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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:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Sandor H. G. Joppen, Venlo, NL;
Inventor:
Sandor H. G. Joppen, Venlo, NL;
Assignee:
Océ Technologies, B.V., Ma Venio, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inkjet printer provided with a dispensing device for dispensing ink pellets of substantially identical shape, said dispensing device including a duct for transporting the ink pellets from an upstream location to a downstream ink pellet separating unit, a first boundary means causing the ink pellets to form as a single layer in the duct, the layer disposed at a small angle relative to the horizontal plane, and a second boundary means causing the ink pellets form in a single row in the direction of flow in the duct directly preceding the separating unit, the row having a length such that it extends over at least two ink pellets.