US 12,318,799 B2
Generation and spraying of microscopic water droplets
Daniel Rosenfeld, Jerusalem (IL); Eliyahu Gamzon, Bet-Oved (IL); and Victor Shenkar, Ramat-Gan (IL)
Assigned to RECLIME LTD., Bet Oved (IL)
Filed by RECLIME LTD., Bet Oved (IL)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/809,490.
Application 18/809,490 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2023/060244, filed on Oct. 11, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,517, filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0408628 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B05B 3/10 (2006.01); B05B 1/14 (2006.01); B05B 3/08 (2006.01); B05B 15/52 (2018.01)
CPC B05B 3/1021 (2013.01) [B05B 1/14 (2013.01); B05B 3/082 (2013.01); B05B 3/085 (2013.01); B05B 3/105 (2013.01); B05B 15/52 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for producing water droplets for dispersal in the atmosphere, the apparatus comprising:
a. a drum configured to rotate at least in a first rotating direction, the drum comprising:
i. a cylindrical central receptacle comprising a surrounding peripheral wall having an array of holes passing radially therethrough, wherein at least 95% of the holes of the array have a respective maximum dimension of not more than 10 microns,
ii. a plurality of fins emanating radially from, and spaced around, the peripheral wall,
iii. first and second opposing covers defining a length of the drum in an axial direction; and
b. a motor in mechanical communication with the drum, configured to rotate the drum in the first rotation,
wherein when the central receptacle is placed in fluid communication with a source of water, and the motor is activated in an operational mode to rotate the drum in the first rotation direction at a rotational speed of at least 20,000 rpm, water received in the central receptacle is expelled through the array of holes by a centrifugal force, and a presence of the shaped fins is effective to create an airflow in the first rotation direction that at least partly counteracts a Coriolis force deflecting the expelled water against the first rotation direction.