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Ink-jet device and method of operation thereof

US5621443A · kind A · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Rainer Buschulte · Pleidelsheim, DE
Helmut Kipphan · Schwetzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 23, 1994
Grant date	Apr 15, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J2/18
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Ink-jet device for producing an image on a recording medium includes a droplet-producing device for ejecting droplets along a trajectory, and a droplet-controlling device for controlling the trajectory of the droplets, the droplet-controlling device being formed as a deflection surface, the deflection surface being disposed so that respective droplets impact thereon and rebound to continue the flight thereof, the respective droplets being splittable into at least two subdroplets as a function of selected parameters, and ink-jet process.

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