Method of atomizing including inducing a secondary flow
US5402943A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 4, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B11/0005
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for discharging a fluid, notably an aqueous medicament solution, as a spray of droplets by causing a fluid to flow through a nozzle aperture so that a secondary flow is induced in at least part of the flow of fluid through the nozzle aperture by a flap or orifice lip located within the bore of the nozzle passage, and/or adjacent an end of the nozzle passage, and/or adjacent the nozzle aperture. Preferably a secondary flow at the nozzle orifice is induced such that at least 10% of the fluid flows at an exit angle of 90.degree. to the overall line of travel of the remainder of the fluid.
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