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Acoustic ink printer

US5268610A · kind A · utility

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34References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 30, 1991
Grant dateDec 7, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/14008
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An acoustic ink printer transducer comprising a piezoelectric layer positioned between two suitable electrode materials. Also, a method for obtaining second harmonic operations from an acoustic ink printer transducer to enable ejection of a number of different ink droplet sizes from the acoustic ink printer thereby facilitating grey scale printing.

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