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US 9,429,368 B2Granted
Temperature-sensing piezoelectric dispenser
AssigneeProtec Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung Min Hong, Hansung Lee, Yong Hun Lee, Min Sun Kim
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Abstract
Provided is a temperature-sensing piezoelectric dispenser, and more particularly, to a dispenser including a piezoelectric pump dispensing a liquid by using a piezoelectric element as an actuator. According to the temperature-sensing piezoelectric dispenser, a temperature of a piezoelectric actuator is measured and the piezoelectric actuator is cooled based on the measured temperature, thereby accurately controlling a liquid discharged according to an operation of the piezoelectric actuator.
Claims8
A temperature-sensing piezoelectric dispenser comprising:
- a pump body comprising a cooling line, through which a cooling fluid flows;
- a lever that is rotatably installed with respect to a hinge axis installed in the pump body;
- a first and second piezoelectric actuator installed in the pump body and each having a tip portion that is contactable to the lever as a length of the first or second piezoelectric actuator is increased when a voltage is applied to the first or second piezoelectric actuator to press and rotate the lever with respect to the hinge axis;
- a valve rod that is liftably connected to the lever according to rotation of the lever;
- a valve body comprising a storing unit, into which a tip portion of the valve rod is inserted and in which a liquid is stored, an inlet, through which the liquid flows into the storing unit, and a nozzle, through which the liquid of the storing unit is discharged according to advance and retreat of the valve rod with respect to the storing unit;
- a temperature sensor installed in one of the first or second piezoelectric actuator and the pump body to measure a temperature;
- a cooling pump for supplying the cooling fluid to the cooling line of the pump body;
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- a control unit for operating the first and second piezoelectric actuator and receiving the temperature sensed by using the temperature sensor to operate the cooling pump,
- wherein the first piezoelectric actuator and the second piezoelectric actuator rotate the lever with respect to the hinge axis in opposite directions from each other when a voltage is applied to the first piezoelectric actuator or the second piezoelectric actuator by the control unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.