Dispensing – Drop formers
Patent
1986-10-09
1988-01-05
Rolla, Joseph J.
Dispensing
Drop formers
261 76, B65D 4718
Patent
active
047170492
ABSTRACT:
Uniform droplets of a liquid are produced by positioning the end of a capillary tube in the throat of a venturi. Gas flowing through the venturi detaches droplets from the end of the capillary tube without requiring high volume gas flow or excessively high velocity of the droplets.
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Dryer Frederick L.
Green Gary J.
Walsh Dennis E.
Gilman Michael G.
McKillop Alexander J.
Mobil Oil Corporation
Noland Kenneth
Rolla Joseph J.
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