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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Applicants:
John R. Andrews, Fairport, NY (US);
David A. Tence, Tualatin, OR (US);
Terrance Lee Stephens, Molalla, OR (US);
Inventors:
John R. Andrews, Fairport, NY (US);
David A. Tence, Tualatin, OR (US);
Terrance Lee Stephens, Molalla, OR (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method forms apertures in a polymer aperture plate configured for use in a piezoelectric print head. The method includes bonding a polymer aperture plate to an outlet plate configured with outlets, and aligning a laser with the outlets in the outlet plate to ablate apertures in the polymer aperture plate that are aligned with the outlets.