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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Norikane, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Ohgaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Masuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Norikane, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Ohgaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Masuzawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Plural types of fluids that are incompatible with each other are merged. A disturbance is induced at an interface between the fluids by causing the fluids to flow through a merged flow passage having a cross-sectional area that changes. One type of the fluids is turned into microscopic liquid droplets.