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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Manabu Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzuru Kuramochi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Seo, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzuru Kuramochi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiko Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid droplet forming apparatus includes a liquid retention unit configured to retain particle suspension liquid in which precipitated particles are suspended; a membrane member, in which a nozzle is formed, configured to discharge the particle suspension liquid retained in the liquid retention unit, as a liquid droplet, by vibration from the nozzle; and a particle state detection unit configured to detect, from a side of the liquid retention unit, a particle state of the precipitated particle around the nozzle in the particle suspension liquid.