A system of generating an aerosol, by: (a) placing a liquid into a liquid chamber in an ultrasonic nebulization system having a cylindrical aerosol production chamber received within a cylindrical master chamber, and having top and bottom ultrasonic transducers; (b) passing air up through the aerosol production chamber; and (c) producing acoustic standing waves above the surface of the liquid with the top and bottom ultrasonic transducers, thereby generating an aerosol of the liquid by action of the standing waves.

Afforded is a spraying apparatus that enables the large-volume generation of fine particles having particle diameters minute to a level that can give rise to Brownian motion. A spraying apparatus of the present invention is furnished with: an atomization tank 11 enabled for storing a liquid formulation; an atomizing device 12 being ultrasonic vibration elements arranged in the atomization tank interior, for atomizing the liquid formulation to generate fine particles; a blower 13 furnished with a blower element enabled for maintaining predetermined rpm, for blasting into the atomization tank interior, through a blow port 11b provided in the atomization tank, conveyance air that is for conveying the fine particles of the liquid formulation; a send-out port 11c, provided in the atomization tank, through which the fine particles are sent out together with the conveyance air; and a baffle plate 14a arranged in the atomization tank interior so as to receive liquid columns of the liquid formulation, produced by the ultrasonic vibration elements; wherein the baffle plate and the send-out port are arranged so that conveyance air supplied through the blow port goes through a gap between one end part 14ae of the baffle plate 14a and the atomization tank, winds in along the surface on the plate's liquid-column receiving side and then arrives at the send-out port.

A disposable coating applicator container for applying a coating of a therapeutic agent upon an object to be coated. The disposable coating applicator container includes a sealable container, the sealable container having a container bottom, the container bottom having upwardly extending walls, each upwardly extending wall terminating in an upper edge, and a closure for sealing a device compartment formed in part by the upwardly extending walls, the closure adjacent to the upper edges of the upwardly extending walls; and a therapeutic agent positioned in fluid communication with the device compartment, wherein the disposable coating applicator container comprises a flexible material and is in the form of a bag-like structure.

A liquid coating apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a diaphragm deformable to change a volume of the liquid chamber, a piezoelectric element that deforms the diaphragm in a thickness direction, a pressurized casing bottom-wall portion between the piezoelectric element and the diaphragm to support the piezoelectric element from a diaphragm side, a fixed casing bottom wall portion that supports an end of the piezoelectric element on a side opposite to the diaphragm, a plunger that extends through the pressurized casing bottom-wall portion and transmits expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric element to the diaphragm, and a coil spring that is between the piezoelectric element and the pressurized casing bottom-wall portion and is supported by the first support portion to apply a compressive force to the piezoelectric element.

Novel, lubricious coatings for medical devices are disclosed. The coatings provide improved lubricity and durability and are readily applied in coating processes a low temperatures that do not deform the device. The present invention is also directed to a novel platinum catalyst for use in such coatings. The catalyst provides for rapid curing, while inhibiting cross-linking at ambient temperatures, thereby improving the production pot life of the coatings.

An atomizing generator and clothes treatment apparatus including the atomizing generator. The atomizing generator includes a housing, a partition plate being provided within the housing, the partition plate dividing the housing into an atomizing cavity and a mounting cavity which are in communication with each other; the atomizing cavity can accommodate liquid, an air inlet, a liquid inlet and a mist outlet which are in communication with the atomizing cavity are provided on the housing; and the atomizing generator further includes an atomizing element capable of atomizing the liquid within the atomizing cavity; a controller is provided in the mounting cavity, and the controller is connected to the atomizing element through a control wire to control the start/stop of the atomizing element. The embodiments improve the integration level of the atomizing generator, facilitates the assembly and production of the clothes treatment apparatus, and improves the assembly efficiency and the yield.

An atomizing generator which includes a housing provided with an atomizing cavity therein, an atomizing element capable of atomizing a liquid is provided in the atomizing cavity, an air inlet, a liquid inlet, and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomizing cavity are provided on the housing, and a communicating cavity which is independent of the atomizing cavity is formed in the housing. The atomizing cavity is communicated with the communicating cavity through a first communication hole, the mist outlet is communicated with the communicating cavity through a second communication hole, a valve mechanism is further provided in the communicating cavity, and the valve mechanism is configured to be capable of sealing the first communication hole and/or the second communication hole.

The present invention provides an atomization equipment which comprises a lid and a shell. The lid is configured to have multiple gas chambers, and the lid engages with the shell. Thereafter, the shell comprises a plurality of windows, a tank, at least one vibrator, a liquid input, a liquid stopper and at least one blower. The multiple gas chambers match and communicate with the plurality of windows, and the at least one vibrator are configured at bottom of the tank. On the other hand, the liquid input is configured on the side wall of the tank, and the liquid stopper be detachably closed the liquid input. At last, the at least one blower communicates with the tank.

A fog generator assembly includes a water vapor generator, a fragrance dispenser, and a mixing element fluidly coupled to the water generator and the fragrance dispenser. The mixing element is configured to mix a fog of water vapor from the water vapor generator with a fragrance from the fragrance dispenser to produce an aromatic fog.

An atomizer device can include a container for storing liquid for atomization, the container defining a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion defining a mist opening. An ultrasonic transducer can be located at the bottom portion of the container and configured to generate waves in the liquid. A sleeve can extend from the bottom portion toward the top portion of the container. The sleeve can be configured to direct the waves along a longitudinal axis of the sleeve. A float can be located within the sleeve and be configured to move along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve. The float can define a through hole, wherein the waves are concentrated toward a surface of the liquid by passing through the through hole.