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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:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroaki Arakawa, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 ; B41J 2/9393 ; B41J 2/125 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 ; B41J 2/9393 ; B41J 2/125 ;
Abstract
A microscopic droplet detecting device for detecting a passage of droplets jetted from a nozzle of an ink jetting device, including a droplet detecting section including a paired light emitting and receiving elements, a jet control section to control the ink jetting device to jet droplets serially along the traveling course, and a jetting condition detecting section to detect a jetting condition of the nozzle based on the output signal.