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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Teruo Maruyama, Hirakata, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Higashiosaka, JP;
Ryoji Hyuga, Kadoma, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/227 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for discharging fluid, includes while keeping two members relatively moving to each other along a gap direction of a gap formed by two opposing surfaces of the two members, feeding fluid from a fluid supply device to the gap, and intermittently discharging the fluid by utilizing a pressure change made by changing the gap, and controlling a fluid discharge amount per dot depending on pressure and flow rate characteristics of the fluid supply device.