Bubble generating device and bubble generating system
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorKatsumi Fujimoto
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Abstract
A bubble generating device includes a vibration plate, a first cylindrical body, a spring portion, a second cylindrical body, and a piezoelectric element. The vibration plate includes openings, a first surface in contact with a liquid in a liquid tank, and a second surface in contact with a gas. The first cylindrical body has a first end portion supporting the vibration plate. The spring portion has a plate shape and supports a second portion of the first cylindrical body. The second cylindrical body has an end portion supporting the spring portion at a position outward of a position at which the first cylindrical body is supported. The piezoelectric element causes the spring portion to vibrate and is inward of a portion of a surface of the spring portion supported by the second cylindrical body.
Claims19
A bubble generating device attachable to a liquid tank and operable to generate fine bubbles in a liquid in the liquid tank, the bubble generating device comprising:
- a vibration plate including a plurality of openings and at a position at which a first surface of the vibration plate is in contact with the liquid in the liquid tank and at which a second surface of the vibration plate is in contact with a gas;
- a first cylindrical body that includes a first end portion supporting the vibration plate;
- a spring portion that has a plate shape and that supports a second end portion of the first cylindrical body;
- a second cylindrical body that includes a first end portion supporting the spring portion at a position outward of a position at which the first cylindrical body is supported;
- and
- a piezoelectric element to cause the spring portion to vibrate;
- wherein
- the piezoelectric element is positioned inward of a portion of a surface of the spring portion supported by the second cylindrical body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.