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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1983
Alan E Bickerstaff, London, GB;
Austin H Cotton, Padbury, GB;
Michael G Ladell, Aspley Guise, GB;
David M Neale, Leighton Buzzard, GB;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for supplying a liquid to a heated surface includes a distribution gallery arranged to supply the liquid to the surface. The liquid is supplied from the gallery through a series of spaced orifices each of which opens into an individual drop-forming chamber above the surface, the dimensions of each orifice and drop-forming chamber being such that some liquid always remains in each of said orifices over the range of temperatures from ambient to that of the heated surface. A pump delivers the liquid to the distribution gallery, which is situated above, and spaced from, a wick in contact with the surface.