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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Paul R. Drury, Royston, GB;
Inventor:
Paul R. Drury, Royston, GB;
Assignee:
XAAR Technology Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 53/76 (2006.01); B23P 17/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/015 (2006.01); B41J 2/15 (2006.01); B41J 2/145 (2006.01); B41J 2/135 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nozzle plate component manufactured by forming a layer of photoresist on a substrate and selectively exposing and removing material to define an array of distinct bodies. Nickel is then electroformed around the bodies to form a plate, with nozzles subsequently formed by ablation through the photoresist. The process can essentially be repeated to form a guard structure around each nozzle.