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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:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihiro Okada, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dataproducts Corporation, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101488 ; 347 88 ; 347102 ; 347 17 ; 347 18 ;
Abstract
A printer and a method for printing hot melt ink in which an ink jet is surrounded by an enclosure and including a heater for heating the air within the enclosure. The enclosure has an opening so that the heated air can be directed towards a medium for heating the medium prior to ejecting droplets of hot melt ink onto the medium. The ink droplets cool and solidify into a shape having a low contact angle.