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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:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Gentaro Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Gentaro Furukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/06 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image forming apparatus comprises: an ejection head which ejects a droplet of liquid onto a recording medium; an electric field generating device which generates an electric field, the electric field generating device being arranged in a position facing an ejection face of the ejection head across the recording medium; and a control device which controls intensity of the electric field to attract mist of the liquid toward the electric field generating device, the mist of the liquid being produced when the droplet of the liquid is ejected by the ejection head.