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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);

Inventors:

Christopher T. Chungbin, Webster, NY (US);

Kareem N. Tawil, Pittsford, NY (US);

Zachary S. Vader, East Amherst, NY (US);

Assignee:

XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/03 (2006.01); B41J 2/16 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/03 (2013.01); B41J 2/0456 (2013.01); B41J 2/05 (2013.01); B41J 2/16 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01);
Abstract

A jetting assembly for ejecting a print material includes an actuator for applying a pressure to the print material, and further includes jetting assembly block that defines a pump chamber, a converging part (i.e., a narrowing taper), and a nozzle bore that ends or terminates in a nozzle from which a drop of the print material is ejected. An implementation can further include a throat and a diverging part that, together with the converging part, forms a venturi. The converging part results in an increase in a velocity of the print material and a decrease in pressure as the print material passes an supply port of a supply channel. The decrease in pressure can result in a replacement of at least a portion of the drop volume within the throat or the nozzle bore even before the drop is ejected from the nozzle.


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