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US 12,194,744 · App. 17/253,535 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Liquid jet discharge device

Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tagawa (Fuchu, JP); Masaaki Kurita (Wakayama, JP); Shinji Torii (Wakayama, JP)
Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY; KISHU GIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
B41J2/14B05B7/24B41J2/015
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Patent No.
US 12,194,744
App. No.
17/253,535
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a composition with an ingredient derived from a turmeric.

Claims (19)

1. A liquid jet discharge device, comprising:

a nozzle having first and second end portions, the nozzle being open at both of the first and second end portions and internally housing a liquid such that a contact angle between the liquid and at least an inner face of the nozzle is less than 90°;

a container comprising a first wall and a second wall opposite the first wall, wherein the container is in communication with the nozzle and configured to house the liquid at least at the first wall, wherein the nozzle is formed in the first wall, wherein the first end portion of the nozzle is formed in a first surface of the first wall and the second end portion of the nozzle is formed in a second surface of the first wall such that the nozzle penetrates the first wall, the container comprising: a cross-sectional area larger than a cross-sectional area of the nozzle, wherein the container has a length in a discharge direction of a liquid jet that is longer than a length in the discharge direction from the first end portion of the nozzle to a surface of the liquid;

a moving mechanism and a stopper configured to impart an impulse force to the container; and

a replenishment device that is configured to supply the liquid into the container,

wherein the moving mechanism is configured to move the container in the discharge direction, and

wherein the stopper is configured to be abutted by the container when moving in the discharge direction toward a discharge target so as to stop the container.

2. The liquid jet discharge device of claim 1 , wherein the first end portion of the nozzle is aligned with the first surface of the first wall.

3. The liquid jet discharge device of claim 2 , wherein a tapered face inclined toward a bottom face is formed at the first end of the nozzle.

4. The liquid jet discharge device of claim 1 , wherein the first end portion of the nozzle is disposed in a center of a bottom face of the container.

5. The liquid jet discharge device of claim 1 , wherein:

the liquid is housed at a bottom face side of the container; and

a pressure generation medium having an acoustic impedance of from 1 to 1.5 times an acoustic impedance of the liquid is housed at an opposite side to the bottom face side without mixing or chemically reacting with the liquid.

6. The liquid jet discharge device of claim 1 , wherein the replenishment device includes:

a replenishment section for housing the liquid; and

a liquid supply path that is in communication with a portion of the replenishment section, and wherein a portion of the container holds the liquid.

7. The liquid jet discharge device of claim 6 , wherein:

another end portion of the nozzle opens downward in the liquid jet discharge device; and

the replenishment device is configured to supply the liquid to the container by either an action of a head pressure of the liquid held in the replenishment section and an action of surface tension of the liquid, or by the action of the surface tension of the liquid alone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2020
From: TAGAWA, YOSHIYUKI; KURITA, MASAAKI; TORII, SHINJI
To: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY; KISHU GIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054693/0634 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-119345 · Jun 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210138786A1 · May 13, 2021
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