Abstract:
A fluid dispersal device utilizes the Karman vortex street phenomenon to cyclically oscillate a fluid stream before issuing the stream in a desired flow pattern. A chamber has an inlet and outlet with an obstacle or island disposed therebetween to establish the vortex street. The vortex street causes the stream to be cyclically swept transversely of its flow direction in a manner largely determined by the size and shape of the obstacle relative to the inlet and outlet, the spacing between the obstacle and the outlet, the outlet area, and the Reynolds number of the stream. depending on these factors, the flow pattern of the stream issued from the outlet may be either: a swept jet, residing wholly in the plane of the device and which breaks up into droplets solely as a result of the cyclic sweeping, the resulting spray pattern forming a line when impinging on a target; or a swept sheet, the sheet being normal to the plane of the device and being swept in the plane of the device, the resulting pattern containing smaller droplets than the swept jet pattern and covering a two-dimensional area when impinging upon a target. A particular feature of the device is that it is moulded in one single piece from synthetic plastics material, the obstacle or island being an integral part of the single-piece moulding.
Abstract:
A small, but nevertheless high-flow fluidic oscillator has a dual level body portion including an interaction chamber in a first level. An inlet plenum supplies fluid to a supply nozzle which enters directly into the inlet end of the interaction chamber to direct a jet flow from the supply nozzle, through the interaction chamber and out of an outlet opening. A fluid passage is located at least partly in the second level of the body portion, and connecting passages on either side of the supply nozzle connect the fluid passage to the inlet end of the interaction chamber. The walls of the interaction chamber converge from the inlet end toward a neck portion and thereafter diverge and then converge again at the outlet so that a fluid column extends between the jet flow and the sidewalls of the interaction chamber, and moves cyclically back and forth through the fluid passage and the connecting passages to obtain interaction between the fluid column and the jet flow without the need for control nozzles.
Abstract:
A fluid oscillator for issuing a sweeping jet of air has a continuous inertance loop which has a section passing through the power nozzle of the fluidic oscillator. The continuous inertance loop is essentially coplanar with the plane of the fluidic oscillator so the basic oscillator element can be two identical molded parts which snap fit together.
Abstract:
The invention provides method and apparatus for nebulizing liquids. A liquid supplier (24) delivers a predetermined unit volume of liquid to the rear surface (40). A vibrator vibrates the thin shell member (36) to eject liquid droplets from the front surface (38) of the thin shell member.
Abstract:
@ An apparatus for transferring a relatively flat object from a first station (10) to a second station (60) includes a support (11) for the object at the first station, a substantially closed housing, and a piston disposed therein for sliding movement from a normal position to an activated position. An actuator (112) extends through the housing and is integrally formed with the piston for sliding movement thereby. Compressed air is selectively directed into the housing for movement of the piston to the activated position, whereby the actuator (112) strikes a blow edgewise of the object for propelling it toward the second station along a predetermined path (116). A pair of fingers (130) disposed at the second station define therebetween a portion of the path along which an incoming object enters the second station. Each finger includes a path wall having an end surface extending generally inwardly from the finger for blocking the object path for halting object movement. A spring pawl extending partially into the path from each finger prevents rebounding of the object from the end surfaces.
Abstract:
Das Strahlaustrittselement weist mindestens einen vor zugsweise mehrere scheibenförmige Körper (16) auf, aus denen Fluid-Strahlen radial nach außen austreten und vorzugsweise in einer Kreissektorfläche liegen. Mindestens einer der scheibenförmigen Körper (16) ist um eine Drehach se verdrehbar bzw. verstellbar angeordnet. Durch gegensei tiges Verdrehen der winkelbereiche, in denen die Wasser strahlen austreten, läßt sich die von den Wasserstrahlen benetzte Fläche verändern. Mindestens einer der beiden scheibenförmigen Körper (16) weist einen Fluidic-Oszillator auf oder ist als Fluidic-Oszillator ausgebildet.
Abstract:
A simple yet highly reliable technique for ejecting a droplet of heated solder, or other liquid conductive material, is described. Small droplets of an electrically-conductive liquid are ejected on-demand from a drop generator (100) operating on a magnetohydrodynamic principle. The drop generator (100) consists of two substantially parallel conductive paths (14, 16) separated by a thin electrically-insulating material (18). A channel (12) for the conductive liquid contains a drop ejecting orifice (20), and the conductive liquid in the channel forms a first (16) of these two parallel conductive paths. The other path (14) is either a solid conductor or a second channel filled with the conductive liquid. A current on the order of 10-1000 amperes is pulsed through the two parallel conductive paths, and the interaction of the magnetic fields generated by the electric currents through the parallel paths with these currents forces a droplet (24) of the conductive liquid through the orifice (20) in the first channel (16). By adjusting the duration and/or magnitude of the pulsed current, the droplet size may be carefully controlled. In the preferred embodiment, the drop generator (100) is in the form of a self-contained replaceable cartridge.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for making uniformly-sized and predictably-spaced droplets from high-temperature liquids. Liquid droplet generators having electromechanical driving elements (16) are coupled to a power supply (17) to apply pulsed excitation forces through a wall of the delivery tube (14) to a high-temperature liquid, e.g., a liquid metal, epoxy, or polymer. The excitation forces generated by the driver (16) induce capillary vibrations in the liquid within the delivery tube (14). Liquid jet streams having capillary vibrations when exiting an orifice (22) break up into groups of substantially uniformly-sized liquid droplets (26) shortly after leaving the orifice (22). Droplets (26) may be produced in a uniformly-spaced series, or individually on demand in response to a single burst of force from the driving element (16). A heat source (18) is also thermally coupled to the delivery tube (14) to maintain the liquid in a high-temperature state. Embodiments using heat-sensitive elements thermally insulate those elements from the wall of the heated delivery tube (14) and may also effectively cool the elements by one or more heat exchangers. A magnetohydrodynamic embodiment couples a magnetic field, having spaced points of maximum intensity, to a fluid stream exiting an orifice (22), causing the stream to break into droplets (26) in response to the periodic magnetic field.
Abstract:
A dual pattern nozzle comprises a fluid oscillator of the type which utilizes an obstacle or island (27) in the path of liquid flow to produce a vortex street downstream of island. A now splitter (28, 29) is disposed downstream of and sufficiently close to the island to prevent the now around the island from re-combining before reaching the flow divider, whereupon liquid vortices are alternately issued from each side of the divider. The spinning liquid breaks up into two patterns of droplets, the patterns being directed at respective spaced areas.
Abstract:
A two-stage liquid spray device having an outlet region with an island (41) and an exit aperture (47) and a fluidic oscillator (33) driving said outlet region. The improvement for the spray device is operable at a low pressure to achieve full-area coverage with substantially uniform droplets and wherein all of the spray droplets land on the desired work surface and do not bounce. The fluidic oscillator includes an oscillation chamber (33), a power nozzle (31) for introducing a jet of liquid from a source into the oscillation chamber. The oscillation chamber is configured to produce a pair of alternating control vortices which substantially preclude wall attachment of said jet traversing said oscillation chamber, thus avoiding a heavy endedness in the oscillatory jet. An outlet from the oscillation chamber to the outlet region, whereby the jet rhythmically sweeps in end pulses to each side of the island and forms a sheet at the exit aperture. The sheet is rhythmically waved or swept in the ambient air to form the uniform droplets. A transverse slot defines the lateral boundary of the sweeping sheet.