A sanitary shower (1), at least comprising: a housing (2) having at least one feed duct (4) for a liquid, opening into a pulsator chamber (3), a spray plate (5) having a great number of outlet nozzles (6) for the liquid, a plurality of chambers (7, 8), each of which is connected to the pulsator chamber (3) via a chamber inlet (9, 10), wherein the liquid can be supplied through each of the chambers (7, 8) to at least one outlet nozzle (6) of the spray plate (5), and a pulsator disk (11) arranged in the pulsator chamber (3) and movable by the liquid in such a way that the pulsator disk (11) can at least partially close at least one of the chamber inlets (9, 10) in an alternating manner.

A liquid delivery device includes a cylinder having a liquid retention section configured to retain a liquid, a piston configured to change a volume of the liquid retention section, a gas container configured to encapsulate a gas at pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure, a regulator which is coupled to the gas container, and is configured to adjust pressure of the gas delivered from the gas container, a gas flow channel having a supply flow channel configured to supply the gas delivered from the regulator to the piston, and a release-to-atmosphere flow channel configured to release the gas delivered from the regulator to an atmosphere, and a three-way valve provided to the gas flow channel to switch between delivering the gas delivered from the regulator to the supply flow channel and delivering the gas to the release-to-atmosphere flow channel.

A system for applying fluid to an agricultural field includes a fluid source, a plurality of nozzles connected in fluid communication with the fluid source, and a plurality of electrically actuated valves configured to control fluid flow through the plurality of nozzles. The plurality of electrically actuated valves are divided into a plurality of groups. The system also includes a plurality of section control valves. Each section control valve is connected in fluid communication between the fluid source and a corresponding one of the groups of electrically actuated valves. Each section control valve is positionable to adjust a flow coefficient of the section control valve. The system further includes a controller configured to control the position of each section control valve to provide a predetermined flow coefficient for each section control valve based on a predetermined fluid pressure for the corresponding group of electrically actuated valves.

Introduced here is a self-contained face mask system with an automated liquid-droplet dispensing mechanism (ADM) for humidification. The enclosure of the self-contained mask system can be comprised of one or more layers of breathable fabric adapted to flexibly conform to the face of a user when worn to form a cavity that is adjacent the nostrils and mouth. The ADM of the face mask system can be comprised of a reservoir in which liquid is stored, a respiratory cycle detector, a timer and controller, and a droplet dispenser that controllably dispenses droplets of the liquid from the reservoir into the cavity for inhalation by the user. The ADM can be contained entirely within the face mask enclosure or supported on the surface of the face mask enclosure such that the self-contained mask system, when worn by a user, can be supported entirely by the head and neck of the user.

A dispensing system includes a piezoelectric stack having a distal end and being configured to expand upon application of a voltage such that the distal end is moved by a first length. The system further includes an amplifier with a primary surface to contact the distal end of the stack and a secondary surface, a base configured to contact the secondary surface, and a valve assembly with an outlet orifice and valve element. The valve element is configured to move in first and second directions and is coupled with the amplifier. When the distal end is moved by a first length, a portion of the amplifier is moved by a second length that is greater than the first length, and the valve element is moved in a first direction by the second length.

Systems and methods for quenching an extrudate using an atomized spray of liquid are described. A system includes a billet die at a proximal end configured to accept a billet and form an extrudate, a quench chamber located adjacent to the billet die for receiving the extrudate and comprising at least one pulsed width modulation (PWM) atomizing spray nozzle and a control module in communication with the at least one PWM atomizing spray nozzle and configured to independently control a liquid pressure, a gas pressure, a spray frequency, a duty cycle and flow rate of each at least one PWM atomizing spray nozzle.

A pulse shower device including a water dispersion plate and an impeller is provided. The water dispersion plate includes an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of shower holes that are provided from the water surface to the outer surface. The impeller includes shower hole blocking portions that are formed over a predetermined circumferential length along the inner surface in a downstream portion of the inner surface of the water dispersion plate, and or the plurality of shower holes; shower hole opening portions that open toward the inner surface; a plurality of vanes; an inner peripheral portion; and an outer peripheral portion. The impeller is provided on an upstream portion of the inner surface of the water dispersion plate, and rotates around an axis due to a water stream hitting the vanes.

The invention relates to a droplet dispensing device (4) comprising a reservoir (9) for containing a liquid medium (10), an outlet (11) for dispensing droplets of said liquid medium (10) from said reservoir (9), an actuation means (12) for generating and transmitting a mechanical oscillation at an excitation frequency, and a resonant structure comprising a piston (15) coupled to said actuation means (12) for transmitting said mechanical oscillation to the liquid medium (10) contained in said reservoir (9) such that droplets are formed from said liquid medium (10), wherein a resonance frequency of said resonant structure is sufficiently close to said excitation frequency, such that resonance occurs.

The invention further relates to a UV or X-ray light source, comprising a droplet dispensing device (4) according to the invention, and a method for providing a stream, in particular a monodisperse stream, of droplets by means of the droplet dispensing device (4).

The invention relates to a device for the erosive processing and/or the cleaning of a material or of a material surface by means of at least one high-pressure fluid jet, comprising a nozzle (1) for outputting a high-pressure fluid jet and an apparatus (2) arranged upstream of the nozzle (1) for producing a pulsed high-pressure fluid jet, wherein the apparatus (2) comprises at least one valve (3). According to the invention, the valve (3) is designed as a servo valve and has an axially movable valve piston (4) for connecting a valve feed (5) to a valve outlet (6) such that the flow through the valve (3) can be specified by means of the axial position of the valve piston (4). The invention further relates to a method for operating a device according to the invention.

A high-pressure valve for a spray nozzle. The high-pressure valve includes a valve inlet, a valve outlet to which the spray nozzle is attachable, a fluid connection which connects the valve inlet to the valve outlet, a movable piston, a tappet which is arranged in the fluid connection, and a flushing apparatus which flushes the high-pressure valve and/or the spray nozzle with a flushing liquid. The tappet moves between a closed position and an open position via the movable piston. A spray liquid reaches the valve outlet and/or the spray nozzle from the valve inlet via the fluid connection when the tappet is in the open position.