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Dual spray head having vent control means

Assignee: Gilmour Manufacturing Co
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Filing: 1963-09-06
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Granted: 1965-09-21
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Expires: 1983-09-06
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert A Gilmour

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 16:11
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B7/00; B05B7/02; B05B7/12; B05B1/00; B05B1/14; B05B1/16; B05B1/1627; B05B1/1663; B05B7/24; B05B7/2402; B05B7/244; B05B7/2443

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 283 words
A SPRAYER ADAPTED TO EJECT EITHER A STREAM OF A MIXTURE OF A CARRIER FLUID WITH A LIQUID CONCENTRATE OR A STREAM OF THE CARRIER FLUID ALONE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW SPRAYER BODY HAVING A CAVITY THERN; MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID BODY FOR COMMUNICATING A SOURCE OF PRESSURIZED CARRIER FLUID WITH SAID CAVITY; AN OPEN-ENDED MIXTURE EJECTING CONDUIT SECURED TO SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF WITH SAID CAVITY; AN OPEN-ENDED CARRIER FLUID EJECTING CONDUIT SECURED TO SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF WITH SAID CAVITY AT A LOCATION SPACED FROM THE POINT OF COMMUNICATION OF THE OTHER CONDUIT; A VALVE MEMBER WIHTIN SAID CAVITY MANUALLY DISPLACEABLE BETWEEEN ONE POSITION IN WHICH IT DIRECTS CARRIER FLUID FROM SAID CAVITY INTO SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH IT DIRECTS CARRIER FLUID FROM SAID CAVITY INTO SAID CARRIER FLUID CONDUIT; FLOW-RESTRICTION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT FORMING A SUCTION ZONE IN SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT; A FLOW-RESTRICTING ORIFICE INSERT UPSTREAM OF SAID FLOW-RESTRICTING MEANS WHICH CREATES SAID SUCTION ZONE, SAID INSERT HAVINGA BORE WHOSE DOWNSTREAM END IS OF UNIFORM CROSS SECTION OF ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE BORE DEFINED BY SIAD FLOW-RESTRICTING MEANS AND WHOSE UPSTREAM END IS OF OUTWRDLY EXPANDING FRUSTOCONICAL SHAPE; ADJUSTABLE VENT MEANS COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT WITH SAID SUCTION ZONEAND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE; SAID MEANS INCLUDING A PASSAGEWAY THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT, A DISK MEMBER HAVING AS PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT-SIZED ORIFICES THERETHROUGH AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID DISK MEMBER FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS AXIS FOR BRINGING SAID DIFFERENT-SIZEDC ORIFICES SEQUENTIALLY INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SAID VENT PASSAGEWAY; AND MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING SAID SUCTION ZONE WITH A SOURCE OF LIQUID CONCENTRATE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 283 words
A SPRAYER ADAPTED TO EJECT EITHER A STREAM OF A MIXTURE OF A CARRIER FLUID WITH A LIQUID CONCENTRATE OR A STREAM OF THE CARRIER FLUID ALONE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW SPRAYER BODY HAVING A CAVITY THERN; MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID BODY FOR COMMUNICATING A SOURCE OF PRESSURIZED CARRIER FLUID WITH SAID CAVITY; AN OPEN-ENDED MIXTURE EJECTING CONDUIT SECURED TO SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF WITH SAID CAVITY; AN OPEN-ENDED CARRIER FLUID EJECTING CONDUIT SECURED TO SAID BODY AND COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE WALL THEREOF WITH SAID CAVITY AT A LOCATION SPACED FROM THE POINT OF COMMUNICATION OF THE OTHER CONDUIT; A VALVE MEMBER WIHTIN SAID CAVITY MANUALLY DISPLACEABLE BETWEEEN ONE POSITION IN WHICH IT DIRECTS CARRIER FLUID FROM SAID CAVITY INTO SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH IT DIRECTS CARRIER FLUID FROM SAID CAVITY INTO SAID CARRIER FLUID CONDUIT; FLOW-RESTRICTION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT FORMING A SUCTION ZONE IN SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT; A FLOW-RESTRICTING ORIFICE INSERT UPSTREAM OF SAID FLOW-RESTRICTING MEANS WHICH CREATES SAID SUCTION ZONE, SAID INSERT HAVINGA BORE WHOSE DOWNSTREAM END IS OF UNIFORM CROSS SECTION OF ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE BORE DEFINED BY SIAD FLOW-RESTRICTING MEANS AND WHOSE UPSTREAM END IS OF OUTWRDLY EXPANDING FRUSTOCONICAL SHAPE; ADJUSTABLE VENT MEANS COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT WITH SAID SUCTION ZONEAND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE; SAID MEANS INCLUDING A PASSAGEWAY THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID MIXTURE CONDUIT, A DISK MEMBER HAVING AS PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT-SIZED ORIFICES THERETHROUGH AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID DISK MEMBER FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS AXIS FOR BRINGING SAID DIFFERENT-SIZEDC ORIFICES SEQUENTIALLY INTO ALIGNMENT WITH SAID VENT PASSAGEWAY; AND MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING SAID SUCTION ZONE WITH A SOURCE OF LIQUID CONCENTRATE.

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