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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Hrishikesh V. Panchawagh, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas W. Palone, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeremy M. Grace, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael A. Marcus, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Carolyn R. Ellinger, Rochester, NY (US);
Kathleen M. Vaeth, Penfield, NY (US);
Hrishikesh V. Panchawagh, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas W. Palone, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeremy M. Grace, Penfield, NY (US);
Michael A. Marcus, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Carolyn R. Ellinger, Rochester, NY (US);
Kathleen M. Vaeth, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of dispensing liquid drops includes providing a liquid dispenser array structure. Liquid dispensers, located on a common substrate, include a liquid supply channel and a drop formation device associated with an interface of a liquid dispensing channel and the liquid supply channel. A carrier liquid is provided by a first liquid supply that flows continuously through an outlet of the liquid dispensing channel during a drop dispensing operation. A functional liquid, immiscible in the carrier liquid, is provided by a second liquid supply to the liquid dispensing channel through the liquid supply channel. The drop formation device is selectively actuated to form a discrete drop of the functional liquid in the carrier liquid flowing through the liquid dispensing channel. The flowing carrier liquid causes the discrete drops of the functional liquid to move through the outlet of the liquid dispensing channel during the drop dispensing operation.