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US 2011/0297146 A1Published application
Liquid ejection head to be used for inhaler and inhaler
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakatoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Tsuchiya
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Abstract
A liquid ejection head has a plurality of liquid ejection ports 10 and a plurality of gas jet ports 11 that are arranged alternately. The liquid droplets ejected from the liquid ejection ports 10 are prevented from colliding with each other and can maintain a uniform particle size distribution as gas is jetted out from the gas jet ports 11 in a direction same as the direction in which liquid droplets are ejected from the liquid ejection ports 10.
Claims5
A liquid ejection head to be used for an inhaler, the liquid ejection head comprising:
- a plurality of liquid ejection ports for ejecting liquid droplets to be inhaled by a user;
- a means for generating energy for ejecting liquid from said plurality of liquid ejection ports;
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- gas jet ports for jetting out gas in a direction of ejection of liquid droplets ejected from the liquid ejection ports, each of said gas jet ports being arranged between two adjacently located ones of said liquid ejection ports.
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