Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7707962 - CNT spray nozzles

This patent from Hon Hai Precision teaches a spray nozzle assembly for forming carbon nanotube films having a high level of thickness uniformity. Claim 1 reads:

1. An apparatus for forming a carbon nanotube film, the apparatus comprising:

a retaining member,

an array of spray nozzles, and

a supply tube configured for supplying a carbon-nanotube-containing solution therethrough,

the spray nozzles being retained on the retaining member, the spray nozzles being in communication with the supply tube, the retaining member comprising a slit defined therein, the retaining member further comprising a through hole defined therein along a longitudinal direction thereof, each of the spray nozzles including a fixing portion received in the through hole, each spray nozzle being retainably engaged in the slit, a plurality of feed tubes, each of the spray nozzles being in communication with the supply tube through the corresponding feed tube.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).