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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1986
Richard Sutera, Centerville, OH (US);
John L Dressler, Spring Valley, OH (US);
Timothy H Archer, Centerville, OH (US);
Burlington Industries, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A drop-catching structure for use in a liquid jet printing apparatus of the type which generates a linear array of closely spaced (i.e., high density) droplet streams from an orifice plate. The droplets are deflected from a normal droplet path towards a catching structure, the preferred embodiment of which includes an upper first planar surface substantially parallel to the droplet path, an intermediate planar surface disposed below the first planar surface and inclined downwardly and outwardly relative to the first planar surface, and a lower planar surface disposed below the intermediate surface which terminates in an upwardly directed channel defined with the ingesting blade.