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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Hp Indigo B.v., Amstelveen, NL;
Alex Lipnizkiy, Ness Ziona, IL;
Mordechai Arenson, Ness Ziona, IL;
Marko Richter, Ness Ziona, IL;
Yossi Yaacobov, Ness Ziona, IL;
Gil Fisher, Ness Ziona, IL;
Michael Vinokur, Ness Ziona, IL;
Nadav Shalem, Ness Ziona, IL;
Chen Talmor, Ness Ziona, IL;
HP Indigo B.V., Amstelveen, NL;
Abstract
There is disclosed a selective wetting apparatus comprising a roller rotatable about a roller axis and comprising a wettable roller surface; an applicator unit having a lip which extends parallel to the roller axis and is radially spaced apart from the roller surface by a gap, wherein the applicator unit is to convey liquid agent towards the roller so that the liquid agent forms a liquid bridge over the gap to wet a wetted axial portion of the roller surface; and a flow guide to direct a gas flow into a regulated axial portion of the gap to locally prevent formation of a liquid bridge, and thereby prevent wetting of a corresponding axial portion of the roller surface.