Imperial Chemical Industries Limited

Stuart C Ord

Timothy J Noakes

Ian D Pavey

Apparatus and method for projecting liquid in the form of a sheet for deposition on a target comprises a nozzle having a slot 10 of width not less than 250 microns to which the liquid is supplied. High voltage is applied to the liquid and the liquid is supplied to the slot at a flow rate such that the liquid is formed as, and is maintained in the form of, a sheet by preponderantly electrostatic forces thereby effecting deposition of the sheet on to the target.

Apparatus and process for producing sheets of material

A process for the production of solid particles, characterized by the solidification in flight of an electrically charged spray of fluid droplets of narrow particle size distribution, and an apparatus for that process comprising a sprayhead with a channel for the fluid communicating with an outlet; means for subjecting the fluid to an electrical field such that the fluid will move from the sprayhead under the influence of the field to produce a spray of the fluid, the means including means for applying a first potential to the fluid; an electrode mounted spaced from but adjacent to the sprayhead with means to apply a second potential to that electrode; and a spray chamber, so positioned that in use the sprayhead delivers the spray to the chamber interior, and provided with means to apply a third potential to the chamber, and so dimensioned and arranged that in use the majority of the spray droplets solidify before impinging on any surface of or within the chamber.

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Chester, United Kingdom

Stuart C Ord