IP Library Granted Patent US 10,980,360
Granted Patent B2
US 10,980,360 · App. 15/036,468 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Mist-diffusing head provided with a deflector

Inventors: Michel Gschwind (Grasse, FR); Julien Dubois (Golfe Juan, FR); Abbas Sabraoui (Grasse, FR)
Assignee: ARECO FINANCES ET TECHNOLOGIE—ARFITEC
A47F3/0495A47F3/001A47F7/0071B05B1/14B05B1/1681B05B1/265B05B1/3026B05B7/0012
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Patent No.
US 10,980,360
App. No.
15/036,468
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a mist-diffusing head for a spraying apparatus, which comprises: a mouth for supplying mist to the head; an outer wall having at least one mist outlet opening; at least one seal capable of sealing the opening; and a deflector connected to the wall separately from the seal and having a main surface opposite the mouth with at least one portion arranged in a direction other than the direction of the mouth, a larger portion of the opening or of at least one of the openings extending opposite the deflector.

Claims (36)

1. A nebulizing installation comprising:

a mist diffusing head; and

a mouth outside the mist diffusion head and configured to supply the mist diffusing head with mist, the mist diffusing head including:

an external wall having at least one mist outlet orifice, wherein each of the at least one mist outlet orifice has an axis which is inclined with respect to the vertical and horizontal directions of the mist diffusing head,

a lid closing an upper opening of the external wall,

at least one plug configured to close the at least one mist outlet orifice, and

a single deflector connected to the external wall independently of the at least one plug and having, opposite the mouth, a main face having at least one portion oriented in a direction other than a direction of the mouth, a majority of the at least one mist outlet orifice extending opposite the deflector,

wherein the at least one plug abuts the single deflector and is between the external wall and the single deflector,

wherein the at least one plug is mounted in a movable manner with respect to the at least one mist outlet orifice, the at least one plug being guided against the deflector and the lid.

2. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein the deflector has, opposite the at least one mist outlet orifice, a face with a curved profile in a radial plane with respect to a main axis of the deflector, the curved profile not having a point of inflection and having a parabolic shape.

3. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein the deflector has, opposite the at least one mist outlet orifice, a face with a convex profile in a radial plane with respect to a main axis of the deflector.

4. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein the deflector has, opposite the at least one mist outlet orifice, a face with a concave profile in a radial plane with respect to a main axis of the deflector.

5. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein:

at least two mist outlet orifices are each configured to put the mouth into communication with the outside of the head, and

at least two plugs are configured to close the respective mist outlet orifices, each plug being configured to close one of the mist outlet orifices, the plug being mounted in a movable manner with respect to the external wall independently of one another.

6. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein the single deflector is fixed rigidly to the lid.

7. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein the mist is generated outside of the mist diffusing head.

8. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein the mouth and the at least one mist outlet orifice are configured such that the mist flows sequentially through the mouth and through the at least one mist outlet orifice.

9. The nebulizing installation of claim 1 , wherein:

the external wall includes a plurality of mist outlet orifices; and

all of the plurality of mist outlet orifices extend opposite the single deflector.

10. A method for diffusing a mist of droplets from the mist diffusing head of claim 1 , the method comprising:

creating the mist outside the mist diffusing head; and

supplying mist to the mist diffusing head.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the mist flows sequentially through the mouth and through the at least one mist outlet orifice.

12. A nebulizing installation comprising:

a mist diffusing head; and

a mouth outside the mist diffusion head and configured to supply the mist diffusing head with mist, the mist diffusing head including:

an external wall having at least one mist outlet orifice,

a lid closing an upper opening of the external wall,

at least one plug, mounted so as to rotate about a central axis of the mist diffusing head with respect to the external wall, configured to close the at least one mist outlet orifice, and

a single deflector connected to the external wall independently of the at least one plug and having, opposite the mouth,

a main face having at least one portion oriented in a direction other than a direction of the mouth, a majority of the at

least one mist outlet orifice extending opposite the deflector,

wherein the at least one plug abuts the single deflector and is between the external wall and the single deflector,

wherein the at least one plug is mounted in a movable manner with respect to the at least one mist outlet orifice, the at least one plug being guided against the deflector and the lid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2016
From: GSCHWIND, MICHEL; DUBOIS, JULIEN; SABRAOUI, ABBAS
To: ARECO FINANCES ET TECHNOLOGIE - ARFITEC
Reel/Frame 039053/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1361356 · Nov 19, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160286984A1 · Oct 6, 2016
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