Apparatus for dispersing liquids in a spray or fog

Claim 1

A NOZZLE CONSTRUCTION FOR OBTAINING A THROUGH DISPERSION OF PARTICLES OF A LIQUID TO BE SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA, COMPRISING MEANS PROVIDING A SUPPLY OF HIGH VELOCITY GAS, AN OUTER NOZZLE TUBE HAVING AN ENTRANCE END AND A DISCHARGE END, AN INNER NOZZLE TUBE EXTENDING WITHIN SAID OUTER TUBE IN SPACED RELATION TO THE INTERIOR THEREOF AND HAVING A TERMINAL END SUBSTANTIALLY SHORT OF SAID DISCHARGE END OF SAID OUTER TUBE DEFINING A GAS MIXING ZONE WITHIN SAID OUTER TUBE BEYOND SAID TERMINAL END OF SAID INNER TUBE, MEANS MOUNTING SAID NOZZLE TUBES ON SAID GAS SUPPLY MEANS TO CONVEY THE HIGH VELOCITY GAS IN SEPARATE STREAMS THROUGH SAID INNER TUBE AND BETWEEN SAID TUBES, MEANS CAUSING SUCH STREAMS TO COMBINE BEYOND SAID TERMINAL END OF SAID INNER TUBE TO CREATE TURBULENCE IN SAID GAS MIXING ZONE OF SAID OUTER TUBE WITHIN ITS DISCHARGE END, AND SPRAY MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID INNER TUBE SUSBTANTIALLY UPSTREAM OF SAID TERMINAL END THEREOF FOR INTRODUCING A SPRAY OF THE LIQUID TO BE DISPERSED INTO THE STREAM OF GAS FLOWING THROUGH SAID INNER TUBE.