Patent ID: 7090155

Claim:
A spray nozzle for attachment to a supply of pressurized liquid comprising a body having an orifice communicating with a supply of pressurized liquid, a nozzle attached to said body and receiving pressurized liquid therefrom, said nozzle including a pair of longitudinally extending, transversely spaced side wails interconnected by a top wall and open at the bottom to define an inverted U-shaped cross-sectional configuration, said side walls including inner wall surfaces that are substantially vertical, said side walls converging longitudinally from said body to a discharge end of said nozzle, a diffuser blade depending from said top wall oriented in spaced parallel relation to said side walls at a discharge end of said nozzle to define a pair of passageways for discharge of liquid in the form of droplets into a spray pattern, and a thin plate forming a closure for a major portion of the open bottom between said side walls, said plate including an air inlet below said orifice in said body, said plate having an outer end terminating in closely spaced relation to said diffuser blade.