Method of operating an ink jet
US4646106A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 3, 1984 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2002/14387
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An ink jet includes a variable volume chamber with an ink droplet ejecting orifice. The volume of the chamber is varied by a transducer which expands and contracts in a direction having at least a component extending parallel with the axis ink droplet ejection from the orifice. The transducer communicates with a moveable wall of the chamber which has a sufficiently small are a such that the difference in the pressure pulse transit times from each point on the wall to the ink droplet ejection orifice is less than 1 microsecond.
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