Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Slinger or splasher; or deflector rotated relative to effluent – With addition of other fluid downstream of distributor
Patent
1986-09-08
1989-01-03
Butler, Douglas C.
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Slinger or splasher; or deflector rotated relative to effluent
With addition of other fluid downstream of distributor
239224, 239290, B05B 302, B05B 310, B05B 128
Patent
active
047950951
ABSTRACT:
A rotary atomizer includes a generally circular integrated fan/cone assembly coupled to an hydraulic motor to effect the rotation thereof. The hydraulic motor is positioned upon and extends through a generally circular fixed shroud which is downwardly divergent and includes a center hub with air intake apertures. The integrated fan/cone assembly is positioned immediately below and within the shroud and further includes a disc-shaped base on the upper surface of which are disposed a plurality of spaced curvilinear blades and within the center portion thereof is located a truncated cone having an upper center hub and a plurality of spaced radial grooves around the lower inner surface thereof. Each of the grooves is defined by a pair of spaced, tapered ribs each of which, in turn, terminates in a respective generally rectangular tooth which extends downward from and beyond the lower lip of the cone. Fluid is introduced onto the upper center hub of the cone and flows downward through apertures therein onto an upper, inner smooth portion of the cone and then into the spaced radial grooves therein to exit the cone via the teeth on the lower peripheral edge thereof. The fluid is thus formed into small uniform droplets in a relatively turbulence-free zone with the thus formed droplets then directed outwardly into the radial airflow generated above the cone by the curvilinear fan blades for dispersal of the droplets in a generally circular pattern.
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Butler Douglas C.
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