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US 5,141,131 AGranted
Method and apparatus for the acceleration of a propellable matter
AssigneeDowElanco
InventorsTheodore E. Miller, Jr., Bradley C. Schuchardt, Alan R. Gould, Thomas A. Skokut
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are taught for the acceleration of a propellable matter at selected target matter.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising the following:
- (a) a source of gas under pressure having a gas outlet and a source of propellable matter having an outlet;
- (b) a propellable matter reservoir having an inlet and an outlet;
- (c) a delivery means having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet of the delivery means is in communication with the outlet of the propellable matter reservoir, and
- (d) a multipurpose valve means for providing selective pneumatic communication between either the outlet of the source of gas under pressure or the outlet of the source of propellable matter, and the inlet of the propellable matter reservoir, and for providing selective communication between the inlet of the delivery means and the outlet of the propellable matter reservoir, the source of gas under pressure, when in communication with the propellable matter reservoir, gas is discharged into the propellable matter reservoir, and said gas being under sufficient pressure to cause a propellable matter to exit the delivery means, when the propellable matter reservoir is in communication with the delivery means, at a velocity of between about 200 miles per hour (mph) to about 1200 mph.
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An apparatus comprising the following:
- (a) a source of gas under pressure having a gas outlet and a source of propellable matter having an outlet;
- (b) a propellable matter reservoir having an inlet and an outlet;
- (c) a delivery means having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet of the delivery means is in communication with the outlet of the propellable matter reservoir, and
- (d) a multipurpose valve means for providing selective pneumatic communication between either the outlet of the source of gas under pressure or the outlet of the source of propellable matter, and the inlet of the propellable matter reservoir, and for providing selective communication between the inlet of the delivery means and the outlet of the propellable matter reservoir, the source of gas under pressure, when in communication with the propellable matter reservoir, gas is discharged into the propellable matter reservoir and said gas being under sufficient pressure to cause a propellable matter to exit the delivery means, when the propellable matter reservoir is in communication with the delivery means, at a velocity of effective to cause a noncellular biological material to enter a biological cell.
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