Patent Application
20200061640
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The disclosure relates to nozzle devices and more particularly pertains to a new nozzle device for directing fluid forwardly, perpendicularly, and rearwardly angled from a fire hose to enhance spray distribution from a single piece nozzle.
The prior art relates to spray nozzles.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cylindrical body having an open end, a spray end opposite the open end, and a cylinder portion extending between the open end and the spray end. A plurality of apertures extends through the cylindrical body to expel fluid from the nozzle in a roughly spherical dispersal while atomizing the fluid to enhance firefighting capability.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The open end 14 may include a flared outer surface 42 having grooves 44 to facilitate grasping and rotating the cylindrical body 12. Interior threads 48 extend from the open end 14. A circumferential stop 46 is adjacent to the interior threads 44.
The spray end 16 of the cylindrical body is hemi-spherical. Each of a plurality of end holes 26 extends through the spray end 16. The end holes 26 include a central hole 28 positioned at a center of the spray end 16. The end holes 26 also include a radial array of outer holes 30 which are angled to expel fluid from the spray end 16 outwardly and forwardly away from the open end 14 of the cylindrical body 12.
The cylindrical body 12 has a constant wall thickness extending from the flared outer surface 42 and uniform sizes for the apertures 18 and end holes 26. The cylindrical body may be integral with the spray end 16 or the spray end 16 may be coupled to the cylindrical body 12. As shown, the spray end 16 is integral to the cylindrical body 12 providing a unitary structure and smooth continuous interior surface. The size may be scaled up or down to produce a desired flow or fit a desired hose size.
In use, the fluid is pumped through the hose into the spray nozzle 10 through the open end 14. The fluid is expelled through the end holes 26 and apertures 18 producing a roughly spherical dispersal pattern and atomization of the fluid to enhance firefighting capability.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119(e) of U.S. Provisional application 62/720,574 filed Aug. 21, 2018.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62720574 | Aug 2018 | US |
