Ultrasonic nebulizer
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1. A nebulizer including a supply container for liquid to be nebulized, an ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle for nebulizing the liquid, and feeding means for feeding the liquid from the supply container to the ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle;
- characterized in that said feeding means comprises;
an electrolytic cell including electrodes for generating a gas according to the amount of electricity conducted through said electrodes;
a feed tube leading from said supply container to said ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle for feeding liquid thereto according to the amount of gas generated by said electrodes; and
control means for controlling the current flowing through said electrodes, and thereby the quantity of gas generated.
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An ultrasonic nebulizer includes a supply container for the liquid to be nebulized, and an electrolytic cell having electrodes for generating a gas according to the amount of electricity conducted through the electrodes. The generated gas is effective to control the pressure in, or volume of, the supply container, and thereby the feed of the liquid therefrom to the ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle.
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1. A nebulizer including a supply container for liquid to be nebulized, an ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle for nebulizing the liquid, and feeding means for feeding the liquid from the supply container to the ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle;
- characterized in that said feeding means comprises;
an electrolytic cell including electrodes for generating a gas according to the amount of electricity conducted through said electrodes; a feed tube leading from said supply container to said ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle for feeding liquid thereto according to the amount of gas generated by said electrodes; and control means for controlling the current flowing through said electrodes, and thereby the quantity of gas generated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- characterized in that said feeding means comprises;
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16. A nebulizer for producing a flow of heated air containing a nebulized liquid, comprising:
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a supply container for the liquid to be nebulized; an ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle for nebulizing the liquid; an electrolytic cell including electrodes for generating a gas according to the amount of electricity conducted through said electrodes; a feed tube leading from said supply container to said ultrasonic nebulizer nozzle for feeding liquid to said nozzle according to the amount of gas generated by said electrolytic cell; an electrical circuit for controlling the current flow through said electrodes and thereby the quantity of gas generated by said electrodes; blower means for directing a stream of air to flow through a path to pick up the liquid nebulized by said nozzle; and a heater for heating said stream of air. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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