Nozzle apparatus

Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a nozzle apparatus showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear right perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front left perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 9 is a bottom perspective view thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the nozzle apparatus and form no part of the claimed design.

As shown in FIG. 1, the nozzle apparatus employing the claimed design has a plurality of nozzles aligned along the long side of a single manifold, each nozzle being detachably attachable to the manifold. Electromagnetic valves (piezo valves) for the nozzles are mounted on the bottom of the manifold in a 1:1 ratio to the nozzles and together form an ejector incorporated into a color sorting machine that uses color to sort out selected grains from a large quantity of grains and other particulate matter.

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a nozzle apparatus, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Ito; Takafumi (Hiroshima, JP), Kawawa; Yoshinori (Asahi, JP), Hirata; Toshitada (Asahi, JP), Chee; Sze Keat (Tokyo, JP), Higuchi; Toshiro (Tokyo, JP)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type SATAKE CORPORATION MECHANO TRANSFORMER CORPORATION KURODA PNEUMATICS LTD. Tokyo Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Asahi-shi, Chiba N/A N/A N/A JP JP JP
Assignee:	Satake Corporation (JP) Mechano Transformer Corporation (JP) Kuroda Pneumatics Ltd. (JP)
Appl. No.:	D/527,219
Filed:	May 17, 2015

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Nov 21, 2014 [JP]			2014-026100

Current U.S. Class:	D15/10
Current International Class:	1503
Field of Search:	;D23/233-250 ;209/644,44.2,467,469,486,498,502,552,694,441,580,509,588,557,687,172.5,546,564 ;251/129.01,129.06,282,129.04 ;D15/10-17 ;348/91

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

4718558	January 1988	Castaneda
4765489	August 1988	Satake
5301811	April 1994	Mueller
5562214	October 1996	Castaneda
8421856	April 2013	Sinram
D746339	December 2015	Hodgkiss
2013/0118959	May 2013	Yamaguchi
2015/0076042	March 2015	Miyamoto
2015/0336135	November 2015	Corak
2015/0375270	December 2015	Ishizu

Primary Examiner: Ramirez; Cynthia
Assistant Examiner: Colan; Gino
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP