Abstract:
A fluidic insert (18) that receives fluid under pressure from a fluid inlet tube (14) and generates a specified spatial distribution of the fluid exiting the insert includes: (1) a body member (22) having top, bottom, front and rear outer surfaces; (2) top (28) and bottom (30) fluidic circuits located, respectively, at least partially within the member’s top and bottom surfaces, wherein each of these circuits has at least one power nozzle (32), an interaction chamber (34), and an outlet (36) whose exit lies within the member front surface, (3) the bottom fluidic circuit (30) having a portion of its surface area located upstream of the power nozzle and adapted so that it can mate with a fluid inlet tube (14) that supplies fluid to the insert, and (4) an inter-circuit flow passage (42) that allows fluid to flow from the bottom fluid circuit to the top fluid circuit, the bottom end of this passage (42) located such that it is downstream of the point where the inlet tube (14) mates with the bottom circuit (30) and upstream of the bottom circuit’s power nozzle, with the top end of this passage (42) located upstream of the top circuit’s power nozzle.
Abstract:
An improved fluid spray assembly of the type having a primary housing (30), which has an exterior surface with front (32) and rear (34) faces and an opening (36) in the front face that exposes a cavity (38) in the housing, and a check valve (50), which has an exterior surface with upstream (52) and downstream (54) faces, further includes (a) a secondary housing (20) which has an exterior surface with front (22) and rear faces (24) and a fluid flow passage (26) that extends between the secondary housing's faces, and wherein: (b) the primary housing's cavity has a boundary surface which includes a rear portion (40) with a port (42) band a intermediate portion (44) that extends between said cavity opening and said rear portion, (c) the housing exterior surface rear face has an inlet (48) which is connected to the cavity's port by a connecting flow passage (46), and (d) the primary housing cavity's intermediate boundary surface is configured so as to accommodate the placement through the primary housing opening and the holding in place of both the check valve and the secondary housing.
Abstract:
A fluidic insert that receives fluid under pressure from a fluid inlet tube and generates a specified spatial distribution of the fluid exiting the insert includes: (1) a body member having top, bottom, front and rear outer surfaces, (2) top and bottom fluidic circuits located, respectively, at least partially within the member's top and bottom surfaces, wherein each of these circuits has at least one power nozzle, an interaction chamber, and an outlet whose exit lies within the member front surface, (3) the bottom fluidic circuit having a portion of its surface area located upstream of the power nozzle and adapted so that it can mate with a fluid inlet tube that supplies fluid to the insert, and (4) an inter-circuit flow passage that allows fluid to flow from the bottom fluid circuit to the top fluid circuit, the bottom end of this passage located such that it is downstream of the point where the inlet tube mates with the bottom circuit and upstream of the bottom circuit's power nozzle, with the top end of this passage located upstream of the top circuit's power nozzle.
Abstract:
A fluidic insert that receives fluid under pressure from a fluid inlet tube and generates a specified spatial distribution of the fluid exiting the insert includes: (1) a body member having top, bottom, front and rear outer surfaces, (2) top and bottom fluidic circuits located, respectively, at least partially within the member's top and bottom surfaces, wherein each of these circuits has at least one power nozzle, an interaction chamber, and an outlet whose exit lies within the member front surface, (3) the bottom fluidic circuit having a portion of its surface area located upstream of the power nozzle and adapted so that it can mate with a fluid inlet tube that supplies fluid to the insert, and (4) an inter-circuit flow passage that allows fluid to flow from the bottom fluid circuit to the top fluid circuit, the bottom end of this passage located such that it is downstream of the point where the inlet tube mates with the bottom circuit and upstream of the bottom circuit's power nozzle, with the top end of this passage located upstream of the top circuit's power nozzle.