Patent ID: 6869031

Claim:
Apparatus for atomizing a liquid with a gas comprising: a) a housing having a gas discharging outlet and a liquid discharging outlet aligned flush with each other; b) a first nozzle in said housing for producing at said gas discharging outlet and along a predetermined axis a mixed gas stream that is the combination of a gas stream that has a swirling movement around said predetermined axis, a first gas stream moving straight in the direction of said axis in the inner portion of said swirling stream and a second gas stream also moving straight in the direction of said axis and wrapping around said swirling stream and said first gas stream; c) a second nozzle disposed in said first nozzle for producing at said liquid discharging outlet a controlled stream of liquid; and d) a gas stream divider disposed in said first nozzle and outside of said second nozzle, said gas stream divider maintaining the concentricity of said mixed gas stream and said controlled liquid stream.