Electrospray/electrospinning apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for producing fibers, comprising:
- an enclosure having an inlet configured to receive a substance from which the fibers are to be composed, said substance to be in contact with the enclosure;
a common electrode disposed inside said enclosure;
at least one extrusion element including at least one frit segment entirely covering an opening in the extrusion element; and
a substance-receiving space between the extrusion element and the common electrode and in communication with said inlet to receive said substance in said space.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for producing fibrous materials in which the apparatus includes an enclosure having an inlet configured to receive a substance from which the fibrous materials are to be composed, a common electrode disposed in the enclosure, and plural extrusion elements provided in a wall of the enclosure opposite the common electrode so as to define between the plural extrusion elements and the common electrode a space in communication with the inlet to receive the substance in the space. In the method, a substance from which the fibrous materials are to be composed is fed to the enclosure having the plural extrusion elements, a common electric field is applied to the extrusion elements in a direction in which the substance is to be extruded, the substance is extruded through the extrusion elements to tips of the extrusion elements, and the substance is electrosprayed from the tips to form the fibrous materials.
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31 Claims
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1. An apparatus for producing fibers, comprising:
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an enclosure having an inlet configured to receive a substance from which the fibers are to be composed, said substance to be in contact with the enclosure; a common electrode disposed inside said enclosure; at least one extrusion element including at least one frit segment entirely covering an opening in the extrusion element; and a substance-receiving space between the extrusion element and the common electrode and in communication with said inlet to receive said substance in said space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for producing fibers, comprising:
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an enclosure configured to hold a substance from which the fibers are to be extruded, said substance to be in contact with the enclosure; a common electrode disposed inside the enclosure; and means for electrospinning said substance from said enclosure with at least one extrusion element including at least one frit segment entirely covering an opening in the extrusion element, said means for electrospinning facing the common electrode. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for producing fibers, comprising:
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an enclosure having an inlet configured to receive a substance from which the fibers are to be composed, said substance to be in contact with the enclosure; at least one extrusion element including at least one frit segment entirely covering an opening in the extrusion element; a common electrode disposed inside said enclosure; and a substance-receiving space between the extrusion element and the common electrode and in communication with said inlet to receive said substance in said space, wherein the common electrode extends in a first direction and a second direction to form a circular perimeter. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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