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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Byron V. Bell, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 17/00 (2006.01); A24F 47/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 47/008 (2013.01); H05B 3/12 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heater element for a vaporizing device, a vaporizing device containing the heater element, and a method for vaporizing fluid ejected by an ejection head. The heater element includes a conductive material having a concave area. The concave area of the heater element captures and vaporizes fluid ejected from an ejection head in the vaporization device. The concave area of the heating element has a cavity volume that is at least sufficient to retain an entire volume of liquid to be vaporized.