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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1991

Filed:

Sep. 18, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:

Randy L Fagerquist, Dayton, OH (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 75 ;
Abstract

A short detection system for a continuous ink jet printer includes an electrically conductive sensor element located along an ink egress passage of the printer's catcher; a dielectric surface formed along the drop impact region of the catcher, between the drop electrodes and the sensor element; and signal circuit responsive to a charge polarity reversal output by the sensor for signalling a charge electrode short condition.


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Fagerquist, Randy. (1991). Continuous ink jet printer apparatus having improved short detection (U.S. Patent No. 4994821). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4994821

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