Means for atomizing liquids, particularly for lubricating sheet metal during rolling

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A SPRAY OF ATOMISED LIQUID, SUCH AS HEATED PALM OIL, COMPRISING AN INNER TUBE, AN OIL INJECTION NOZZLE DISPOSED WITHIN ONE END OF SAID INNER TUBE, SPRAY DELIVERY MEANS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID INNER TUBE, AN INTERMEDIATE TUBE SURROUNDING THE INNER TUBE BUT SPACED THEREFROM TO FORM AN INTERMEDIATE ANNULAR HEATING JACKET, MEANS FOR PASSING HEATING FLUID ALONG SAID HEATING JACKET, AN OUTER TUBE SURROUNDING THE INTERMEDIATE TUBE BUT SPACED THEREFROM TO FORM AN OUTER ANNULAR CHAMBER, WHICH IS OF SMALL RADIAL THICKNESS AND IS SHORTER IN AXIAL LENGTH THAN THE HEATING JACKET, SAID OUTER ANNULAR CHAMBER BEING CARRIED WHOLLY UPON THE OUTSIDE OF THE INTERMEDIATE TUBE, MEANS FOR FEEDING COMPRESSED AIR INTO THE OUTER ANNULAR CHAMBER AT THAT END THEREOF ADJACENT THE DELIVERY END OF THE INNER TUBE, TRANSFER CONDUIT MEANS FORMING A CONNECTION FOR COMPRESSED AIR EXTENDING INWARDS FROM THE OUTER ANNULAR CHAMBER, A MULTIPLE NOZZLE DEVICE WHICH IS DISPOSED IN THE BORE OF THE INNER TUBE ADJACENT THE INLET END THEREOF, AND WHICH COMPRISE A WALL CLOSING THE BORE OF SAID TUBE, A PLURALITY OF AIR NOZZLE TUBES MOUNTED IN THE WALL AND DIRECTED TOWARDS THE DELIVERY END OF SAID INNER TUBE, SAID AIR NOZZLE TUBES BEING OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS AND HAVING THEIR DELIVERY ENDS DISPOSED AT POSITIONS SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE INNER TUBE AND BEING FED WITH HEATED AIR FROM THE TRANSFER CONDUIT MEANS AND DELIVERING IT AT SPACED POINTS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE INNER TUBE, AND FINS ANCHORED TO THE OUTSED OF THE INTERMEDIATE TUBE AND EXTENDING OUTWARDS WITHIN THE OUTER ANNULAR CHAMBER TO INCREASE THE TRANSMISSION OF HEAT TO THE COMPRESSED AIR BEFORE IT REACHES THE TRANSFER CONDUIT MEANS.