Patent ID: 9085003
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A flat jet fluid nozzle, comprising: a lower nozzle plate including a lower impingement surface formed therein, at least one fluid intake port disposed at an inner end of the lower impingement surface and a lower orifice edge disposed along an outer end of the lower impingement surface; an upper nozzle plate including an upper impingement surface formed therein and an upper orifice edge disposed along an outer end of the upper impingement surface; the lower nozzle plate disposed against the upper nozzle plate, such that the lower and upper impingement surfaces are opposed toward one another, thereby forming a fluid channel between the lower and upper impingement surfaces, the fluid channel configured to direct pressurized fluid from the at least one fluid intake port to a slotted orifice, the slotted orifice formed between the opposed lower and upper orifice edges; and the lower and upper impingement surfaces each further comprises a plurality of sculpted radial flutes formed within the lower and upper impingement surfaces, each flute originating from a central axis, the central axis passing through a center of the lower and the upper nozzle plates, and each flute extending away from the central axis along its respective impingement surface to its respective orifice edge at the slotted orifice.