Patent ID: 7156320

Claim:
An aerosol injector, the injector comprising: a) a liquid tube, with a liquid tube orifice for ejecting a liquid to be atomized; b) a propellant cap comprising: i) an annular orifice, (1) the annular orifice disposed around an inner cylinder, (a) the inner cylinder passing through the propellant cap, (b) the inner cylinder having an interior, (2) the liquid tube disposed within the inner cylinder interior; ii) an interior region flowing to the annular orifice; iii) a gas line flowing a pressurized gas into the interior region, (1) the gas line having a gas line heater, (2) the gas line heater heating the pressurized gas to form a heated pressurized gas; iv) a heat transfer region disposed between the inner cylinder and the liquid tube; c) where the heated pressurized gas is ejected from the annular orifice surrounding the liquid ejected from the liquid tube orifice, atomizing and heating the liquid.