Patent ID: 6863224

Claim:
A liquid atomizing apparatus comprising: a liquid reservoir section ( 31 ) reserving a liquid (L); an oscillation source ( 40 ) to whose distal end this liquid (L) in this liquid reservoir section ( 31 ) is fed; and a mesh member ( 1 ) having a number of fine pores ( 2 ), and mounted to an end surface of a distal end ( 41 ) of this oscillation source ( 40 ) in contact therewith, and atomizing the liquid (L) in the liquid reservoir section ( 31 ) by an oscillation action of combination of the oscillation source ( 40 ) and the mesh member ( 1 ), wherein said liquid reservoir section ( 31 ) is formed such that when the apparatus is inclined to an oscillation source ( 40 ) side, the liquid (L) therein reaches as far as a point in the proximity of a contact section between the distal end ( 41 ) of the oscillation source ( 40 ) and the mesh member ( 1 ), while when the apparatus is held in a horizontal state, the liquid (L) does not reach as far as a point in the proximity of said contact section.