Straightening device and fluid nozzle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9700903-B2
Application number	US-201514794234-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2015
Priority date	Sep 8, 2014
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

To provide a straightening device that is large in effective sectional area and has high straightening performance. This is a straightening device arranged in a fluid passage for making fluid pass through it that is provided with: a main body having an inflow port arranged in the fluid passage and for flowing the fluid into it, an outflow port for flowing the fluid out of it, and a communication passage for communicating the inflow port with the outflow port; and multiple projections that are arranged in a protruding manner toward a central part of the communication passage from an inner peripheral part and extend along the communication passage, in which the projections are each configured to have a narrower width in the central part than that in an inner peripheral part of the communication passage when seen from a flow direction of the fluid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid nozzle comprising:
a fluid passage having a small diameter part and a large diameter part arranged in an upstream side of the fluid nozzle;
a straightening device inserted and fitted into the large diameter part, the straightening device having:
a frame-like main body formed in a hollow cylinder shape, the main body having: (i) an inflow port arranged in the fluid passage and configured to allow fluid to flow into the fluid passage, (ii) an outflow port configured to allow the fluid to flow out of the fluid passage, and (iii) a communication passage configured to allow the fluid to flow from the inflow port to the outflow port, an inner of the communication passage being 80% or more of an outer diameter of the main body, and less than 100% of the outer diameter of the main body;
a plurality of projections arranged in a protruding manner toward a central part of the communication passage from an inner peripheral part, the projections extend along the communication passage, the projections being arranged on an inflow port side of the main body with respect to the communication passage, the projections being each formed in a V-shape such that a width of each of the projections becomes narrower toward the central part of the communication passage from the inner peripheral part when seen from a flow direction of the fluid, the projections being configured to separate the fluid through the communication passage; and
a cylindrical part formed without the projections, the cylindrical part being arranged in an outflow port side of the main body, an inner diameter of the cylindrical part being same as the inner diameter of the communication passage and an inner diameter of the small diameter part;
a restriction arranged in the downstream side of the fluid passage; and
a spouting port arranged in this restriction, wherein:
the spouting port is configured such that the fluid that flows out from the outflow port of the straightening device is spouted from the spouting port through the restriction, and
a conic-shaped surface is arranged between the restriction and the small diameter part of the fluid passage, the conic-shaped surface communicates the restriction with the fluid passage.

2. The fluid nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein:
a tip part of one projection of the projections is thinner than a base end part of the one projection,
both sides of the one projection are formed with a surface having a plane shape, and
a connection part that connects the one projection and the main body has a surface that is a gently-sloping curved shape.

3. The fluid nozzle according to claim 1 , wherein a height of at least one projection of the projections is 35% of an inner diameter of the main body.

Assignees

• Sugino Mach

Inventors

• Kawamori Yoshiteru
• Mitsue Toyoaki
• Sawasaki Tomio

Classifications

• B05B1/3402 Primary

  to avoid or reduce turbulence, e.g. with fluid flow straightening means · CPC title

• B05B1/06

  in annular, tubular or hollow conical form · CPC title

• B05B1/34 Primary

  designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl (designed to control volume of flow B05B1/30) · CPC title

• B05B1/02

  designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, {or having an outlet of particular shape}(B05B1/26, B05B1/28, B05B1/34 take precedence) · CPC title