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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2022
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Benedict, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Mathew Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Scott E. Solberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Jamie Kalb, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ravi Neelakantan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jerome Unidad, Paris, FR;
David Charles Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frances Yan, San Francisco, CA (US);
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A docking station for a hand-held filament extension atomizer device includes a receiver to receive the device, station electronics, a recharging point for the device arranged to connect with a power source of the device, a power connection to an alternating current power source, and a cleaning reservoir of cleaning solution. A method of operating hand-held dispenser to dispense fluid as a mist includes receiving a signal at a motor contained in a casing in response to a user triggering an actuator on the casing, activating the motor to provide fluid to a filament extension atomizer contained in the case from a reservoir contained in the casing, the motor to cause the filament extension atomizer to generate a mist, and using an air source contained in the casing arranged adjacent the filament extension atomizer to provide air flow to direct the mist to a nozzle that is arranged to allow the mist to exit the casing.