EP0550148A3 - Acoustic ink printhead with apertured member and flowing ink - Google Patents

Acoustic ink printhead with apertured member and flowing ink Download PDF

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EP0550148A3
EP0550148A3 EP19920310809 EP92310809A EP0550148A3 EP 0550148 A3 EP0550148 A3 EP 0550148A3 EP 19920310809 EP19920310809 EP 19920310809 EP 92310809 A EP92310809 A EP 92310809A EP 0550148 A3 EP0550148 A3 EP 0550148A3
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ink
flowing
printhead
apertured member
acoustic
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EP0550148A2 (en
EP0550148B1 (en
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Calvin F. Quate
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub
Babur B. Hadimioglu
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Xerox Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14008—Structure of acoustic ink jet print heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2002/14322—Print head without nozzle
EP19920310809 1991-12-30 1992-11-26 Acoustic ink printhead with apertured member and flowing ink Expired - Lifetime EP0550148B1 (en)

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US81572991A 1991-12-30 1991-12-30
US815729 1991-12-30

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EP0550148A2 EP0550148A2 (en) 1993-07-07
EP0550148A3 true EP0550148A3 (en) 1993-11-18
EP0550148B1 EP0550148B1 (en) 1996-10-09

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JP (1) JPH05246028A (en)
DE (1) DE69214418T2 (en)

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US5565113A (en) * 1994-05-18 1996-10-15 Xerox Corporation Lithographically defined ejection units
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AUPP335898A0 (en) * 1998-05-06 1998-05-28 Silverbrook Research Pty Limited An ink jet printhead unit (LIFT06)
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US4728969A (en) * 1986-07-11 1988-03-01 Tektronix, Inc. Air assisted ink jet head with single compartment ink chamber
US4764780A (en) * 1985-12-25 1988-08-16 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Ink ejection recording apparatus having means for equalizing the static ink pressures of a plurality of ink nozzles arranged at different heights
US5028937A (en) * 1989-05-30 1991-07-02 Xerox Corporation Perforated membranes for liquid contronlin acoustic ink printing
EP0493102A1 (en) * 1990-12-26 1992-07-01 Xerox Corporation Acoustic ink printing

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US4106032A (en) * 1974-09-26 1978-08-08 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Limited Apparatus for applying liquid droplets to a surface by using a high speed laminar air flow to accelerate the same
US4308547A (en) * 1978-04-13 1981-12-29 Recognition Equipment Incorporated Liquid drop emitter
US4764780A (en) * 1985-12-25 1988-08-16 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Ink ejection recording apparatus having means for equalizing the static ink pressures of a plurality of ink nozzles arranged at different heights
US4728969A (en) * 1986-07-11 1988-03-01 Tektronix, Inc. Air assisted ink jet head with single compartment ink chamber
US5028937A (en) * 1989-05-30 1991-07-02 Xerox Corporation Perforated membranes for liquid contronlin acoustic ink printing
EP0493102A1 (en) * 1990-12-26 1992-07-01 Xerox Corporation Acoustic ink printing

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EP0550148A2 (en) 1993-07-07
EP0550148B1 (en) 1996-10-09

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