Double back spray nozzle

Claim 1

An expansion control mixing and dispensing nozzle adapted for attachment to an associated two-component liquid dispensing gun for mixing and dispensing liquid foamable products, said nozzle having a generally cylindrical exterior surface and comprising, in combination, a mixing chamber, a mixing chamber outlet tube and an outlet tube cover and nozzle discharge element, said mixing chamber having an axially extending, continuous side wall having inner surface portions defining at least a part of said mixing chamber, an end wall closing off the axially inner end of said mixing chamber and including a pair of spaced apart inlet ports for receiving the individual liquid components of said mixture, means disposed within said inner surfaces of said mixing chamber sidewalls for imparting a swirling action to expanding foamable materials passing through said mixing chamber, said mixing chamber outlet tube having axially inner and outer annular edge surfaces defining respectively a tube inlet communicating with the interior of said mixing chamber and tube outlet having a reduced cross-sectional area in relation to said tube inlet, said tube further including a radially outwardly continuous tube surface extending toward and meeting said axially outer edge surface of said tube outlet, said outlet tube cover and nozzle discharge element including an axially inner margin terminating in an end portion affixed to an outer part of said mixing chamber side wall, an axially outer margin having its edge portion joined to an inner end face cover surface closing off said tube cover and having spaced apart, longitudinally extending side walls defining a product discharge slot, and generally cylindrical, axially extending radially inwardly directed sidewall portions extending between said axially inner and outer ends of said tube cover and discharge element to define a pre-discharge chamber adjacent the axially outer end of said cover and discharge element, and an annular auxilliary chamber lying between said axially inner margin of said inwardly directed tube cover sidewalls and said radially outwardly directed tube surface of said outlet tube.