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US 12,343,747 · App. 18/317,501 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Multi-axis articulating and rotary spray system and method

Inventors: Michael Shawn Zilai (Katy, TX); Charles Horace Camp (Katy, TX)
Assignee: TRINITY BAY WORX, LLC
B05B13/0636B05B3/02B05B13/069B05B15/652B05B15/68B08B3/02B08B9/0813B08B9/093B08B9/0936
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,343,747
App. No.
18/317,501
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method articulating and rotary spray system for fluids that includes a first drive for rotating a mast for different headings and a second drive for rotating a nozzle for different pitches at any time with or without rotation of the mast. The method and system uses a system of interacting gears that rotate a control rod in variable synchronization to control the nozzle pitch relative to the mast heading while the control rod orbits about a center of rotation of the rotating mast along a longitudinal axis.

Claims (11)

1. A multi-axis rotary spray system, comprising:

a heading drive;

a pitch drive;

a mast assembly coupled to the heading drive and the pitch drive, comprising:

a flexible mast shaft comprising a fluid conduit and a flexible pitch member;

a plurality of housings coupled to the flexible mast shaft at intervals along the mast shaft; and

a plurality of rotatable nozzles rotatably coupled to the plurality of housings and to the flexible pitch member;

the heading drive rotating the mast assembly to control a heading of the nozzles, and the pitch driving moving the pitch member to control the pitch of the nozzles while the heading changes.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable nozzles in a first housing are selectively controllable in flow relative to rotatable nozzles in a second housing while the heading changes.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the rotatable nozzles in a first housing is selectively controllable in flow relative to another nozzle in the first housing.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rotatable nozzles are rotatable to independent pitch angles from each other.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2023
From: ZILAI, MICHAEL SHAWN; CAMP, CHARLES HORACE, JR.
To: BAY WORX LABORATORIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 063644/0403 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2023
From: BAY WORX LABORATORIES, LLC
To: TRINITY BAY WORX, LLC
Reel/Frame 063644/0528 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16583644 · Sep 26, 2019
Division 15387115 · Dec 21, 2016
Provisional Application 62271098 · Dec 22, 2015
Related Publication 20230278058A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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