Patents Assigned to WATANABE MFG. CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11052654
    Abstract: A droplet jetting apparatus includes: a nozzle that ejects a jet of liquid droplets; a detector that detects a hand or an object in a flight path of liquid droplets from the nozzle; a pump including a suction portion for suction of liquid, and a discharge portion which is connected to the nozzle and discharges the liquid which has been sucked into the suction portion; a driver which by rotation of a cam, sucks liquid into the pump and discharges the liquid in a compressed state; and controller which actuates the driver. When the detector detects the hand or object, the controller actuates the pump by rotation of the cam, and ejects a jet of liquid in droplet form from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: Watanabe Mfg. Co., Ltd., Risetec Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Yasuo Watanabe, Susumu Shoji
  • Publication number: 20200055311
    Abstract: A droplet jetting apparatus includes: a nozzle that ejects a jet of liquid droplets; a detector that detects a hand or an object in a flight path of liquid droplets from the nozzle; a pump including a suction portion for suction of liquid, and a discharge portion which is connected to the nozzle and discharges the liquid which has been sucked into the suction portion; a driver which by rotation of a cam, sucks liquid into the pump and discharges the liquid in a compressed state; and controller which actuates the driver. When the detector detects the hand or object, the controller actuates the pump by rotation of the cam, and ejects a jet of liquid in droplet form from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: WATANABE MFG. CO., LTD., RISETEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MASAO WATANABE, YASAO WATANABE, SUSUMU SHOJI