Fuel nozzle

Claim 1

IN A LIQUID ATOMIZING NOZZLE A CYLINDRICAL ADAPTOR HAVING TWO DIAMETRICALLY ARRANGED OPENINGS WITH MEANS FOR COUPLING TO A SOURCE OF PRESSURIZED LIQUID AND A SOURCE OF PRESSURIZED GAS RESPECTIVELY, AND WITH PARALLEL PASSAGES EXTENDING AXIALLY THEREFROM, METERING MEANS FOR SAID LIQUID COMPRISING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL MEMBER FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON THE ADAPTOR, EXTENDING COAXIALLY THEREFROM AND INTERIORLY CONNECTED TO SAID PASSAGE FOR PRESSURIZED LIQUID, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING A FUEL SWIRL CHAMBER FORMED IN ITS PROJECTING END, A METERING TIP MEMBER FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON THE PROJECTING END OF THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING A GAS SWIRL CHAMBER FORMED IN ITS PROJECTING END, SAID TIP MEMBER AND CYLINDRICAL MEMBER HAVING COOPERATING MEANS FOR CONDUCTING LIQUID FROM THE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER INTO SAID LIQUID SWIRL CHAMBER IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF TANGENTIAL JETS, A TIP HOUSING FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON THE ADAPTOR COAXIALLY WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, PROVIDING AN ANNULAR SPACE WHICH IS CONNECTED TO SAID PRESSURIZED GAS PASSAGE IN THE ADAPTOR, SAID TIP HOUSING HAVING A CONSTRICTED OPENING IN ITS FREE END LEADING FROM SAID GAS SWIRL CHAMBER, SAID METERING TIP AND TIP HOUSING HAVING COOPERATING MEANS FOR CONDUCTING PRESSURIZED GAS FROM SAID ANNULAR SPACE INTO THE GAS SWIRL CHAMBER IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF TANGENTIAL JETS, AND SAID METERING TIP HAVING A CENTRAL METERING ORIFICE ADMITTING NEBULIZED LIQUID FROM THE LIQUID FUEL CHAMBER INTO THE GAS SWIRL CHAMBER.