Patent ID: 6283385
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a housing having first and second inlets and a first outlet;the first inlet supplying a first fluid to the apparatus;the second inlet supplying a second fluid to the apparatus; andthe housing defining a passage in fluid communication with the first and second inlets and the first outlet, the passage including an upstream portion and a downstream portion, the second inlet being in communication with the downstream portion, said upstream portion intersecting said downstream portion such that the longitudinal axis of said downstream portion is at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of said upstream portion, said downstream portion having a substantially uniform cross-sectional area adjacent said second inlet and the downstream portion having substantially the same cross-sectional area as the upstream portion so that second fluid is siphoned into the downstream portion and mixed with first fluid supplied through the upstream portion to provide a fluid mixture, the fluid mixture being conveyed in the downstream portion to the first outlet.