Patent ID: 7198332

Claim:
A device for producing a gas-liquid mixture in the vicinity of cutting tools arranged on at least one cutter head ( 10 ) or cutter drum rotationally mounted on a cutter arm ( 5 ) of a cutting machine ( 1 ), comprising at least one nozzle pair comprised of a nozzle ( 14 ) for ejecting a gas jet and a nozzle ( 13 ) for ejecting a liquid jet, axes ( 17 , 18 ) of the nozzles ( 13 , 14 ) of a nozzle pair being oriented in a manner that the jets impinge on each other at a distance from outlet openings of said nozzles ( 13 , 14 ), wherein the axes ( 17 , 18 ) of the nozzles ( 13 , 14 ) of a nozzle pair form an angle with each other of between 45° and 135°, a crossing point of the axes ( 17 , 18 ) of the nozzles ( 13 , 14 ) of a nozzle pair is located at a distance of less than 100 mm from the outlet opening of the gas nozzle ( 14 ), and outlet angles of liquid nozzles ( 13 ) amount to between 5° and 10°.