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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Klaus Pechtl, Stadtschwarzach, DE;
Klaus Pechtl, Stadtschwarzach, DE;
KBA-Metronic AG, Veitshoechheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing and/or deflecting ink drops, in particular in a continuously operating ink-jet printer, in which a continuous, cohesive ink stream is emitted from a nozzle of a pressure chamber, with spaced sonic pulses () acting on an ink stream () that is at least partially cohesive or in the form of drops in the dispersion direction () of the ink stream; by the effect of each of the spaced sonic pulses () on the ink stream (), an ink drop () may be separated from the ink stream () and/or deflected, in particular by the same angle, from the original dispersion direction () of the ink stream (), such that a group of ink drop streams (), in particular parallel ink drop streams, may be/is produced.