Back to results
US 2002/0107293 A1Published application
Method and device for generating an aerosol
AssigneeBuender Glas GmbH
InventorsKlaus List, Roman Messerschmid, Klaus-Jurgen Steffens, Manfred Wolf
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method for generating an aerosol includes the step of guiding a gas which flows at supersonic velocity and which has input particles suspended therein in such a way that a compression shock occurs. The input particles are broken down into smaller output particles upon crossing the compression shock. A device for generating an aerosol is also provided.
Claims61
A method for generating an aerosol, the method which comprises:
- guiding a gas having input particles suspended therein and flowing at a supersonic velocity such that a compression shock occurs in the gas;
- and
- breaking the input particles into output particles being smaller than the input particles by passing the input particles through the compression shock.
A device for generating an aerosol, comprising:
- a gas guiding device configured to guide a gas having input particles suspended therein and flowing at a supersonic velocity;
- and
- said gas guiding device being configured to generate a compression shock in the gas such that the input particles, upon crossing the compression shock, are broken down into output particles smaller than the input particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.