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Marking method and apparatus

CA 1050097 A · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Hwa, Stephen C.P.; Dye, Malcolm S.

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Abstract of the Disclosure A method and apparatus are provided for providing droplets that are suitable to mark a recording surface with a high degree of resolution and which are quickly responsive to electrical input. A shaft electrode is positioned with respect to a supply of marking liquid such that its propellant end is just above the surface of the marking liquid. A field is established between the shaft electrode and one external electrode causing droplets to be propelled from the marking liquid supply covering the shaft electrode onto record receiving means.

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  • Granted March 6, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 6, 1996.
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GrantedMarch 6, 1979
Term endedMarch 6, 1996
Patent numberCA 1050097 A
Classification (IPC)B41M1/42 +1 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedMarch 6, 1979Term endedMarch 6, 1996

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