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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Kadota, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Kanematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ichiro Kadota, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Kanematsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid droplet flight device is provided that moves an ink or the like using a comparatively low voltage and stably causes flight of even a high viscosity ink or the like. When causing droplets of a liquid inside a liquid retaining section to fly onto a medium transported between liquid droplet discharge means and an opposing electrode in the liquid droplet flight device, a high voltage is applied to the flight electrode from a bias power source to generate an electric field between the flight electrode and the opposing electrode. On/off control of flight control means is performed in this state to apply a drive voltage of a low voltage to an EW drive electrode from a drive power source such that the liquid inside a slit moves to a leading end portion of the flight electrode due to an electrowetting phenomenon, and the liquid that has moved to the leading end portion of the flight electrode flies toward the opposing electrode through the electric field such that a liquid droplet lands on the medium.