Patent ID: 6659369
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A sprayer apparatus comprising:a sprayer housing having a liquid conduit extending therethrough, the conduit having a length with opposite upstream and downstream ends and a liquid passage surrounded by an interior surface that extend through the conduit between the upstream and downstream ends, the liquid passage having a center axis; an orifice wall on the sprayer housing at the conduit downstream end, the orifice wall having an interior surface that opposes the conduit liquid passage; an orifice through the orifice wall that communicates the conduit liquid passage with an exterior environment of the sprayer housing; a plurality of slots in the orifice wall interior surface that are arranged around the orifice and radiate outwardly from the orifice, each of the slots having a center line that intersects a center axis of the orifice; a flow control member in the conduit liquid passage, the flow control member having an axial length with a head at one end that engages against the orifice wall interior surface, the flow control member head having a conical surface that engages against the orifice wall interior surface.