Apparatus for creating aerosol dispersions

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN AEROSOL DISPERSION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, (A) AN ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE HEATING ELEMENT, (B) MEANS FORMING A PRESSURE CHAMBER (1) IN AN ADJACENT HEAT EXCHANGE POSITION TO SAID HEATING ELEMENT, (2) MEANS FORMING AN ORIFICE IN SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER OPENING TO THE ATMOSPHER, (C) A RESERVOIR, (1) HAVING A CONNECTION TO SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR FLUID COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, (D) PRESSURE MEANS FOR MOVING A LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID RESERVOIR TO SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER, (E) THERMOSTATIC CONTROL MEANS ON SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER FOR SENSING THE TEMPERATURE OF LIQUID THEREIN, (1) SAID THERMOSTATIC CONTROL MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO CONTROL SAID PRESSURE MEANS, (2) AND SAID HEATING ELEMENT, WHEREBY SAID PRESSURE MEANS IS OPERATED BY SAID THERMOSTATIC CONTROL TO MOVE LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID RESERVOIR THROUGH SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER AND SAID ORIFICE ONLY WHEN THE LIQUID IN SAID PRESSURE CHAMBER IS WITHIN A PREDETERMINED TEMPERATURE TO EXPLOSIVELY VAPORIZE A PORTION OF THE HEATED LIQUID FORCED THROUGH SAID ORIFICE UNDER PRESSURE AND RELEASED TO THE ATMOSPHERE.