Patent ID: 7552881

Claim:
Solid cone spray nozzle, for atomizing low viscosity liquids for cooling purposes in billet or bloom continuous casting installations, comprising: a mouthpiece with an outlet chamber and an outlet opening emanating from said outlet chamber, said outlet opening having a smaller cross-section than the said outlet chamber, wherein an inlet opening in said outlet chamber has a smaller cross-section than said outlet chamber and downstream of the inlet opening in said outlet chamber is provided a web-like preatomizer element in the form of a crossbar impacted by a small portion of a fluid jet entering said outlet chamber, the remainder of the fluid jet passing by the crossbar undiverted, wherein said crossbar laterally divides a cross section of said outlet chamber at a height of said crossbar into two halves defined on either side of a longitudinal axis of said outlet chamber, the inlet opening is provided in a panel inserted in a mouthpiece housing, the web-like preatomizer element is provided on a stirrup inserted in the mouthpiece housing, and the panel and stirrup are provided on an integral insert.