Dispensing device
AssigneeElectrosols, Ltd.
InventorRonald Alan Coffee
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Abstract
A dispensing device has a liquid supplier having a liquid outlet; an electrical charger for generating an electrical field to cause liquid issuing from the liquid outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter; an electrical discharger for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter; and an ion attracter for attracting ions generated by the electrical discharger away from the electrical charger until a spray cloud of electrically charged comminuted matter has been established by the electrical charger.
Claims21
A dispensing device comprising:
- a liquid supplier having a liquid outlet;
- an electrical charger for generating an electrical field to cause liquid issuing from the liquid outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter;
- an electrical discharger for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter;
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- an ion attracter for attracting ions generated by the electrical discharger away from the electrical charger until a spray cloud of electrically charged comminuted matter has been established by the electrical charger.
A dispensing device, comprising a liquid supplier having a liquid outlet, an ion attracter coupled to ground via a capacitor, a discharge electrode, a switch coupled to said liquid outlet, and a voltage source, coupled to said switch and to said discharge electrode, whereby, when said switch is activated to couple said voltage source to said liquid outlet, an electric field is generated to cause liquid issuing from said liquid outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter, ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter are produced by the electrical discharger and the ion attracter attracts ions generated by the electrical discharger away from the electrical charger until a spray cloud of electrically charged comminuted matter has been established by the electrical charger.
A dispensing device comprising a liquid reservoir having an outlet, an electrical charger for generating an electrical field to cause liquid issuing from the outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter, and an annular electrical discharger for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter.
A dispensing device comprising a liquid supply having an outlet, an electrical charger for generating an electric field to cause liquid issuing from the outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter, and an annular electrical discharger coaxial with the outlet for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter.
An inhaler for enabling administration to and via the upper respiratory tract, including the nasal mucosa, the inhaler comprising an outlet duct and containing a liquid reservoir having a liquid outlet, an electrical charger for generating an electrical field to cause liquid issuing from the outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter, and an annular electrical discharger for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging the comminuted matter whereby, in use, a user can inhale at least partially electrically discharged comminuted matter via the duct.
An inhaler, comprising a housing having an outlet duct through which a user can breath and containing:
- a liquid reservoir having a liquid supply tube with a liquid supply tube outlet,
- an electrical charger for generating an electric field to cause liquid issuing from the liquid supply tube outlet to be comminuted to provide electrically charged comminuted matter,
- an electrical discharger for providing ions for at least partially electrically discharging electrically charged comminuted matter produced by the electric field, and
- an ion attracting for attracting ions generated by the electrical discharger away from the electrical charger until a spray cloud of electrically charged comminuted matter has been established by the electrical charger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.