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Method and apparatus for applying magnetic liquid droplets to a recording surface

CA 1068759 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Fan, George J.

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Abstract of the disclosure A stream of magnetic ink droplets is directed towards a recording surface and initially passes through a selector which selects the droplets for application to the recording surface to form characters thereon. Each of the selected droplets passes through first and second magnetic deflectors in which each of the selected droplets is deflected in directions orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to the direction in which the droplets are moving toward the recording surface. Each of the selected droplets is subjected to a magnetic field gradient varying with respect to time during the passage of the droplet through one or both of the magnetic fields depending on the …

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  • Granted December 25, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 25, 1996.
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GrantedDecember 25, 1979
Term endedDecember 25, 1996
Patent numberCA 1068759 A
Classification (IPC)G01D15/16 +1 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedDec 25, 1979Term endedDec 25, 1996

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