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Driving ink jet recording elements

US4284996A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 1979
Grant dateAug 18, 1981
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Expiry dateJul 30, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/034
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for driving an ink jet comprising a compression chamber for the ink, the volume of which is charged by means of a piezo-electric transducer by expanding the chamber in preparation for printing, contracting the chamber to print, and expanding the chamber again in preparation for another cycle of printing.

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