Patent ID: 6811095
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B05B,B05C

Abstract:
A fluid dispensing nozzle assembly for dispensing high-temperature fluids, comprising:a fluid dispensing nozzle adapter to which a fluid, to be dispensed, is supplied; a fluid dispensing nozzle member, disposed within said fluid dispensing nozzle adaptor, having a fluid dispensing discharge port defined within a tip portion of said fluid dispensing nozzle member; a nozzle retainer fixedly connected to said fluid dispensing nozzle adaptor and engaged with said fluid dispensing nozzle member so as to fixedly mount said fluid dispensing nozzle member within said fluid dispensing nozzle adaptor; an end cap comprising a substantially disk-shaped member fabricated from a thermoplastic material so as not to be heated to elevated temperatures characteristic of the high-temperature fluids being dispensed through said tip portion of said fluid dispensing nozzle member; a front face defined upon an axially downstream portion of said substantially disk-shaped member as considered in the direction in which fluid is being dispensed; means mounted upon said substantially disk-shaped member for fixedly securing said substantially disk-shaped member to said nozzle retainer; air passages defined within said substantially disk-shaped member; and a substantially axially central portion of said substantially disk-shaped member, having an aperture defined therethrough through which said tip portion of said nozzle member can project so as to dispense a fluid, axially recessed rearwardly from said front face of said substantially disk-shaped member such that when said tip portion of said nozzle member projects through said aperture, said tip portion of said nozzle member is recessed from said front face of said substantially disk-shaped member so as to protect operator personnel from being exposed to said high-temperature nozzle member; p1 an air fitting ring member rotatably mounted upon said nozzle retainer; and p1 an air fitting fluidically connected to said air fitting ring member for supplying air to said air passages defined within said substantially disk-shaped member.