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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur Mikalsen, Carmel, NY (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Printing Systems, Inc., Brookfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-11 ; 3461 / ;
Abstract
A series of solid state ink members extends in an elongated array above a heated ink reservoir for a phase change ink jet apparatus. The members then advance along a path extending through the elongated array to a discharge location at one end of the path whereupon the members are dropped into the reservoir for melting. By threadedly engaging the members in pellet form with a rotatable drive, or threadedly engaging a drive member by the threaded drive shaft, the members may be suitably pushed along the path. In the alternative, the hot melt ink may take a granular form and be advanced by a rotatable, auger-like surface.