DROPLET GENERATION BY TRANSVERSE DISTURBANCES

• Main Authors: SMITH, ROBERT, F, ORME-MARMERELIS, MELISSA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.05.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; STAMPS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

The present invention enables the formation of droplets due to capillary stream break-up and minimizes variation in droplet formation time by applying a transverse disturbance to initiate instability on the capillary stream's surface. In one embodiment, a side-shaker apparatus comprises a reser...