| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7519280 |
Apparatus and method of removing carrier from a recording element |
April 14, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method of removing carrier from an article are provided. The apparatus includes a heater positioned to direct heat toward an article travel path. The heat has an emission spectrum with a peak emission wavelength and the carrier having an absorption spectrum with a pe |
| 7121203 |
Apparatus and method of treating a recording element |
October 17, 2006 |
| An apparatus and method of treating a recording element are provided. The apparatus includes a carrier removal station adapted to remove a predetermined percentage of carrier present in the recording element. A converting station is positioned downstream from the carrier removal stat |
| 7033741 |
Method of converting a recording element |
April 25, 2006 |
| A method of converting a recording element is provided. The method includes providing an imaged recording element having a convertible layer, the convertible layer comprising polymeric particles and a polymeric binder, the polymeric particles having a glass transition temperature T.s |
| 7025450 |
Recording element printing and treating system and method |
April 11, 2006 |
| A recording element printing and treating system and method are provided. The system includes a printhead for dispensing a liquid comprising a carrier onto a recording element. A carrier removal station positioned downstream from the printhead removes a predetermined percentage of ca |
| 6881250 |
Tailored ink for piston driven electrostatic liquid drop modulator |
April 19, 2005 |
| The present invention relates to an ink composition including water, a solvent, a solvent-soluble dye, and a surfactant, where the ink exhibits a stable liquid microemulsion phase at a first temperature and a second temperature higher than the first temperature and has a conductivity of |
| 6472332 |
Surface micromachined structure fabrication methods for a fluid ejection device |
October 29, 2002 |
| Structures for use in conjunction with surface micromachined structures are formed using a two-step etching process. In various exemplary embodiments, the two-step etching process comprises a modified Bosch etch. According to various exemplary embodiments of the two-step etch, first mask |
| 6419335 |
Electronic drive systems and methods |
July 16, 2002 |
| An electronic drive system applies a drive signal to an electrostatically actuated device such that a resulting electric field has a constant force. In various exemplary embodiments, the electronic drive system applies a drive signal to an electrostatically actuated fluid ejector that ha |
| 6416169 |
Micromachined fluid ejector systems and methods having improved response characteristics |
July 9, 2002 |
| A piston structure is movably mounted within a fluid chamber. Movement of the piston structure towards a faceplate causes a portion of the fluid between the piston and the faceplate to be forced out of the nozzle hole in the faceplate, forming a drop or jet of the fluid. Viscous forces t |
| 6409311 |
Bi-directional fluid ejection systems and methods |
June 25, 2002 |
| A bi-directional fluid ejector according to the systems and methods of this invention operates on the principle of electrostatic attraction. In various exemplary embodiments, the fluid ejector includes a sealed dual diaphragm arrangement, an electrode arrangement that is parallel and |
| 6406130 |
Fluid ejection systems and methods with secondary dielectric fluid |
June 18, 2002 |
| A fluid ejection system according to this invention operates on the principle of electrostatic or magnetic attraction. In various exemplary embodiments, the fluid ejection system includes a sealed diaphragm arrangement having at least one diaphragm portion and a diaphragm chamber def |
| 6367915 |
Micromachined fluid ejector systems and methods |
April 9, 2002 |
| An electrostatic microelectromechanical system (MEMS) based fluid ejector comprises a movable piston structure and a stationary faceplate. A fluid chamber is defined between the piston structure and a substrate. The piston structure 110 may be resiliently mounted on the substrate by one |
| 6350015 |
Magnetic drive systems and methods for a micromachined fluid ejector |
February 26, 2002 |
| The systems and methods of the present invention operate by magnetically driving a fluid ejector. In various exemplary embodiments, a primary coil and a secondary coil are situated in the ejector. The ejector has a movable piston usable to eject fluid through a nozzle hole. The piston ma |
| 6318841 |
Fluid drop ejector |
November 20, 2001 |
| The silicon fluid ejector of the present invention includes an electrostatically actuated micromachined positive displacement mechanism consisting of a piston, piston containment structure, piston retraction mechanism and an ejection orifice. These features provide for very low cost |
| 6176563 |
Ink marking device maintenance fluid replenishment system and method |
