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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yumi Yanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Kubota, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Imanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Akitoshi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishinaga, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Kashino, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present disclosure is to improve the generation efficiency of a UFB-contained liquid in a generation apparatus having a circulation mechanism. One embodiment of the present invention is an ultra fine bubble generation apparatus including: a first tank that stores a liquid; a generation unit configured to generate an ultra fine bubble in the liquid output from the first tank; a second tank that stores the liquid output from the generation unit; and a liquid passage that inputs again the liquid stored in the second tank to the first tank, and the ultra fine bubble generation apparatus includes a blocking configuration that blocks an ultra fine bubble included in the stored liquid from being input again to the first tank.