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Apparatus for dispensing liquid with liquid retention

US5887768A · kind A · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1998
Grant dateMar 30, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16K23/00
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Apparatus for dispensing liquid through a plurality of tubes. A valve is provided to interrupt flow of the liquid to the plurality of tubes which tubes thereafter retain any undispensed liquid contained therein due to capillarity caused by surface tension between any retained liquid and the internal walls of the plurality of tubes.

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