Patent ID: 7950346
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B05B,B05C,B05D

Abstract:
1. A nozzle for dispensing a controlled pattern of liquid material onto a strand moving along a line in a machine direction, comprising: a nozzle body including a first side including a flat surface configured for mounting to a flat interface of a valve module, and a second side; a liquid supply port and a process air supply port in said nozzle body; a liquid discharge passage connected in fluid communication with said liquid supply port and including a liquid discharge outlet on said second side of said nozzle body, said liquid discharge passage extending along an axis that extends through said liquid discharge outlet and is oriented at an acute angle relative to a plane parallel to said flat surface so as to form an acute angle with the machine direction when the nozzle is discharging liquid onto the strand in the machine direction; and a plurality of process air discharge passages connected in fluid communication with said process air supply port, a plurality of process air discharge outlets associated with said liquid discharge outlet on said second side of said nozzle body and said plurality of process air discharge passages connected in fluid communication with said plurality of process air discharge outlets.