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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2007
Gilbert A. Hawkins, Mendon, NY (US);
Kathleen M. Vaeth, Rochester, NY (US);
Edward P. Furlani, Lancaster, NY (US);
Christopher N. Delametter, Rochester, NY (US);
Gilbert A. Hawkins, Mendon, NY (US);
Kathleen M. Vaeth, Rochester, NY (US);
Edward P. Furlani, Lancaster, NY (US);
Christopher N. Delametter, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A printer includes a printhead and a source of fluid. The printhead includes a nozzle. The fluid is under pressure sufficient to eject a column of the fluid through the nozzle. The fluid has a temperature. An asymmetric thermal modulator is associated with the nozzle and includes a structure that transiently lowers the temperature of a first portion of the fluid as the fluid is ejected through the nozzle and a structure that transiently raises the temperature of a second portion of the fluid as the fluid is ejected through the nozzle.