Abstract: An aerosol generator includes a heater arrangement having multiple heating sections and corresponding flow paths for volatilization of a fluid in liquid form. The flow paths can include first and second flow paths which are parallel to each other and sized such that the first flow path is smaller than the second flow path. During delivery of liquid to the flow paths, a smaller amount of vaporized liquid can be ejected from the first flow path, and the bulk of the vaporized liquid can be ejected from the second flow path.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 27, 2004
Assignee:
Crysalis Technologies Incorporated
Inventors:
F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr., Walter A. Nichols