Patent ID: 9731303
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B05B

Claim:
1. An oscillating nozzle, comprising: a housing defining a fluid inlet and an outlet aperture, the housing defining a motor section and a nozzle section; a progressing cavity motor positioned within the motor section, the progressing cavity motor comprising a rotor member positioned within a stator member, the rotor member including at least one rotor lobe and the stator member including at least two stator cavities; and a spray nozzle mounted within the nozzle section, the spray nozzle including a nozzle body having a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet, a bearing member operably coupling a rotor outlet on the rotor member to the nozzle body; wherein the nozzle housing defines a bearing seat; and the bearing member defines a bearing tip and a spherical bearing, the bearing tip operably positioned within the rotor outlet and the spherical bearing mounted within the bearing seat; wherein the rotor member is fluidly interconnected to the fluid inlet such that a pressurized fluid causes the rotor member to oscillate within the stator member; and the spray nozzle is operably coupled to the rotor member such that oscillation of the rotor member causes the nozzle body to oscillate such that a nozzle spray dispensed from the outlet aperture shares an oscillation pattern of the rotor member.