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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald Alan Coffee, Haslemere, GB;
Assignee:
Electrosols Ltd., Surrey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/100 ; A61M 1/5800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/100 ; A61M 1/5800 ;
Abstract
A dispensing device has a liquid supplier having a liquid outlet; an electrical charger for generating an electrical field to cause liquid issuing from the liquid outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter; an electrical discharger for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter; and an ion attracter for attracting ions generated by the electrical discharger away from the electrical charger until a spray cloud of electrically charged comminuted matter has been established by the electrical charger.