A system and method for the application of friction-modifying coatings to roadways, walkways, pathways and other areas subject to vehicular, human or animal traffic, the system and method comprising the controlled, simultaneous application of binder and filler to a surface of a substrate, using a mobile device which passes over the substrate as the binder and filler are being applied. The system includes a mobile platform configured for being coupled to a vehicle. A binder applicator is mounted on the mobile platform and includes an array of spray nozzles coupled to a resin container. An air knife is mounted on the mobile platform and coupled to an air compressor for generating an air curtain. An aggregate dispenser bar including at least one aggregate dispenser is coupled to an aggregate bin and mounted on the mobile platform for dispensing aggregate.

Disclosed is a nozzle assembly for a sprayer, when a power of a sprayer is turned OFF, capable of not only minimizing an amount of liquid chemical remaining in a flow path at an inner side of a nozzle but also preventing backflow of the liquid chemical. The a nozzle assembly for a sprayer includes a nozzle assembly body molded in a ‘+’ shape; a nozzle assembled and installed in each of the plurality of nozzle assembly holes; a plurality of insert pieces fitting from an outside to an inside of four directions of a slide hole formed in a ‘+’ shape and forming a flow path for guiding a fluid flowing; and an end cap fixed and coupled to an outside in four directions of the slide hole in a state.

A paint spraying unit for generating a shaped paint jet, including a paint nozzle positioned in a gap, wherein the paint nozzle includes a needle with a needle head that deviates from a rotationally symmetrical cross sectional design and a paint outlet opening that deviates from a rotationally symmetrical cross sectional design. The needle head is displaceable in relation to the paint outlet opening along a longitudinal axis of the needle for controlling a needle valve formed by the paint outlet opening and the needle head. The needle head, with the paint nozzle in a closed position with reference to the longitudinal axis, closes the paint outlet opening in a positive locking manner. In this connection, the needle head and/or the paint outlet opening is/are formed by a material with elastic properties at least in a surface region with which the two components come in contact.

A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle. A sectional shape at a first-position in the nozzle in an ejection-direction is a first-external-shape, and a straight line extending in a second-direction orthogonal to both the ejection-direction and a first-direction being a longitudinal-direction of the first-external-shape and passing through a center of the first-external-shape in the first-direction is a first-center-line. A first-width corresponding to a maximum width in the second-direction in a portion of the first-external-shape on one side in the first-direction with respect to the first-center-line is at a third-position in the first-direction. A second-width corresponding to a maximum width in the second-direction in a portion of the first-external-shape on the other side in the first-direction with respect to the first-center-line is at a fourth-position in the first-direction. A distance between the third-position and the fourth-position is greater than the first-width and the second-width.

The present disclosure provides a method for the surface modification of microstructured components having a polar surface, in particular for high-pressure applications. According to the method, a microstructured component is contacted, in particular treated, with a modification reagent, wherein the surface properties of the component are modified by chemical and/or physical interaction of the component surface and of the modification reagent.

A spray tip is configured to atomize thick, viscous fluids. The spray tip includes a pre-orifice piece having an inlet orifice that defines a first restriction in a fluid path through the spray tip. The spray tip also includes a tip piece having an outlet orifice that defines a second restriction in the fluid path. The first and second restrictions are the portions of the fluid path having the smallest flow areas. A cross-sectional area of the outlet orifice is greater than a cross-sectional area of the inlet orifice.

Disclosed is a nozzle assembly for a sprayer, when a power of a sprayer is turned OFF, capable of not only minimizing an amount of liquid chemical remaining in a flow path at an inner side of a nozzle but also preventing backflow of the liquid chemical. The a nozzle assembly for a sprayer includes a nozzle assembly body molded in a ‘+’ shape; a nozzle assembled and installed in each of the plurality of nozzle assembly holes; a plurality of insert pieces fitting from an outside to an inside of four directions of a slide hole formed in a ‘+’ shape and forming a flow path for guiding a fluid flowing; and an end cap fixed and coupled to an outside in four directions of the slide hole in a state.

Apparatus and methods for providing a desired volumetric conditioned airflow rate and for reducing noise level, airflow recirculation and airflow separation are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a nozzle housing having a pair of opposing sidewalls and a front and back wall that define an airflow passage. The airflow passage has a centerline extending between the inlet and the outlet and has a plurality of cross-sections taken perpendicular to the centerline that collectively define a smooth contour along a length of the airflow passage. The cross-sections each have a thickness between the front and back wall that is greater at side edges than at the centerline. The thickness of the cross-sections decreases along a length of at least a first portion of the nozzle housing. A width of each of the cross-sections between the sidewalls increases along the length of at least the first portion of the nozzle housing.

One variation of a system includes: a mount defining an inlet configured to couple to a water supply; a body defining a fluid circuit and coupled to the mount; and a pressure regulator interposed between the inlet and the fluid circuit and configured to regulate water supplied at the inlet over a range of inlet pressures to a range of internal pressures less than and narrower than the range of inlet pressures. A set of nozzles arranged on the body and coupled to the fluid circuit are configured to, in response to the pressure regulator regulating a first inlet pressure down to a first internal pressure, discharge water droplets: exiting the body with kinetic energies in a range of kinetic energies; exiting the body in a first spray pattern defining a first width at a target distance below the body, and exhibiting a first volumetric ratio of water to air.

One variation of a system includes: a mount defining an inlet configured to couple to a water supply; a body defining a fluid circuit and coupled to the mount; and a pressure regulator interposed between the inlet and the fluid circuit and configured to regulate water supplied at the inlet over a range of inlet pressures to a range of internal pressures less than and narrower than the range of inlet pressures. A set of nozzles arranged on the body and coupled to the fluid circuit are configured to, in response to the pressure regulator regulating a first inlet pressure down to a first internal pressure, discharge water droplets: exiting the body with kinetic energies in a range of kinetic energies; exiting the body in a first spray pattern defining a first width at a target distance below the body, and exhibiting a first volumetric ratio of water to air.