Compact fluidic spa nozzle
View Patent ↗A compact, molded liquid oscillator nozzle having a longitudinal axis and a power nozzle, an interaction region having diverging sidewalls, top and bottom walls, and a pair of control ports at opposing sides of the interaction region, and an inertance loop connecting the control ports, characterized in that the inertance loop is molded in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis.
1. In a compact, molded liquid oscillator nozzle having a longitudinal axis and a power nozzle, an interaction region having diverging sidewalls, top and bottom walls, and a pair of control ports at opposing sides of said interaction region, and an inertance loop connecting said control ports and arranged to cause a main fluid flow along said axis to oscillate between said diverging sidewalls, the improvement wherein said inertance loop extends around a main fluid flow path through said nozzle and is molded into said nozzle in a plane that is transverse to said longitudinal axis, said compact inertance loop being wound around said control ports in a spiral-like configuration.
2. The compact liquid oscillator nozzle defined in claim 1 wherein said fluidic oscillator has a molded inlet piece having said power nozzle and said inertance loop and control ports molded therein and a molded outlet piece having the diverging sidewalls and top and bottom walls of said oscillator and a seal plate for said inertance loop formed as a part of said molded outlet piece.
3. The compact liquid oscillator defined in claim 1 including a water ingestion port in said inertance loop for purging air from said inertance loop.
4. In a compact, molded fluidic spa nozzle including a fluidic oscillator having a longitudinal axis and a power nozzle, an interaction region having diverging sidewalls, top and bottom walls, and a pair of control ports at opposing sides of said interaction region, and an inertance loop connecting said control ports, the improvement wherein said fluidic oscillator includes a molded inlet piece in which said power nozzle and said inertance loop and control ports are molded, said inertance loop extending around a main fluid flow path through said nozzle, said fluidic oscillator further including a molded outlet piece having said diverging sidewalls and top and bottom walls of said oscillator and a seal member for said inertance loop formed as a part of said molded outlet piece, and said compact inertance loop being wound around said control ports in a spiral-like configuration.