Patent 7374332 was granted and assigned to Konica Minolta Holdings on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method and a device are provided which can mix two liquids faster at a precise mixing ratio. The method for mixing at least two liquids transported in respective channels includes transporting, of the two liquids, a liquid having a low mixing rate intermittently in one of the channels, and transporting, of the two liquids, a liquid having a high mixing rate so as to join the liquid having a low mixing rate from both sides of the channel for the liquid having a low mixing rate.