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US 12,104,583 B2Granted
Propellant apparatus
AssigneeAccion Systems, Inc.
InventorsLouis Perna, Bradley Kaanta, Russell Merrick, Adam Zachar, Kellen Blake, William Maulbetsch, Dakota Freeman, Andrew Wollman, Joseph Zimo, Myles Greenough
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Abstract
A system can include a reservoir configured to hold working material, a decontamination module configured to remove contaminants from the working material, a flow control mechanism configured to regulate working material flow between the reservoir and the decontamination module, and a manifold fluidly connecting the reservoir to the decontamination module.
Claims21
An electrospray system comprising:
- a first reservoir configured to store a working material;
- a first emitter and a second emitter each associated with a respective electrode, wherein the respective electrode associated with the first emitter is configured to apply a first electric polarity and the respective electrode associated with the second emitter is configured to simultaneously apply a second electric polarity, different from the first electric polarity, to the working material emitted from the first emitter and the second emitter, respectively;
- a manifold fluidly coupling the reservoir to at least one of the first emitter and the second emitter, wherein the manifold is in fluid communication with an external environment proximal the manifold;
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- a valve separating the reservoir from the manifold, wherein the valve is operable between:
- a closed state wherein the working material is sealed within the reservoir;
- a first open state wherein the working material within the reservoir is exposed to the external environment and is unable to enter the manifold;
- and
- a second open state wherein the working material within the reservoir is exposed to the external environment and is able to enter the manifold.
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A system comprising:
- a reservoir configured to store ionic liquid;
- a decontamination module configured to remove contaminants from the ionic liquid;
- a valve between the reservoir and the decontamination module;
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- a manifold fluidly connecting the reservoir to an endpoint through the decontamination module, wherein the valve is operable between:
- a closed state wherein the ionic liquid is sealed within the reservoir;
- a first open state wherein the ionic liquid within the reservoir is exposed to an external environment and is unable to enter the manifold;
- and
- a second open state wherein the ionic liquid within the reservoir is exposed to the external environment and is able to enter the manifold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.