Patent ID: 9272301
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B05C,B41J

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for processing a media itself, or an applied material selectively deposited on a media surface, said apparatus to condition said media or applied material as said media is advanced through said apparatus, or in proximity to, said apparatus comprising: a delivery system for advancing said media; a fluid; a platen, as portions of said media exit said delivery assembly, is disposed to be adjacent to, and spaced apart from, said portions of said media surface, wherein said platen having defined therethrough a plurality of spaced apart orifices that are substantially alternatingly positively and negatively pressurized to a direct fluid toward and to withdraw said fluid from, respectively, a region between said platen and said media surface optionally having said applied material thereon, with the equilibrium separation of the media from the platen established by the geometry of the orifices and manifolds, and pressures supplied to the manifolds; and a fluid pressure source coupled to said platen to apply said fluid having a selected positive gauge pressure to said positively pressurized orifices and to apply a selected negative gauge pressure to said negatively pressurized orifices to withdraw said fluid therefrom; wherein said applied material on said media surface, or the media itself, is conditioned by said fluid between said platen and said media surface and wherein said platen has a selected contour or shape with the net pressure between said platen and said media surface when not at an equilibrium spacing t