Patent ID: 6892968

Claim:
A nozzle for use in working with a liquid that is saturated with a gas, the nozzle comprising: a body member having an interior chamber and closed lower and upper end portions; at least one fluid inlet formed in the lower end portion of said body member for supplying the liquid to said interior chamber; a glide tube, having an open interior portion and lower and upper end portions, positioned within the interior chamber of said body member adjacent said at least one fluid inlet; a boulet, having an exterior surface and lower and upper end portions, positioned within the interior portion of said glide tube adjacent the lower end portion of said glide tube; said boulet being positioned within the interior portion of said glide tube so that an open pressure drop zone is formed between the lower end portion of said boulet and the lower end portion of said glide tube; said pressure drop zone being in open operative fluid communication with said at least one fluid inlet; and at least one fluid outlet formed in the upper end portion of said body member for purging the liquid and the gas from the interior chamber of said body member.