Patent ID: 8272254

Claim:
A device for measuring the wetting characteristics of a liquid on a surface of a material comprising: a housing, a liquid dispensing component, a kinetic energy imparting component, a position determining component, and a data generating component, wherein the liquid dispensing component is configured to deposit a volume of a liquid on the surface of the material; wherein the kinetic energy imparting component is configured to impart kinetic energy in the form of vibration to the volume of liquid on the surface of the material; wherein the position determining component is configured to convey information about the position of the device relative to the volume of liquid on the surface of the liquid and to convey information about at least one of the distance of the data generating component from the surface and the angle of the data generating component relative to the surface; and wherein the data generating component is configured to obtain information about the geometry of the volume of the liquid on the surface of the material.