Patent · US Expired

Device using the action of a gas for controlling the movement of a fluid

US6309043A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1999
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04B17/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for moving fluids. The invention device includes an enclosure, a solid electrolyte which can produce oxygen in the enclosure so as to distort a membrane that acts to move a fluid in an enclosure. This device is useful to produce a head for ink jet printing.

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