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Impulse ink jet print head and method of making same

CA 1267563 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Cruz-Uribe, Antonio S.; Raman, Gopalan; Hubbard, David W.

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An impulse ink jet print head and method of fabricating same. The print head comprises a plurality of superposed, contiguous plates including a nozzle plate with at least a pair of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the plates. Another plate is a channel plate defining at least a pair of coplanar axially aligned elongated chambers, each connected to an ink supply and having an outlet communicating with an associated nozzle. A diaphragm plate overlies the channel plate and has transducers thereon for displacing ink in each of the chambers to eject discrete ink droplets from the nozzles. Other plates may include a manifold plate for directing ink to a …

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  • Granted April 10, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 10, 2007.
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FiledOctober 20, 1986
GrantedApril 10, 1990
Term endedApril 10, 2007
Patent numberCA 1267563 C
Classification (IPC)G01D15/16 +1 more

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1987199019931996199920022005Application filedOct 20, 1986Patent grantedApril 10, 1990Term endedApril 10, 2007

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