Liquid atomizer

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ATOMIZING LIQUID COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, AN ELONGATED FLEXURAL MEMBER, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BASE FOR SUPPORTING SAID FLEXURAL MEMBER, A NOZZLE FORMED AT ONE END OF SAIDF FLEXURAL MEMBER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID TO SAID NOZZLE, A VIBRATOR CONNECTED TO SAID FLEXURAL MEMBER AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID VIBRATOR TO CAUSE A GYRATORY MOVEMENT OF SAID FLEXURAL MEMBER AND NOZZLE, SAID NOZZLE TERMINATING WITH A FRUSTUM-SHAPED CHAMBER, A FEEDER PASSAGE FORMED IN THE NOZZLE AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID CHAMBER, A PIN CENTRALLY LOCATED IN SAID CHAMBER WITH ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE FLEXURAL MEMBER, A FRUSTUM-SHAPED ROLLER SUPPORTED IN THE CHAMBER BY SAID PIN FOR ORBITAL MOVEMENT THEREABOUT AND ENGAGING A PORTION OF THE INNER WALL OF SAID CHAMBER, SAID ROLLER ADAPTED TO FOLLOW AN ORBITAL PATH ABOUT SAID CHAMBER AS A RESULT OF SAID GYRATORY MOVEMENT AND TO ENGAGE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF SAID CHAMBER TO COMPRESS SAID LIQUID INTO A THIN ARCUATE FILM SO AS TO PERMIT THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCE GENERATED BY THE GYRATORY MOVEMENT OF THE NOZZLE TO ATOMIZE THE LIQUID FILM.