Patent · US Expired

Supersonic fan nozzle having a wide exit swath

US4843770A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 17, 1987
Grant dateJul 4, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 17, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24C5/04
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pair of guide plates or deflectors are secured adjacent the exit of a discharge nozzle body. The body includes a circular inlet portion converging to a flattened, rectangular passageway. The guide plates are secured adjacent the exit of the flattened passageway. As air flow exits from the flattened passageway, the guide plates constrain the flow's natural expansion to the forward and lateral directions only, thereby creating a wide cleaning swath.

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