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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2000
Hendrik Jan Stolk, Bergen, NL;
Peter Joseph Hollands, Baarlo, NL;
OCE-Technologies B. V., MA Venlo, NL;
Abstract
A device for delivering ink to a sheet of paper which includes a body member containing side surface portions which extend into a head surface, the head surface being inclined at an angle relative to the side surface portions forming a head end portion, an ink distribution chamber provided in the body member, a plurality of ink delivery nozzles disposed at the head end portion and a plurality of ink passages extending along one or more of the side portions between the ink distribution chamber and the ink delivery nozzles, and an ink propulsion overall located at said ink passages for selectively propelling ink through the ink passages to the ink delivery nozzles, wherein the ink passages are formed as substantially parallel continuous open ducts in the side surfaces and the adjoining head surfaces of the body member.