Water blast apparatus

US3930616A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Frank Winter · Mühlheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 1974
• Grant date: Jan 6, 1976
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 1994

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B08B3/028
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Apparatus including the combination of a nozzle adapted for connection to a source of fluid under pressure and having a port for discharging a jet fluid axially of the port and a wall mounted in spaced relation to the port and generally across its axis and having an opening dimensioned for passage therethrough of the jet when the port and wall opening are in registration, and wherein the wall and nozzle are mounted for relative displacement for moving the port and opening into and out of registration; and manually engageable means for effecting such relative displacement. Additionally a housing is provided around the nozzle to form a relatively enlarged, reduced pressure, fluid collection chamber for fluid deflected by the wall in the misaligned "shutoff" position of the device. A discharge outlet is provided for the collection chamber and fluid discharged in the shutoff position is optionally used for cleaning of the operator's face shield and for confunctioning with the burner-pump control circuit of a hot water or steam blast system.