Patent ID: 6752327
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: A01M,A61L,B05B

Abstract:
An atomizer for ejecting small liquid droplets into the atmosphere, said atomizer comprising:a housing; a vibratory orifice plate extending in a plane and mounted in said housing with said plane tilted from the horizontal, said orifice plate having a plurality of small orifices formed in a center region thereof; a vibratory actuator coupled to said plate for causing said orifice plate to vibrate rapidly in a direction perpendicular to its plane; and a replaceable liquid reservoir removably mounted in said housing below said orifice plate, said reservoir comprising a liquid container for containing a supply of liquid to be atomized and a solid, porous and dimensionally stable elongated liquid delivery member extending along a vertical axis from within said liquid container and out through an upper opening of said container, said liquid delivery member having an upper end which is also tilted from the horizontal and which is positioned in said housing such that it extends along a surface of said orifice plate.