Ultrasonic-assisted liquid manipulation

    公开(公告)号:US11740018B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17409783

    申请日:2021-08-23

    IPC分类号: F26B5/02

    CPC分类号: F26B5/02

    摘要: A phased array of ultrasonic transducers may create arbitrary fields that can be utilized to manipulate fluids. This includes the translation of drops on smooth surfaces as well speeding the evaporation of fluids on wetted hands. Proposed herein is the use airborne ultrasound focused to the surface of the hand. The risk is that coupling directly into the bulk of the hand may cause damage to the cellular material through heating, mechanical stress, or cavitation. Using a phased array, the focus may be moved around, thus preventing acoustic energy from lingering too long on one particular position of the hand. While some signaling may penetrate into the hand, most of the energy (99.9%) is reflected. Also disclosed are methods to couple just to the wetted surface of the hand.

    Dryer
    3.
    发明授权
    Dryer 有权

    公开(公告)号:US11268758B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16914839

    申请日:2020-06-29

    摘要: A dryer for drying hair or clothes is disclosed. The dryer includes a head and a handle attached to the head. The dryer further includes ultrasonic devices, a controller, a vacuum pump, and a reservoir. The head has a surface on which inlet holes are formed. The ultrasonic devices are positioned on the surface of the head. The ultrasonic devices produce ultrasonic vibrations that break down water molecules into mist. The controller controls an operation of the ultrasonic devices.

    Dryer and method of drying
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10928131B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16308656

    申请日:2017-06-06

    申请人: Force Technology

    发明人: Niels Krebs

    摘要: A dryer (100), comprising a dryer chamber (101) coupled to a closed loop gas-circulating system for circulating gas through the dryer chamber (101); wherein the closed loop gas-circulating system recirculates the gas and comprises: a compressor (113) coupled to receive return gas from the dryer chamber (101) and to compress the return gas to provide compressed gas; a separator (109) sitting in the gas-circulating system for draining condensate from the gas; and a gas discharger (103; 104) coupled to receive compressed gas from the compressor (113) and to discharge the compressed gas through a discharger exit (118). The separator sits in the closed loop gas-circulating system downstream of the compressor to receive compressed gas and upstream of the gas discharger (103;104). Thereby drying efficacy is improved and is advantageous at relatively low drying temperatures such as below 40 degrees Celsius. There is also provided a door for a dryer, a method of operating a dryer and a method of drying, such as a method of drying pharmaceutical substances, compounds, ingredients or products.

    Method and apparatus for removing water from a capillary cylinder in a papermaking process

    公开(公告)号:US10895040B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16207280

    申请日:2018-12-03

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for removing water from a wet fibrous web. During the process of making a fibrous structure, a capillary dewatering apparatus remove water from a wet porous web. In some configurations, a capillary dewatering apparatus may include a capillary porous media. A molding member, such as a papermaking belt comprising an air permeable fabric, may advance the wet fibrous web onto the capillary porous media, wherein the fibrous web is positioned between the capillary porous media and the air-permeable fabric. An energy transfer surface may be positioned in contact with the air-permeable fabric or the outer circumferential surface, wherein the energy transfer surface operates to vibrate the capillary porous media. In turn, the vibration helps to drive water through the capillary porous media, allowing additional water to flow from the fibrous web and through pores in the capillary porous media.

    CONVEYING DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请
    CONVEYING DEVICE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200290834A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16791027

    申请日:2020-02-14

    发明人: Takuo YANAGI

    摘要: The present invention provides a conveying device and a conveyance method that can improve manufacturing efficiency for the target object and reduce apparatus costs.A conveying device for conveying a strip sheet has a double spiral route comprising a first spiral route from an outer side toward a. center side and a second spiral route from the center side toward an outer side connected successively in this order, and the first spiral route and the second spiral route are each composed of a plurality of conveyor rollers.

    Methods and apparatus using multistage ultrasonic lens cleaning for improved water removal

    公开(公告)号:US10596604B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US15492286

    申请日:2017-04-20

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for using two stage ultrasonic lens cleaning for water removal are disclosed. An apparatus can expel fluid from a droplet on an optical surface using an ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to the optical surface and having first and second resonant frequency bands. A signal generator can generate a first signal including a first frequency to be coupled with the ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to the surface, and can generate a second signal including a second frequency to be coupled with the ultrasonic transducer mechanically coupled to the surface. Switching circuitry can activate the ultrasonic transducer at the first frequency to reduce the droplet from a first size to a second size, and to activate the ultrasonic transducer at the second frequency to reduce the droplet from the second size to a third size.

    DRYER AND METHOD OF DRYING
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190310017A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16308656

    申请日:2017-06-06

    申请人: FORCE TECHNOLOGY

    发明人: Niels KREBS

    摘要: A dryer (100), comprising a dryer chamber (101) coupled to a closed loop gas-circulating system for circulating gas through the dryer chamber (101); wherein the closed loop gas-circulating system recirculates the gas and comprises: a compressor (113) coupled to receive return gas from the dryer chamber (101) and to compress the return gas to provide compressed gas; a separator (109) sitting in the gas-circulating system for draining condensate from the gas; and a gas discharger (103; 104) coupled to receive compressed gas from the compressor (113) and to discharge the compressed gas through a discharger exit (118). The separator sits in the closed loop gas-circulating system downstream of the compressor to receive compressed gas and upstream of the gas discharger (103;104). Thereby drying efficacy is improved and is advantageous at relatively low drying temperatures such as below 40 degrees Celsius. There is also provided a door for a dryer, a method of operating a dryer and a method of drying, such as a method of drying pharmaceutical substances, compounds, ingredients or products.

    Acoustic drying system with matched exhaust flow
    10.
    发明授权
    Acoustic drying system with matched exhaust flow 有权
    具有匹配排气流量的声学干燥系统

    公开(公告)号:US08931891B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-13

    申请号:US14175370

    申请日:2014-02-07

    IPC分类号: B41J2/01 B41J11/00 F26B5/02

    摘要: An inkjet printing system, comprising: one or more inkjet printheads for printing drops of ink onto a receiver medium, and an acoustic air impingement drying system positioned in proximity to at least one of the inkjet printheads. The acoustic air impingement drying system includes: an airflow source providing a supply flow rate; an acoustic resonant chamber having an inlet slot that receives air from the airflow source and an outlet slot that directs air onto the receiver medium; an exhaust air channel for removing the air directed onto the receiver medium by the acoustic resonant chamber; a blower for pulling air through the exhaust air channel at an exhaust flow rate; and a blower controller that controls the supply flow rate and the exhaust flow rate, wherein the exhaust flow rate is controlled to match the supply flow rate to within 1%, or to exceed the supply flow rate.

    摘要翻译: 一种喷墨打印系统,包括:一个或多个喷墨打印头,用于将墨滴印刷到接收介质上;以及声学空气冲击干燥系统,其定位在至少一个喷墨打印头附近。 声学空气冲击干燥系统包括:提供供给流量的气流源; 声学谐振室具有从气流源接收空气的入口狭槽和将空气引导到接收介质上的出口槽; 排气通道,用于去除由声谐振腔引导到接收介质上的空气; 用于以排气流量将空气抽吸通过排气通道的鼓风机; 以及鼓风机控制器,其控制供给流量和排气流量,其中排气流量被控制以使供给流量与1%以内或者超过供给流量。