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Ink jet printing apparatus

US4437101A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 1982
Grant dateMar 13, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/13
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an ink jet printing apparatus wherein an ink ejection head is loaded on a carriage and, while the carriage moves relative to a sheet of paper, ink droplets are ejected from the head to be charged and deflected to impinge on the sheet of paper, a shape or a position of a conductive member carried on the carriage is varied to develop an electric field which is asymmetrical with respect to a predetermined plane in which charged ink droplets coming out from a charging electrode are to be deflected. The conductive member is constituted by a cover of the carriage, a shield plate, a gutter, a compensating electrode plate, a deflection electrode or the like.

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