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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Heather R. Schramm, Whitewater, WI (US);
Edward J. Martens, Iii, Racine, WI (US);
Susan M. Clausen, Zion, IL (US);
Padma P. Varanasi, Racine, WI (US);
Jesse Ben Crandall, Drummond, WI (US);
Heather R. Schramm, Whitewater, WI (US);
Edward J. Martens, III, Racine, WI (US);
Susan M. Clausen, Zion, IL (US);
Padma P. Varanasi, Racine, WI (US);
Jesse Ben Crandall, Drummond, WI (US);
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
An atomizeratomizes a multi-component liquid from a reservoirinto a cloudcomprising small dropletswhich are ejected into the atmosphere to a certain height and allowed to fall toward a surface. Essentially complete evaporation is assured by maintaining the size of the droplets, the liquid's component vapor pressures and the height through which the droplets fall according to a predetermined relationship. Also, the suitability of a liquid for evaporation in a vibrating plate atomizer is determined by measuring the rate of size decrease and the surface tension of a pendant drop of the liquid after a predetermined amount of the liquid has evaporated from the drop.