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Apparatus for generating and radiating ultrasonic energy
Assignee: TELSONIC AG fur ELEKTRONISCHE ENTWICKLUNG und FABRIKATION
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Filing: 1984-03-28
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Granted: 1985-08-27
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Expires: 2004-03-28
Abstract
Abstract A method of producing and radiating ultrasonic energy in fluids, in particular for irradiating cleaning baths, having an ultrasonic generator and a converter or transducer associated therewith, is improved with respect of its mode to operation and efficiency by a resonator being immersed in the fluid and the fluid being irradiated by radial components which are produced in the expansion nodes of longitudinal waves of the resonator. A corresponding apparatus with an ultrasonic generator, in accordance with the invention, has a resonator (1) which is connected to a sound transducer (9) towards the fluid or the bath (7) and which is tuned in its longitudinal axis (M) to an integral multiple of the acoustic operating half-wave lengthλ/2, to produce transverse compressions at the expansion nodes thereof. The resonator (1) is preferably in the form of a hollow profile of round cross-section and may possibly also contain further resonators.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Frei
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 03:46
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10P; H10P72/00; H10P72/04; H10P72/0402; H10P72/0406; H10P72/0411; H10P72/0416; B; B06; B06B; B06B3/00; G; G10; G10K; G10K13/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
154 words
A device for the generation and radiation of ultrasonic energy in a liquid comprising: a first resonator having a longitudinal axis and dimensioned to be resonant in a direction along its longitudinal axis, said first resonator having a radial output surface which undergoes longitudinal vibratory displacement as said first resonator is vibrated, and a second resonator comprising a hollow tube including walls in contact with the liquid, means coupling said second resonator to said radial output surface of said first resonator, substantially at an anti-nodal region of axial vibratory motion of said first resonator, for producing longitudinal vibratory motion in said second resonator from said first resonator, said second resonator being dimensioned for producing standing longitudinal waves having a pattern of standing nodes along the second resonator and for converting said longitudinal motion into a standing radial wave motion in said second resonator which is 90° out of phase with the longitudinal wave motion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
154 words
A device for the generation and radiation of ultrasonic energy in a liquid comprising: a first resonator having a longitudinal axis and dimensioned to be resonant in a direction along its longitudinal axis, said first resonator having a radial output surface which undergoes longitudinal vibratory displacement as said first resonator is vibrated, and a second resonator comprising a hollow tube including walls in contact with the liquid, means coupling said second resonator to said radial output surface of said first resonator, substantially at an anti-nodal region of axial vibratory motion of said first resonator, for producing longitudinal vibratory motion in said second resonator from said first resonator, said second resonator being dimensioned for producing standing longitudinal waves having a pattern of standing nodes along the second resonator and for converting said longitudinal motion into a standing radial wave motion in said second resonator which is 90° out of phase with the longitudinal wave motion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said second resonator has a round cross-section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said second resonator has a polygonal cross-section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said means coupling the second resonator to the first resonator comprises a transformation member interposed between and connecting said first and second resonators.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said second resonator has an end remote from the first resonator and the device further comprises an acoustic transformer closing said remote end of the second resonator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said first resonator has a nodal region with a flange thereat for securing the device to a wall of a vessel containing said liquid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A device according to claim 1 comprising a tank containing a liquid, said second resonator being immersed in said liquid.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 1 wherein said second resonator has a length which is equal to a multiple of the wave length of the longitudinal vibratory motion in said second resonator.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 8 wherein said hollow tube has thin walls and said transverse vibratory motion in said second resonator is substantially constant along the length of said second resonator.
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