Device for generating gaseous species
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsThomas Bickford HOLBECHE, Cormac John DEVERY, Geoffrey Morgan LLOYD
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Abstract
The present invention provides a device for generating a non-thermal gas species which may be a flow of gas plasma in the form of a gas plasma plume emitted from the device. The device comprises a gas capsule, or pressure vessel for holding a gas or gases under pressure and forming a flow of gas through a reaction generator to an applicator when released from the capsule. Gas released from the gas capsule is energised in the reaction generator to form the gas plasma. The device is designed to be hand held and hand operated so that it may be used for cleaning and whitening teeth as well as other applications.
Claims20
A hand held, hand operated device for generating a flow of a non-thermal gaseous species, comprising:
- a housing having a length of 30 cm or less, a breadth of 5 cm or less and a diameter of 5 cm or less, the housing containing;
- a gas capsule holding a gas under pressure wherein the gas may be released from the capsule;
- a reaction generator for receiving gas released from the capsule and for generating the gaseous species;
- a conduit connecting the gas capsule and the reaction generator;
- a source of electrical energy;
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- energising means electrically connected to the source of electrical energy for generating the gaseous species in the reaction chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.