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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:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfred R Merritt, Danbury, CT (US);
Theodore M Cooke, Danbury, CT (US);
An-Chung R Lin, New Town, CT (US);
Richard G Whitfield, Brookfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Dataproducts Corporation, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-11 ; 3461 / ;
Abstract
A demand or impulse ink jet ejects droplets of hot melt ink. The hot melt ink is heated from a solid state to a liquid state in the jet prior to the ejection of droplets on demand. The ink is then cooled on striking the target. The ink may contain a wax.