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20090179092 | Electrostatic atomizer for use in a motor vehicle - An electrostatic atomizer, for use in a motor vehicle, includes a discharge electrode, a water supply unit for cooling the discharge electrode to generate water condensed on the discharge electrode, and a high voltage applying unit for applying a high voltage to the water on the discharge electrode to electrostatically atomize the water. The electrostatic atomizer is arranged in a ceiling of the motor vehicle. The electrostatic atomizer further includes an ejection portion provided in the ceiling of the motor vehicle for ejecting electrically-charged water particles generated by electrostatic atomization and an ejection direction changing unit provided in the ejection portion for changing an ejection direction of the electrically-charged water particles. | 07-16-2009 |
20090321544 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING APPARATUS FOR USE IN VEHICLE - An electrostatic atomizing apparatus is used in a vehicle having an air conditioning system equipped with an air duct for delivering air into a passenger compartment, comprising a discharge electrode, an opposite electrode opposed to the discharge electrode, a cooler for cooling the discharge electrode, a high voltage power source for applying a high voltage between the discharge electrode and the opposite electrode so as to electrostatically atomize the condensed water deposited on the predetermined portion of the discharge electrode into mist, and a mist introducing pipe that introduces the mist into the air duct. | 12-31-2009 |
20100243768 | Air Conditioner Including Electrostatic Atomization Device - An airflow passage of an air conditioner includes an intake port, which draws in air, and an outlet port, which is in communication with the intake port and emits air conditioning current. An electrostatic atomization device used with the air conditioner is in communication with the airflow passage and includes a discharge electrode, a water supply device, which supplies water to the discharge electrode, and a high voltage application device, which applies high voltage to the discharge electrode and generates charged micro-particle water through electrostatic atomization. The electrostatic atomization device additionally generates ozone when generating the charged micro-particle water and emits the ozone into the airflow passage with the charged micro-particle water. A controller controls concentration of the ozone emitted from the outlet port of the airflow passage at an appropriate concentration during operation of the air conditioner. | 09-30-2010 |
20110073685 | BLOWING DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZER - A blowing device includes an air flow path with an outlet from which to inject an air stream, and an electrostatic atomizer, arranged outside the air flow path, for generating charged water particles by electrostatic atomization. The charged water particles generated in the electrostatic atomizer are supplied into the air flow path through a communication path. A honeycomb filter containing active carbon is arranged within the communication path. | 03-31-2011 |
20110101134 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - The present invention provides an electrostatic atomizing apparatus for a vehicle that is mounted in a vehicle and purifies a vehicle interior, having: an electrostatic atomizer comprising an electrode that generates an electric field when high voltage is applied thereto in a state where water is being supplied, to thereby turn the water into charged corpuscle water in the form of mist which is charged in either plus or minus, a water supply unit that supplies water to the electrode, and an emission outlet that emits the charged corpuscle water into the vehicle interior; and a potential holding unit that is installed in an on-vehicle component which a passenger contacts, and is used for holding a potential of the on-vehicle component at a potential at which the charged corpuscle water is continuously attracted to and absorbed by the passenger in contact with the on-vehicle component. | 05-05-2011 |
20110126551 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER USING SAME - An electrostatic atomizing device includes an atomizing electrode which generates charged fine water particles negatively charged in the form of mist, by generating an electric field when a high negative voltage is applied thereto in a state in which water is supplied; a water supply portion which supplies the water to the atomizing electrode; a discharge detection portion which detects whether negative ion discharge, indicating discharge in which only negative ions are generated without generating the charged fine water particles, is occurring at the atomizing electrode or not; and a control portion which reduces the electric field intensity of the electric field generated by the atomizing electrode when the discharge detection portion detects the occurrence of the negative ion discharge. | 06-02-2011 |
