EP 2339184 A2 20110629 - FLUID TRANSFER APPARATUS
Title (en)
FLUID TRANSFER APPARATUS
Title (de)
FLÜSSIGKEITSÜBERTRAGUNGSVORRICHTUNG
Title (fr)
APPAREIL DE TRANSFERT DE FLUIDE
Publication
Application
Priority
- KR 2009005399 W 20090922
- KR 20080092743 A 20080922
Abstract (en)
The invention relates to an apparatus for transferring a fluid, an object to be transferred, in the vertical or horizontal direction. More particularly, the apparatus of the present invention has a surface formed into a pattern recursively alternating in a fluid transfer direction such that the surface of the apparatus has a contact angle different from that of the fluid, and the fluid is transferred by the hydrodynamic force generated by the difference of the contact angles. The fluid transfer apparatus of the present invention, more particularly, a microfluidic tube for fluid transfer, minimizes the consumption of energy of external sources including an external device, physical vibration from wind power, force from an electromagnetic field generated by static electricity or an electric field, physical force, vibration from thermal energy, or the like, and enables the fluid to be transferred in the vertical or horizontal direction without using a pump.
IPC 8 full level
F04F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F04F 7/00 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2010033008A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2339184 A2 20110629; JP 2012503137 A 20120202; JP 5610544 B2 20141022; KR 101603489 B1 20160317; KR 20100033732 A 20100331; US 2011171043 A1 20110714; WO 2010033008 A2 20100325; WO 2010033008 A3 20100708
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 09814824 A 20090922; JP 2011527754 A 20090922; KR 20080092743 A 20080922; KR 2009005399 W 20090922; US 200913120098 A 20090922