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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Jeong-Hyun Oh, Taegukwangyok-shi, KR;
Keun-Deok Park, Pusankwangyok-shi, KR;
Dong-Joon Kim, Kyonggi-do, KR;
Young-Min Baik, Kyongsangbuk-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatus and method for ultrasonically dispersing a silica sol such as is used in a process of manufacturing a silica glass by a sol-gel method. The apparatus includes a sol feeder for holding a sol to be dispersed, a sol container for containing the ultrasonically dispersed sol, a medium tank having a liquid-phase ultrasonic medium, an ultrasonic vibrator for generating ultrasonic waves within the tank, and a sol pipe for providing a sol feeding path connecting the sol feeder and the sol container to each other, the sol pipe having a portion submerged under the ultrasonic medium in the medium tank. The portion of the sol pipe submerged under the ultrasonic medium has a shape bent in a zigzagged fashion.