20110192920 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT - An in-vehicle compartment electrostatic atomization device (A) for use in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The in-vehicle compartment electrostatic atomization device (A) includes water supply unit ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110259980 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING APPARATUS FOR USE IN VEHICLE - An electrostatic atomizing apparatus is used in a vehicle having an air conditioning system equipped with an air duct for delivering air into a passenger compartment, comprising a discharge electrode, an opposite electrode opposed to the discharge electrode, a cooler for cooling the discharge electrode, a high voltage power source for applying a high voltage between the discharge electrode and the opposite electrode so as to electrostatically atomize the condensed water deposited on the predetermined portion of the discharge electrode into mist, and a mist introducing pipe that introduces the mist into the air duct. | 10-27-2011 |
20130161423 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An electrostatic atomization system for a vehicle includes an electrostatic atomization device that generates and emits charged micro-particle water from an emission port, a vehicle interior introduction port arranged in an instrument panel in a vehicle interior, and a communication duct that connects the emission port and the vehicle interior introduction port to emit the charged micro-particle water from the vehicle interior introduction port to the vehicle interior. The communication duct includes a first curved portion, which is arranged between the emission port and the vehicle interior introduction port and curved downward in a lower position than the vehicle interior introduction port, and a second curved portion, which is arranged between the first curved portion and the emission port and curved upward in an upper position than the first curved portion. | 06-27-2013 |
20140203117 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZING APPARATUS - An electrostatic atomizing apparatus is provided with a discharge electrode, a water feeder for supplying water to the electrode, and a high voltage supply configured to generate a high intensity electric field to electrostatically atomize the water supplied to the discharge electrode. The electrode and the high voltage supply are held by an identical circuit substrate. | 07-24-2014 |
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20100151034 | GRANULAR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF ATORVASTATIN FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION - A granular pharmaceutical composition for oral administration, comprising (1) atorvastatin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (2) a surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium laurylsulfate and polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, and (3) a water-soluble polymer, is disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100220405 | DRIVING METHOD OF LENS ACTUATOR - (Problem) To suppress vibration generated while rising of a reciprocating lens actuator using a piezoelectric element or the like as a driving source and to shorten a rising speed. | 09-02-2010 |
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20110284431 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE AND OPTICAL GRANULAR MATERIAL-SORTING APPARATUS UTILIZING SUCH PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - A piezoelectric valve comprising: a valve main body formed in which are a gas pressure chamber that takes in compressed gas supplied from the outside as well as a gas release channel through which the compressed gas is released from the gas pressure chamber; a valve body placed in the gas pressure chamber to open and close the gas release channel; a piezoelectric element that generates, in the form of displacement, a driving force needed to operate the valve body; at least one displacement amplification mechanism that amplifies a displacement of the piezoelectric element and causes it to act upon the valve body; and a driving means for applying voltage to the piezoelectric element in order to drive the valve body to open the valve and thereby open the gas release channel; wherein such piezoelectric valve is characterized in that the driving means applies voltage to the piezoelectric element in multiple stages so as to suppress fluctuation in the amount of gas ejected from the gas release channel when the valve opens. | 11-24-2011 |
20130256200 | OPTICAL GRANULAR MATERIAL-SORTING APPARATUS UTILIZING PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - An optical granular material-sorting apparatus includes: a transfer means for transferring objects being sorted; an optical detection means for detecting, at a detection position, objects being sorted as they drop from an end of the transfer means; and a blasting means provided below the optical detection means and designed to blow away objects being sorted through blasting of air based on the result of detection by the optical detection means. The blasting means has a piezoelectric valve which is driven by a driving means to blast air based on the result of detection by the optical detection means. The driving means applies voltage to a piezoelectric element in multiple stages so as to suppress fluctuation in the amount of gas ejected from a gas release channel when the valve opens. | 10-03-2013 |
