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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chandrakant R Bhatia, Libertyville, IL (US);
Steven S Kuhlin, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Assignee:
A.B. Dick Company, Niles, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ; B41F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346 25 ; 347-4 ; 347102 ; 1014241 ;
Abstract
The drier consists of a plurality of nozzles that direct a small volume of air onto the printed image at as high a velocity as possible without disturbing the wet image. The air so delivered while it must be dry, does not have to be heated to effectively dry the image, however, the drying time can be reduced by increasing the air temperature if desired. The use of high velocity air creates what is known is 'skin effect' to dry the ink where the outer surface of the ink is quickly dried.