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Device, system, and method for atomizer nozzle assembly with adjustable impingement

  • US 10,035,154 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2015
  • Issued: 07/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adjustable atomizer nozzle assembly, comprising:

  • a) an assembly body, which further comprises;

    an internal liquid tube; and

    a liquid heater;

    b) a first side nozzle component, comprising;

    a first compressed air tube;

    a first liquid tube; and

    a first atomizer nozzle, which further comprises a first nozzle outlet; and

    c) a second side nozzle component, comprising;

    a second compressed air tube;

    a second liquid tube; and

    a second atomizer nozzle, which further comprises a second nozzle outlet;

    wherein the first liquid tube is connected in a first end to the assembly body, and is rotationally connected in a second end, via a first horizontal rotational connection, to a rear of the first atomizer nozzle, such that the first atomizer nozzle is configured to rotate in a horizontal plane;

    wherein the first compressed air tube is flexibly connected between the assembly body and the first atomizer nozzle;

    in order to allow free rotation of the first horizontal rotational connection between the first atomizer nozzle and the first compressed air tube;

    wherein the first atomizer nozzle is configured to mix air in the first compressed air tube with a liquid in the first liquid tube, such that the air and liquid is emitted by the nozzle outlet in the form of a first aerosol stream in the direction of a first elongated axis;

    wherein the second liquid tube is connected in a first end to the assembly body, and is rotationally connected in a second end, via a second horizontal rotational connection, to a rear of the second atomizer nozzle, such that the second atomizer nozzle is configured to rotate in the horizontal plane;

    wherein the second compressed air tube is flexibly connected between the assembly body and the second atomizer nozzle;

    in order to allow free rotation of the second horizontal rotational connection between the second atomizer nozzle and the second compressed air tube;

    wherein the second atomizer nozzle is configured to mix air in the second compressed air tube with the liquid in the first liquid tube, such that the air and the liquid is emitted by the second nozzle outlet in the form of a second aerosol stream in the direction of a second elongated axis in the horizontal plane;

    wherein the first and second aerosol streams intersect at an impingement angle between the first elongated axis and the second elongated axis;

    wherein the impingement angle is configured to be adjustable by a configuration of a first rotational position of the first horizontal rotational connection and a configuration of a second rotational position of the second horizontal rotational connection;

    wherein the first and second liquid tubes are in fluid connection with the internal liquid tube;

    wherein the liquid heater is configured to heat the fluid in the internal liquid tube, before the fluid flows to the first and second atomizer nozzles;

    whereby the first and second aerosol streams intersect and combine to form a combined aerosol stream, and whereby adjustment of the impingement angle adjusts the average droplet size and distribution of the combined aerosol stream.

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