January 23, 2001 |
| A method of replenishing fluid used in an marking device maintenance station of an ink marking device includes obtaining condensate from ambient air through a condensation process and channeling the condensate to a reservoir in communication with the marking device maintenance statio |
| 6127198 |
Method of fabricating a fluid drop ejector |
October 3, 2000 |
| The silicon fluid ejector of the present invention includes an electrostatically actuated micromachined positive displacement mechanism consisting of a piston, piston containment structure, piston retraction mechanism and an ejection orifice. These features provide for very low cost |
| 5712672 |
Recording sheet transport and effluents removal system |
January 27, 1998 |
| A transport system for transporting a recording sheet having liquid ink deposited thereon through a dryer for drying the liquid ink having an input portion and an output portion. The transport system includes a transport belt disposed between the input portion and the output portion |
| 5631685 |
Apparatus and method for drying ink deposited by ink jet printing |
May 20, 1997 |
| An apparatus for drying ink deposited upon cut sheet of paper. The apparatus includes a microwave generating member to generate microwave energy for the ink and an applying member connected to said microwave generating member to apply resonating traveling microwaves to the paper. The |
| 5579693 |
Curl control of printed sheets |
December 3, 1996 |
| A method and apparatus for controlling curl in a liquid ink printer. The liquid ink printer deposits an anticurl material on the side of a printed sheet opposite the one having printing deposited thereon. The anticurl material is a fluid which counteracts the steady state curl in the |
| 5422463 |
Dummy load for a microwave dryer |
June 6, 1995 |
| A matched or dummy load for a microwave dryer having a microwave generator and a microwave applicator. The matched load includes a waveguide having opposed broad walls, opposed narrow walls, and an end wall defining a waveguide chamber. A power absorbing body made of sintered silicon |
| 5410283 |
Phase shifter for fine tuning a microwave applicator |
April 25, 1995 |
| A phase shifter for shifting the phase angle of microwaves traveling in a waveguide of a microwave circuit. The phase shifter includes a dielectric plate which has first and second parallel surfaces, a distal edge, a proximate edge, a leading edge, and a trailing edge where each of the |
| 5396270 |
Wet paper handling of ink jet images to allow passive drying |
March 7, 1995 |
| An ink jet printer has a sheet conveying and drying device having a plurality of flexible, resilient yet stiff fingers connected in a cantilevered manner to a drive chain which moves the fingers from a printed sheet receiving tray to a sheet stacking tray. After sheets are printed by |
| 5220346 |
Printing processes with microwave drying |
June 15, 1993 |
| Disclosed is a printing process which comprises applying in imagewise fashion to a substrate an ink composition which comprises an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and an ionic compound at least partially ionizable in the liquid vehicle, said ink composition having a conductivity |
| 5136328 |
Boundary layer disturber for heat management |
August 4, 1992 |
| A boundary layer disturber for removing heat from the platen of a copier is in the form of an improved scanning reflector which has a portion thereof in the form of a "scoop". During scanning motion, the reflector entrains air flow which disturbs and peels the thermal boundary layer from |
| 5032875 |
Heat extraction transport roll with annulus |
July 16, 1991 |
| A thermally conductive hollow cylinder is used in a copier as a heat dissipating sheet transport device in conjunction with an insulating and reflective baffle. The cylinder is located downstream of the fuser to dissipate heat placed on sheets by the fuser. Air is drawn through holes |
| 5028959 |
Vacuum collection system for dirt management |
July 2, 1991 |
| A copier/printer having a transfer station for transferring images from an imaging member to copy sheets includes the improvement of removing debris from within the copier/printer by locating baffles and vacuum ports within the copier/printer to cause deposition, collection and removal o |
| 4750018 |
Pre-transfer copy sheet cleaning apparatus |
June 7, 1988 |
| A copier/printer having a transfer station for transferring images from an imaging member to copy sheets includes the improvement of removing debris from the surfaces of copy sheets facing the imaging member before the copy sheets reach the transfer station. At least a pair of cooperatin |
| 4680040 |
Multipurpose filtering material |
July 14, 1987 |
| A multipurpose filtering material particularly for use in electrostatographic reproducing apparatus has a foraminous support matrix having a plurality of interconnecting voids to permit low impedance to the flow of gaseous material but sufficient to trap particulate material entraine |
