Ultrasonic spray apparatus

Claim 1

FLUID-SPRAY APPARATUS COMPRISING: AN OSCILLATOR FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL OSCILLATIONS AT A SELECTED ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; A TRANSDUCER MECHANISM COUPLED TO SAID OSCILLATOR FOR CONVERTING SAID ELECTRICAL OSCILLATIONS TO CORRESPONDING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; A SPRAY-HEAD ELEMENT BONDED TO SAID TRANSMITTED THERETO, SAID ELEMENT INTIONS THEREOF ARE TRANSMITTED THERETO, SAID ELEMENT INCLUDING AN ATOMIZING SURFACE THAT IS DEFINED BY TWO PLANES MEETING AT AN ANGLE, SAID ATOMIZING SURFACE HAVING A DISCONTINUITY THEREON FOR SPRAYING THE FLUID IN A PATTERN THAT IS DETERMINED BY THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID DISCONTINUITY, SAID DISCONTINUTY EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF ONE OF THE PLANES OF THE ATOMIZING SURFACE AND INCLUDING THE OTHER OF THE PLANES OF SAID ATOMIZING SURFACE; A RESERVOIR OF A FLUID SUBSTANCE TO BE ATOMIZED AND SPRAYED POSITIONED BENEATH SAID SPRAY-HEAD ELEMENT; AND A MEMBER THAT IS INTEGRAL WITH SAID SPRAY-HEAD ELEMENT AND SUBJECT TO THE VIBRATIONS THEREOF, SAID MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARD FROM SAID ELEMENT AND INTO SAID FLUID SUBSTANCE, SAID MEMBER BEING OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO THE VIBRATIONS THEREOF TO FEED SAID FLUID UPWARDLY TO THE DISCONTINUITY, THEN FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY TO THE ATOMIZING PLANE FORMING ONE SURFACE OF SAID DISCONTINUITY.