IP Library Granted Patent US 9,031,391
Granted Patent B2
US 9,031,391 · App. 13/630,987 · Granted May 12, 2015

Woven mesh form liquid control apparatus

Inventors: Masayuki Kouketsu (Komaki, JP); Hiroshi Itafuji (Komaki, JP)
Assignee: CKD Corporation
B01B1/005
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Patent No.
US 9,031,391
App. No.
13/630,987
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid control apparatus that controls a spread of a liquid has a main body that has a supply subject surface onto which the liquid is supplied. The apparatus also has a mesh form body that is woven into a mesh form and provided to contact the supply subject surface and a guiding member that is provided to contact an opposite side of the mesh form body to the main body side.

Claims (53)

1. A liquid control apparatus controlling a spread of a liquid,

the apparatus comprising:

a main body having a supply subject surface onto which the liquid is supplied;

a mesh form body woven into a mesh form and provided to contact the supply subject surface; and

a guiding member provided to contact an opposite side of the mesh form body with respect to the main body.

2. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding member is formed by being woven into a mesh form.

3. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from an interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body.

4. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the mesh form body and the guiding member are provided to cover the supply port.

5. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a blocking member formed in a plate form or a film form is provided to cover the supply port.

6. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the blocking member is provided to cover only the supply port and a vicinity of the supply port.

7. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

a through hole is formed in the blocking member, and

the guiding member is inserted into the through hole.

8. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a heater configured to heat the supply subject surface is provided in an interior of the main body, and

the guiding member extends toward the heater in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

9. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from an interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body, and

the guiding member extends toward the heater from the supply port in the expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

10. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a heater configured to heat the supply subject surface is provided in an interior of the main body,

a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body, and

a groove is provided in the supply subject surface to suppress spreading of the liquid from the supply port to a side opposite to the heater in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

11. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a heater configured to heat the supply subject surface is provided in an interior of the main body,

a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body, and

a groove is provided in the supply subject surface to surround a periphery of the supply port on sides excluding a side of the heater in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

12. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

an introduction port and a discharge port for a gas are provided in the main body,

the introduction port is an opening for introducing the gas into a space on a periphery of the supply subject surface from the interior of the main body,

the discharge port is an opening for discharging the gas into the interior of the main body from the space, and

the introduction port is provided on a side opposite to the discharge port across the heater in the expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

13. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a supply port configured to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body is provided in the main body between the introduction port and the heater in the expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

14. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a temperature sensor is provided in an interior of the main body to detect a temperature of the supply subject surface, and

the guiding member extends toward the temperature sensor in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

15. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body, and

the guiding member extends from the supply port toward the temperature sensor in the expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

16. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a temperature sensor is provided in an interior of the main body to detect a temperature of the supply subject surface,

a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body, and

a groove is provided in the supply subject surface to suppress spreading of the liquid from the supply port to a side opposite to the temperature sensor in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

17. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a temperature sensor is provided in an interior of the main body to detect a temperature of the supply subject surface,

a supply port is provided in the main body to supply the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body, and

a groove is provided in the supply subject surface to surround a periphery of the supply port on sides excluding a side of the temperature sensor in an expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

18. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein

an introduction port and a discharge port for a gas are provided in the main body,

the introduction port is an opening for introducing the gas into a space on a periphery of the supply subject surface from the interior of the main body,

the discharge port is an opening for discharging the gas into the interior of the main body from the space, and

the introduction port is provided on a side opposite to the discharge port across the temperature sensor in the expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

19. The liquid control apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein a supply port supplying the liquid from the interior of the main body to a part of the supply subject surface contacted by the mesh form body is provided in the main body between the introduction port and the temperature sensor in the expanse direction of the supply subject surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2012
From: KOUKETSU, MASAYUKI; ITAFUJI, HIROSHI
To: CKD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029050/0555 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-215866 · Sep 30, 2011 · national
JP 2012-151627 · Jul 5, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130081733A1 · Apr 4, 2013