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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2010
Yonglin Xie, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jeremy M. Grace, Penfield, NY (US);
Qing Yang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Roger S. Kerr, Brockport, NY (US);
Yonglin Xie, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jeremy M. Grace, Penfield, NY (US);
Qing Yang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Roger S. Kerr, Brockport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A printhead includes a jetting module that forms liquid drops travelling along a first path. A deflection mechanism causes selected liquid drops formed by the jetting module to deviate from the first path and begin travelling along a second path. A moving liquid curtain is positioned relative to the first path such that the liquid drops travelling along one of the first path and the second path contact the liquid curtain in a drop interception region of the liquid curtain. A liquid collection device is positioned to collect the liquid curtain downstream from the drop interception region.