ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,484, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Belco Technologies Corp. (St. Louis).
"Spray nozzle" was invented by Dale Askins Jr. (Pearland, Texas), Kent DeFosset (Sunset Hills, Mo.), Scott T. Eagleson (North Plainfield, N.J.), Edward Hutter (Randolph, N.J.), Wayne A. Patterson (Lebanon, N.J.) and Mark C. Puett (Olathe, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a spray nozzle comprising an annular head, a hollow neck, and a liquid inlet line disposed in the hollow neck. The annular head comprises a liquid inlet orifice, first and second external flow diversion surfaces, an interior circumferential channel, and an ejector. Th...