Patent ID: 7332007

Claim:
Dusting device for use behind or on dust-generating machines and/or facilities in underground mine and tunnel construction with a dusting device housing, which has as a separation element a demister provided with moistening nozzles and a drip catcher and to which a ventilator with drive arranged in the input side/output side region is allocated, wherein a plurality of said moistening nozzles are positioned in front of the demister in the air flow direction and are constructed as a plurality of multiple stream nozzles, wherein multiple streams of each multiple stream nozzle are produced by a plurality of individual nozzles, each individual nozzle having a discharge bore hole, wherein the multiple stream nozzles and the individual nozzles of the multiple stream nozzles are arranged to produce a common sprinkling pattern, so that they produce an evenly distributed screen of fine liquid mist over an entire cross-sectional area of the dusting device housing to effectively remove dust particles from the air flow, and wherein the ventilator is positioned in the clean gas stream behind the demister and drip catcher.