US4349947A
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Method for manufacturing an airless spray nozzle
Assignee: Nordson Corp
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Filing: 1980-09-29
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Granted: 1982-09-21
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Expires: 2000-09-29
Abstract
Abstract An airless spray nozzle comprising a nozzle adapter and a hard, abrasive resistant nozzle tip. The nozzle tip is sealingly brazed within an axial passage of the adapter and is mechanically locked against hydraulic pressure ejection from the adapter by lips formed on the adapter and swaged over the tip. The nozzle adapter is manufactured by a series of machining steps which includes trepanning a recess into the front face of the adapter and then subsequently straddle milling the front face to simultaneously form protective ears on the front face of the nozzle and the lips for mechanically locking the tip into the adapter. After assembly of the nozzle and tip, an outlet orifice is machined into the tip by passing a cutter grinder wheel between the spaced ears and the spaced lips on the front face of the adapter.
Inventors
- 👤 Alvin A. Rood
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 12:44
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B1/00; B05B1/02; B05B1/04; B05B1/042; B05B15/00; B05B15/14; B05B15/18; B23; B23P; B23P15/00; B23P15/16; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49396; Y10T29/49428; Y10T29/49432; Y10T29/49433; Y10T29/49995; Y10T29/49996
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
290 words
The method of manufacturing a spray nozzle comprising a nozzle tip and nozzle adapter, said nozzle tip being made from a hard, abrasive resistant material and said nozzle adapter being made from a material which is less hard, less abrasive resistant, and more easily machineable than the material from which said nozzle tip is made, which method comprises, forming on said tip a generally semi-spherical dome shaped external peripheral surface, forming in said tip an axial approach passage terminating in a blind, generally semi-spherical end cavity coaxially aligned with said approach passage and said dome shaped peripheral surface, drilling and counterboring an axial passage through said adapter, said counterbored portion of said axial passage extending inwardly from a front face of said adapter, machining an annular groove in the front face of said adapter so as to form an annular lip on said front face between said counterbored passage and said annular groove and an annular ring between said annular groove and the peripheral surface of said adapter, milling opposite sides of said front face of said adapter to the depth of said annular groove so as to create a pair of spaced arcuate ears on opposite sides of the front face of said adapter and a pair of arcuate lips spaced inwardly from said ears, inserting said tip into said counterbored axial passage of said adapter, swaging said pair of lips over a portion of said tip so as to secure said tip within said bore, brazing said tip to said adapter so as to form a liquid tight seal between the peripheral surface of said tip and the axial passage through said adapter, and forming a discharge opening in communication with said approach passage in said nozzle tip.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
290 words
The method of manufacturing a spray nozzle comprising a nozzle tip and nozzle adapter, said nozzle tip being made from a hard, abrasive resistant material and said nozzle adapter being made from a material which is less hard, less abrasive resistant, and more easily machineable than the material from which said nozzle tip is made, which method comprises, forming on said tip a generally semi-spherical dome shaped external peripheral surface, forming in said tip an axial approach passage terminating in a blind, generally semi-spherical end cavity coaxially aligned with said approach passage and said dome shaped peripheral surface, drilling and counterboring an axial passage through said adapter, said counterbored portion of said axial passage extending inwardly from a front face of said adapter, machining an annular groove in the front face of said adapter so as to form an annular lip on said front face between said counterbored passage and said annular groove and an annular ring between said annular groove and the peripheral surface of said adapter, milling opposite sides of said front face of said adapter to the depth of said annular groove so as to create a pair of spaced arcuate ears on opposite sides of the front face of said adapter and a pair of arcuate lips spaced inwardly from said ears, inserting said tip into said counterbored axial passage of said adapter, swaging said pair of lips over a portion of said tip so as to secure said tip within said bore, brazing said tip to said adapter so as to form a liquid tight seal between the peripheral surface of said tip and the axial passage through said adapter, and forming a discharge opening in communication with said approach passage in said nozzle tip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said discharge opening is formed by passing a cutter grinder wheel between said spaced lips and through said dome shaped peripheral surface of said tip so as to create a discharge orifice in said nozzle tip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 in which the opposite sides of said front face of said adapter are simultaneously milled by a straddle milling cutter.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
266 words
The method of manufacturing a spray nozzle comprising a nozzle tip and nozzle adapter, said nozzle tip being made from a hard, abrasive resistant material and said nozzle adapter being made from a material which is less hard, less abrasive resistant, and more easily mechineable than the material from which said nozzle tip is made, which method comprises, forming on said tip a generally semi-spherical dome shaped external peripheral surface, forming in said tip an axial approach passage terminating in a blind, generally semi-spherical end cavity coaxially aligned with said approach passage and said cone shaped peripheral surface, drilling and counterboring an axial passage through said adapter, said counterbored portion of said axial passage extending inwardly from a front face of said adapter, machining the front face of said adapter so as to form an annular lip on said front face between said counterbored passage and said machined portion of said front face, milling opposite sides of said front face of said adapter to the depth of said annular lip so as to create a pair of spaced arcuate lips on opposite sides of the axial passage through said adapter, inserting said tip into said counterbored axial passage of said adapter, swaging said spaced lips over a portion of said tip so as to secure said tip within said bore, applying sealing material between said tip to said adapter so as to form a liquid tight seal between the peripheral surface of said tip and the axial passage through said adapter and forming a discharge opening in communication with said approach passage in said nozzle tip.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
266 words
The method of manufacturing a spray nozzle comprising a nozzle tip and nozzle adapter, said nozzle tip being made from a hard, abrasive resistant material and said nozzle adapter being made from a material which is less hard, less abrasive resistant, and more easily mechineable than the material from which said nozzle tip is made, which method comprises, forming on said tip a generally semi-spherical dome shaped external peripheral surface, forming in said tip an axial approach passage terminating in a blind, generally semi-spherical end cavity coaxially aligned with said approach passage and said cone shaped peripheral surface, drilling and counterboring an axial passage through said adapter, said counterbored portion of said axial passage extending inwardly from a front face of said adapter, machining the front face of said adapter so as to form an annular lip on said front face between said counterbored passage and said machined portion of said front face, milling opposite sides of said front face of said adapter to the depth of said annular lip so as to create a pair of spaced arcuate lips on opposite sides of the axial passage through said adapter, inserting said tip into said counterbored axial passage of said adapter, swaging said spaced lips over a portion of said tip so as to secure said tip within said bore, applying sealing material between said tip to said adapter so as to form a liquid tight seal between the peripheral surface of said tip and the axial passage through said adapter and forming a discharge opening in communication with said approach passage in said nozzle tip.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said discharge opening is formed by passing a cutter grinder wheel between said spaced lips and through said dome shaped peripheral surface of said tip so as to create a discharge orifice in said nozzle tip.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1989-09-20 | 1990-03-22 | 1990-09-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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