FLUID-DISPENSING APPARATUS
A dispensing apparatus for the dispensation of a fluid onto a surface, the dispensing apparatus has a nozzle including a main body and a tube holder made of a deformable material installed on the main body. A dispensing tube having a first end from which the fluid is discharged onto the surface and a second end that is immersed in the fluid in use extends through the tube holder, such that the first and second ends are arranged to protrude from opposite ends of the tube holder. The nozzle is configured to be detachably coupled to a syringe-nozzle adaptor having a tubular body by interference fit between the tube holder and the tubular body of the syringe-nozzle adaptor. The syringe-nozzle adaptor is further attachable to a syringe for storing the fluid.
1 . A dispensing apparatus for the dispensation of a fluid onto a surface, the dispensing apparatus comprising:
a nozzle including:
a main body and a tube holder made of a deformable material installed on the main body; and
a dispensing tube extending through the tube holder, the dispensing tube having a first end from which the fluid is discharged onto the surface, and a second end that is immersed in the fluid in use, the first and second ends being arranged to protrude from opposite ends of the tube holder;
a syringe-nozzle adaptor having a tubular body to which the nozzle is configured to be detachably coupled by interference fit between the tube holder and the tubular body of the syringe-nozzle adaptor; and
a syringe for storing the fluid, to which the syringe-nozzle adaptor is attachable.
2 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tube holder comprises Teflon, which is operative to form a seal directly between the tube holder and the syringe-nozzle adaptor.
3 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the tube holder is operative to seal a radial interface between the nozzle and the syringe-nozzle adaptor.
4 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the syringe-nozzle adaptor is equal to an inner diameter of an outlet of the syringe.
5 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the inner diameter of the syringe-nozzle adaptor forms a streamlined and uninterrupted passage with a constant cross-section between the syringe-nozzle adaptor and the outlet of the syringe.
6 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising screw threads located on the syringe-nozzle adaptor for mounting the syringe-nozzle adaptor onto the syringe.
7 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising internal screw threads on an inner surface of the main body for mounting onto mating external screw threads formed on an outer surface of the tubular body.
8 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a structural adhesive injected between the main body and the tube holder for hermetically sealing an interface between the main body and the tube holder.
9 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tubular body is elongated and comprises a bent portion between opposite ends of the syringe-nozzle assembly.
10 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the bent portion has a uniform cross-sectional area through its length and forms a gradual change in direction of a fluidic path of the fluid introduced into the syringe-nozzle adaptor.
11 . The dispensing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a top portion of the tube holder from which the second end of the dispensing tube protrudes has a conical or frusto-conical shaped end.