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EP 0931594 B1 20060503 - Rotor nozzle

Title (en)

Rotor nozzle

Title (de)

Rotordüse

Title (fr)

Buse à rotor

Publication

EP 0931594 B1 20060503 (DE)

Application

EP 99101478 A 19990127

Priority

DE 19803035 A 19980127

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0931594A2] In the nozzle housing (1), inclined in relation to its longitudinal axis (14), is a rotatively driven runner or rotor (4) rolling against the housing inner wall. In the runner or rotor is a nozzle (6) through which the cleaning fluid flows, the end of which pointing to the outlet aperture (3) is movably supported in a bowl bearing (5). The rotor (4) has an outer casing (16) and an inner casing (15) concentric to the outer casing to which it is non-rotatively connected. The outer casing is blocked against its inherent rotation around its axis (17) by a bowl bearing-side fork arrangement.

IPC 8 full level

B05B 3/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B05B 3/0463 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0931594 A2 19990728; EP 0931594 A3 20040324; EP 0931594 B1 20060503; DE 19803035 A1 19990729

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99101478 A 19990127; DE 19803035 A 19980127