Patent ID: 8235934

Claim:
A functional thin tube device for transporting liquid inside a tubular body from one side to the other side of the tubular body, said device comprising: a hollow tubular body; a plurality of vibrating ring bodies mounted in contact with the tubular body spaced an interval along an axial direction on an outer circumference of the tubular body; and an energy supply means for supplying energy for the vibrating ring bodies, wherein the energy supply means is configured to generate a first standing wave having a large amplitude of wave at a first set of alternating positions of the vibrating ring bodies, to generate a second standing wave having a smaller amplitude of wave than a displacement of the large amplitude of wave at a second set of alternating positions of the vibrating ring bodies, and to supply the energy to the vibrating ring bodies in order to become a synthetic progressive wave having an ellipsoidal orbit by a pile of the first standing wave and the second standing wave.