20150060337 | PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE, AND OPTICAL PARTICULATE MATTER SORTER PROVIDED WITH AIR-BLOWING MEANS THAT USES PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - A piezoelectric valve stably supplies gas even for a long gas ejection time, with a high responsivity to opening the valve, is provided. The piezoelectric valve, including a gas-pressure-chamber for receiving a compressed gas supplied from outside, a gas-discharge-channel through which the compressed gas is discharged from the gas-pressure-chamber, comprises: a valve body disposed in the gas-pressure-chamber and opens/closes the gas-discharge-channel; a piezoelectric element for producing a driving force to move the valve body as a displacement; a displacement-enlarging-mechanism for enlarging the displacement of the piezoelectric element to act on the valve body; and a driving unit having a signal-generating-unit for generating a signal comprising a pre-pulse and a main pulse and provides the signal generated by the signal-generating-unit to a driving circuit as an input signal to apply a driving voltage to the piezoelectric element to make the piezoelectric element expand and drive the valve body open. | 03-05-2015 |
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20120287200 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, RECORDED MATERIAL, AND INK SET - An ink set is used in one or more recording media selected from a non-ink-absorbing or low ink-absorbing medium, a medium having an arithmetic surface roughness Ra of 20 μm or more, fabric, and plain paper. The ink set contains a glitter ink which is recorded by an ink jet head and contains a glitter pigment and a polymerizable ink which contains an active energy line polymerizable compound and does not substantially contain a coloring material. | 11-15-2012 |
20130002777 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED ARTICLE - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a first line head that ejects a polymerizable ink containing an active energy radiation-polymerizable compound but substantially not containing a coloring agent onto a recording medium to form an undercoat layer, a second line head that ejects a glittering ink onto the undercoat layer to form a glittering image, a third line head that ejects a coloring ink to form a color image, a transport mechanism that transports the recording medium, an irradiation portion that irradiates the undercoat layer with active energy radiation, and a heating portion that dries the glittering ink. The first line head is disposed upstream from the second line head in the recording medium moving direction, and the third line head is disposed downstream from the second line head in the recording medium moving direction. | 01-03-2013 |
20130115431 | INK COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink composition includes at least a coloring material, two or more polysiloxane surfactants having different solubilities in water, and alkyl polyols having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 180 to 230° C. The ink composition does not substantially contain alkyl polyols having a boiling point at one atmosphere of 280° C. or more and enables recording on a non-ink-absorbing or low-ink-absorbing recording medium. | 05-09-2013 |
20130149505 | INK SET, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDED ARTICLE - An ink set is provided which includes a first ink containing a first pigment, water, and a glycol ether having an HLB value, measured by Davies method, in the range of 4.2 to 8.0, and a second ink substantially not containing the glycol ether. The second ink contains a second pigment and water. | 06-13-2013 |
20130286084 | INK FOR INK JET RECORDING AND RECORDING METHOD - Ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material and alkylpolyols, wherein the alkylpolyols include two or more types of first alkylpolyols having a log P value of greater than or equal to −0.7 and less than or equal to 0.01, and a normal boiling point of greater than or equal to 180° C. and lower than or equal to 250° C., and the content of the alkylpolyols is greater than or equal to 5% by mass and less than or equal to 30% by mass. | 10-31-2013 |
20140104341 | INK COMPOSITION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A ink composition for ink jet recording in which a non-absorbent or low absorbent recording medium is used includes water; a color material; a surfactant; a compound I represented by general formula (I) below; and does not substantially include alkyl polyols with a standard boiling point of 280° C. or higher; in which the surfactant is at least one type selected from a group consisting of a fluorine-based surfactant and a siloxane-based surfactant with 5 or more siloxane units. | 04-17-2014 |
20150062235 | INK JET INK COMPOSITION, INK JET INK SET, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink composition includes one or more types selected from a group consisting of water, polymer fine particles, a siloxane-based surfactant, and a fluorine-based surfactant, and an acryl-based surfactant. | 03-05-2015 |
20150174939 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - There is provided an image recording method including modifying a surface to set a wetting tension index of a recording surface to 40 mN/m or more by carrying out a surface modification of the recording surface of an ink low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium, adhering a reaction liquid containing a flocculant to the recording surface after the modifying of the surface, and recording an image on the recording surface using an ink composition for ink jet recording containing a color material and water after the adhering of the reaction liquid. | 06-25-2015 |