Patent ID: 7063274
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A nozzle assembly for discharging a fluid for cleaning containers, comprising: a rotatable nozzle housing having a cylindrical chamber, a first fluid drive for applying a first torque on the nozzle housing and thereby rotating the nozzle housing, said nozzle housing being formed with a braking fluid discharge opening having an orientation that opens outwardly of the said cylindrical housing chamber in the direction of rotation of the nozzle housing for directing liquid outwardly of said housing to retard the rotation of said nozzle housing as an incident to the direction of pressurized fluid through said nozzle housing, and said nozzle housing being formed with at least one spray discharge orifice of a first form that opens outwardly of said cylindrical housing chamber with an orientation different from said breaking fluid discharge opening substantially in a radial direction for discharging a predetermined fluid spray from said rotatable housing in a radial direction as an incident to the direction of pressurized fluid through said housing and rotation of said housing, and said nozzle housing being formed with a braking fluid discharge opening having an axis that does not intersect the axis of rotation of the nozzle housing and which is oriented such that the braking fluid discharge opening opens outwardly of the said cylinderical housing chamber in the direction of circumferential rotation of the nozzle housing for directing liquid outwardly of said housing to retard the rotation of said nozzle housing as an incident to the direction of pressurized fluid through said nozzle housing.