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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas A. Saksa, Corvallis, OR (US);
Raymond Adamic, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/015 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0015 (2013.01); B41J 29/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an ink erasing system includes an erase fluid dispenser to apply erase fluid to a surface of a print medium. The system includes a plurality of nonadjacent pairs of electrodes positioned across a width of the print medium. The system also includes a controller to direct the erase fluid dispenser to apply the erase fluid in an erase region on the print medium, and to alternately electrify the nonadjacent pairs of electrodes to generate a moving electric field through the erase region.