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A laminated nozzle assembly is provided. The laminated nozzle includes a first end plate having a first fluid inlet and a second fluid inlet, a second end plate, a plurality of nozzle plates positioned and clamped between the first end plate and the second end plate, a first fluid conduit in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet formed in one or more of the nozzle plates, a second fluid conduit in fluid communication with the second fluid inlet formed in one or more of the nozzle plates, a first orifice in fluid communication with the first fluid conduit formed in one of the nozzle plates, and a second orifice in fluid communication with the second fluid conduit formed in the same nozzle plate as the first orifice. The laminated nozzle assembly minimizes the number of nozzle plates and includes no more than eight, and preferably no more than five nozzle plates.