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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2012
Applicants:
Bob Rollinger, Zurich, CH;
Reza Abhari, Forch, CH;
Andrea Giovannini, Lugano, CH;
Ian Henderson, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Bob Rollinger, Zurich, CH;
Reza Abhari, Forch, CH;
Andrea Giovannini, Lugano, CH;
Ian Henderson, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
ETH Zurich, Zurich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/02 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/008 (2013.01); B05B 1/02 (2013.01); B05B 17/0623 (2013.01); H05G 2/005 (2013.01); H05G 2/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A droplet dispensing device includes a reservoir for receiving a liquid material, an outlet nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir and a piezoelectric actuating means acting on the liquid material at the outlet nozzle to exit the outlet nozzle in a sequence of droplets. A piezoelectric actuating means that includes a piston, which is actuated by a piezoelectric actuator at one end and dips the other, free end into the liquid material is provided just upstream of the outlet nozzle.