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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney Thomas Fox, Hull, GB;
Neale Mark Harrison, Burton-on-Trent, GB;
John Farrell Hughes, Southampton, GB;
Lindsey Faye Whitmore, Winchester, GB;
Assignee:
Reckitt & Colman Products Limited, Windsor, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 2/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 2/310 ;
Abstract
A method of reducing the droplet sizes of a composition sprayed from an aerosol spray device comprising a compressed gas propellant, which method comprises imparting a unipolar charge to the liquid droplets by double layer charging during the spraying of the liquid droplets from the aerosol spray device, the unipolar charge being at a level such that the said droplets have a charge to mass ratio of at least +/−1×10,C/kg.