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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Zhanjun Gao, Rochester, NY (US);
Jinquan Xu, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
Zhanjun Gao, Rochester, NY (US);
Jinquan Xu, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing system includes a liquid source including a liquid with the liquid including particles. An acoustic transducer is associated with the liquid source. A controller is operably associated with the acoustic transducer and is configured to actuate the acoustic transducer to generate a standing sound wave including a nodal point in the liquid such that the particles are caused to move toward the nodal point of the standing sound wave.