US 11,850,624 B2
Distributor head for a distributor apparatus and distributor apparatus
Joachim Schöck, Winterthur (CH); and Matt Lyndon, Chandlers Ford (GB)
Assigned to MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG, Haag (CH)
Appl. No. 17/442,707
Filed by Sulzer Mixpac AG, Haag (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052876
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/192989, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2019 101 681.7 (DE), filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143646 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B05C 17/005 (2006.01)
CPC B05C 17/00516 (2013.01) [B05C 17/00589 (2013.01); B05C 17/00503 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distributor head for a distributor apparatus for distributing fluid onto a surface, the distributor head comprising:
an elongate base element having a fluid volume to receive the fluid;
a filling opening connected in a fluid-communicating manner to the fluid volume to fill the fluid into the fluid volume; and
a plurality of distributor openings connected in a fluid-communicating manner to the fluid volume to distribute the fluid from the fluid volume, the filling opening arranged at a first longitudinal side of the distributor head and the plurality of distributor openings arranged at a second longitudinal side of the distributor head, the first longitudinal side arranged opposite the second longitudinal side, the plurality of distributor openings continuously formed in a wall of the base element such that a first open end of a respective distributor opening of each of the plurality of distributor openings connected in a fluid-communicating manner to the fluid volume and a second open end of the respective distributor opening is connected in a fluid-communicating manner to an environment of the distributor head, the plurality of distributor openings arranged adjacent to one another, the plurality of distributor openings are each formed with a defined length and a defined width, and the defined lengths of the plurality of distributor openings along a flow direction of the fluid or the defined widths of the distributor openings transverse to the flow direction of the fluid are formed in a varying manner over the plurality of distributor openings for a uniform fluid distribution on the surface upon the distribution of the fluid, or
at least one of the plurality of distributor openings being a slot-like distributor opening, the slot-like distributor opening extending along a longitudinal direction of the second longitudinal side and a length of the slot-like distributor opening along a flow direction of the fluid or a width of the slot-like distributor opening transverse to the flow direction of the fluid and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the second longitudinal side is formed in a varying manner for a uniform fluid distribution on the surface upon the distribution of the fluid, or
distribution elements for a uniform distribution of the fluid in the fluid volume arranged in the fluid volume for a uniform fluid distribution on the surface upon the distribution of the fluid through the plurality of distributor openings, and
the base element having a triangular cross-section transverse to the first longitudinal side or the second longitudinal side, and the base element has a first wall element, a second wall element, and a third wall element, the first, second and third wall elements being elongate and arranged abutting one another to form the triangular cross-section of the base element.