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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 02, 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 / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3461 / ; 137 43 ;
Abstract
Ink jet apparatus utilizing hot melt ink, having a reservoir system which contains the ink and maintains it in its melted phase when the apparatus is in use, and a tilt valve positioned above the reservoir, the valve having respective normally opened and closed positions, and providing both an air vent to the reservoir and a fill port for draining melted ink into the reservoir when in its normally opened position. Tilt valve may be placed into its closed position either by tilting the reservoir beyond a predetermined angle, or by automatic tilting of the valve actuator when the ink jet priming system is activated.