Fluid spray device that utilizes a check valve

• US 20060278738A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bowles Fluidics Corporation (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bowles Fluidics Corporation (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Steerman, Daniel E.
• Application Number:
  US11/449,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20060278738A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 239/570
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/08 of pulsating nature, e.g. delivering liquid in successive separate quantities ; Fluidic oscillators
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/3006 the controlling element being actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed B05B11/0062 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/52 Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading meansnozzles per se B05B

Abstract

An improved fluid spray assembly of the type having a primary housing, which has an exterior surface with front and rear faces and an opening in the front face that exposes a cavity in the housing, and a check valve, which has an exterior surface with upstream and downstream faces, further includes (a) a secondary housing which has an exterior surface with front and rear faces and a fluid flow passage that extends between the secondary housing'"'"'s faces, and wherein: (b) the primary housing'"'"'s cavity has a boundary surface which includes a rear portion with a port and a intermediate portion that extends between said cavity opening and said rear portion, (c) the housing exterior surface rear face has an inlet which is connected to the cavity'"'"'s port by a connecting flow passage, and (d) the primary housing cavity'"'"'s intermediate boundary surface is configured so as to accommodate the placement through the primary housing opening and the holding in place of both the check valve and the secondary housing.

Claims

1. A fluid spray assembly comprising:

a primary housing having an exterior surface with front and rear faces and an opening in said front face that exposes a cavity in said housing,

said cavity having a boundary surface that extends into said housing,

said cavity boundary surface including a rear portion and a intermediate portion that extends between said cavity opening and said rear portion,

said cavity boundary surface rear portion having a port,

said housing exterior surface rear face having an inlet,

said housing further having a flow passage that connects said inlet and said port,

a secondary housing having an exterior surface with front and rear faces and a fluid flow passage that extends between said secondary housing faces,

a check valve having an exterior surface that includes upstream and downstream faces,

wherein said primary housing cavity intermediate boundary surface configured so as to accommodate the placement through said primary housing opening of said check valve into said cavity so that the upstream face of said valve is proximate said cavity rear portion, and

wherein said primary housing cavity intermediate boundary surface further configured so as to accommodate the placement through said primary housing opening and the holding of said secondary housing in said cavity so that the downstream face of said check valve is proximate said secondary housing rear face.

2. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a fluidic insert having an exterior surface with an upstream face and a downstream face, and

wherein a portion of said secondary housing flow passage that is proximate said secondary housing rear face being configured to allow for the insertion of said fluidic insert into said secondary housing flow passage.

3. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein:

a portion of said secondary housing flow passage being configured to provide a spray pattern from said assembly that is chosen from the group of spray patterns denoted herein as shear, oscillating or round jet.

4. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein:

said check valve including a piston having a front and a rear end and a spring having a front and a rear end, and

wherein said check valve upstream face is said piston rear end and said check valve downstream face is said spring front end.

5. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 2, wherein:

said check valve including a piston having a front and a rear end and a spring having a front and a rear end, and

wherein said check valve upstream face is said piston rear end and said check valve downstream dace is said spring front end.

6. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 3, wherein:

said check valve including a piston having a front and a rear end and a spring having a front and a rear end, and

wherein said check valve upstream face is said piston rear end and said check valve downstream face is said spring front end.

7. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 1, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

8. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 2, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

9. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 3, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

10. The fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 4, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

12. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 10, further comprising the step of:

fabricating a fluidic insert having an exterior surface with an upstream face and a downstream face, and

wherein a portion of said secondary housing flow passage that is proximate said secondary housing rear face being configured to allow for the insertion of said fluidic insert into said secondary housing flow passage.

13. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein:

a portion of said secondary housing flow passage being configured to provide a spray pattern from said assembly that is chosen from the group of spray patterns denoted herein as shear, oscillating or round jet.

14. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein:

said check valve including a piston having a front and a rear end and a spring having a front and a rear end, and

wherein said check valve upstream face is said piston rear end and said check valve downstream face is said spring front end.

15. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 12, wherein:

said check valve including a piston having a front and a rear end and a spring having a front and a rear end, and

wherein said check valve upstream face is said piston rear end and said check valve downstream dace is said spring front end.

16. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 13, wherein:

said check valve including a piston having a front and a rear end and a spring having a front and a rear end, and

wherein said check valve upstream face is said piston rear end and said check valve downstream face is said spring front end.

17. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 10, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

18. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 12, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

19. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 13, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

20. The method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly as recited in claim 14, wherein:

said secondary housing exterior surface having a portion that is spherical shaped so as to provide adjustability for the orientation of said spray from said assembly.

11. A method for fabricating a fluid spray assembly, said method comprising the steps of:

fabricating a primary housing having an exterior surface with front and rear faces and an opening in said front face that exposes a cavity in said housing,

said cavity having a boundary surface that extends into said housing,

said cavity boundary surface including a rear portion and a intermediate portion that extends between said cavity opening and said rear portion,

said cavity boundary surface rear portion having a port,

said housing exterior surface rear face having an inlet,

said housing further having a flow passage that connects said inlet and said port,

fabricating a secondary housing having an exterior surface with front and rear faces and a fluid flow passage that extends between said secondary housing faces,

fabricating a check valve having an exterior surface that includes upstream and downstream faces,

wherein said primary housing cavity intermediate boundary surface configured so as to accommodate the placement through said primary housing opening of said check valve into said cavity so that the upstream face of said valve is proximate said cavity rear portion, and

wherein said primary housing cavity intermediate boundary surface further configured so as to accommodate the placement through said primary housing opening and the holding of said secondary housing in said cavity so that the downstream face of said check valve is proximate said secondary housing rear face.