Device and method for dosing small amounts of liquid
US7396510B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/2575
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A microdosage device comprises a media reservoir used for accommodating a liquid to be dosed, a nozzle connected via a connecting channel to the media reservoir and adapted to be filled via said connecting channel with the liquid to be dosed, and a drive unit for applying, when actuated, to a liquid contained in the media reservoir and in the nozzle a force of such a nature that a substantially identical pressure will be exerted on said liquid contained in the media reservoir and in the nozzle. Flow resistances of the connecting channel and of the nozzle are dimensioned such that, in response to an actuation of the drive unit, a volumetric flow in the connecting channel will be small in comparison with a volumetric flow in the nozzle, said volumetric flow in the nozzle causing an ejection of the liquid to be dosed from an ejection opening of the nozzle.
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