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Nozzle for abrasive cleaning or cutting

US5335459A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 27, 1992
Grant dateAug 9, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 27, 2012

Classification

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

Abstract

A mixing nozzle for producing a high velocity jet of airborne abrasive slurry comprising a cylindrical air passage of a length at least 2.5 times its diameter, a concentric circular chamber surrounding the cylindrical air passage and having a tangential entry for the abrasive slurry, and a nozzle portion having a region tapering from the diameter of the concentric circular chamber to a cylindrical region. The diameter of the cylindrical region should have a diameter lying between 1.2 and 3.0 times that of the air passage and a length at least six times its diameter. The air passage and the concentric chamber with its tangential entry is preferably formed as a replacement insert made from a wear resistant material.

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