US 11,938,492 B2
Microdroplet nozzle
Jeremy Boyd Alden, Essex (GB)
Assigned to Billericay Farm Services Limited, Billercay (GB)
Appl. No. 17/278,490
Filed by BILLERICAY FARM SERVICES LIMITED, Billericay (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052492
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/058667, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1815323 (GB), filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023893 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 1/14 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nozzle (18) for use in agricultural spraying and for forming a spray pattern of micro droplets, the nozzle (18) comprising a flow member (20) having at least one face (30), a plurality of discrete grooves (35) formed in the at least one face (30); one or more cover member (21) located over the face (30) to cover the grooves (35) so as to define a series of discrete channels, each channel having a fluid inlet end that receives liquid to be sprayed and a fluid outlet end from which microdroplets are emitted and an enclosure (19) configured to retain the cover member (21) against the flow member (20), characterized in that the enclosure defines an opening to accommodate the flow member therein.