Patent ID: 8294119
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B05B,H01J

Abstract:
1. Electrospray source having a structure which comprises; a support having a main face; a wafer formed on said main face of the support and integral with said main face of the support, a part of the wafer constituting at least one flat and thin tip cantilevered with respect to the support, said tip comprising a first face and a second face and being provided with a capillary slot formed through a complete thickness of the tip from said first face through said second face, said thickness being substantially orthogonal to the main face of the support, said capillary slot leading to an end of the tip to form an ejection orifice of the electrospray source, the electrospray source comprising means for supplying the capillary slot with liquid to be nebulised and means for applying an electrospray voltage to said liquid.