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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Takashi Miyauti, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi, Shiga, JP;
Shigeru Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroaki Inui, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Oyama, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Miyauti, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Takeuchi, Shiga, JP;
Shigeru Matsuo, Osaka, JP;
Takayuki Inoue, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroaki Inui, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Oyama, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mist generating device includes a mist generation vibrator, and a sealed vessel accommodating therein a fluid and provided at a side of a vibrating surface of the mist generation vibrator. A wall portion which constitutes a part of the sealed vessel and faces the mist generation vibrator has a thin film membrane and a mist of liquid outside the sealed vessel is generated by ultrasonic vibration transmitted from the mist generation vibrator via the fluid in the sealed vessel and the thin film membrane.