Patent ID: 7980491

Claim:
A nozzle for producing aerosolized spray comprising: a conical swirl chamber having a large end and a small end said large end having a diameter that is greater than the diameter of said small end: an inlet which opens into said swirl chamber where the inlet has a longitudinal axis and enters the swirl chamber at an angle, the angle which is measured from the longitudinal axis of said swirl chamber: a cylindrical exit orifice at, and collinear with, the small end of said swirl chamber, said exit orifice being defined by a circumference and a length and having a first end at one end of said length, which is proximal to said swirl chamber and a second end at the other end of said length which is the end distal to said swirl chamber: and a nozzle face attached to the exterior of said exit orifice wherein said nozzle face is defined by an inner circumference, an outer circumference, and a height and wherein said inner circumference aligns with and is equal to said exit orifice circumference wherein the angle measured from said inlet longitudinal axis to said swirl chamber axis is greater than 90 degrees.