Ballistic aerosol marking apparatus for marking a substrate

US6511149B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Eric Peeters · Fremont, US
• Jaan Noolandi · Mississauga, CA
• Raj B. Apte · Palo Alto, US
• Philip D. Floyd · Redwood City, US
• Jonathan A. Small · Los Altos, US
• Gregory J. Kovacs · Webster, US
• Meng H. Lean · Santa Clara, US
• Armin R. Volkel · Mountain View, US
• Steven B. Bolte · Rochester, US
• An-Chang Shi · Hamilton, CA
• Frederick J. Endicott · Redwood City, US
• Gregory B. Anderson · Woodside, US
• Dan A. Hays · Fairport, US
• Joel A. Kubby · Rochester, US
• Warren B. Jackson · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J2202/02
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A marking apparatus is disclosed in which a propellant stream is passed through a channel and directed toward a substrate. Marking material, such as ink, toner, etc., is controllably introduced into the propellant stream and imparted with sufficient kinetic energy thereby to be made incident upon a substrate. At sufficient velocity, and with appropriate marking material, the marking material may be kinetically fused to the substrate. A multiplicity of channels for directing the propellant and marking material allow for high throughput, high resolution marking. Multiple marking materials may be introduced into the channel and mixed therein prior to being made incident on the substrate, or mixed or superimposed on the substrate without registration. One example is a single-pass, full-color printer.