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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2000
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An atomizer includes a piezoelectric element,with comb-type electrodes having one electrode and the other electrode formed alternately at one side, a mesh member,having many small holes arranged in the proximity of a no-electrode formation plane of piezoelectric element,a liquid reagent bottle,storing a liquid L, and a solenoid,supplying the liquid L of liquid reagent bottle,between piezoelectric element,and mesh member,The vibratory wave of piezoelectric element,by an oscillation circuit is a bulk wave that travels within the piezoelectric element, not the surface wave propagating at the surface of the piezoelectric element defined by the comb-type electrode pitch. As a result, an atomizer can be provided improved in atomization efficiency and stabilized in atomization.