Patent ID: 6565760
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B01L,B41J,C03B,C03C

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a print head from glass fibers comprising the steps of:a. sintering a plurality of tubular glass fiber sections together, each tubular glass fiber section being comprised of a first type of glass and having substantially tubular section with a center axis and having an inside diameter D, said tubular section being filled with a second type of glass; b. drawing said sintered bundle of glass fibers; c. re-sintering said drawn bundle of glass fibers; d. slicing a section of said re-sintered and drawn bundle of glass fibers; e. removing said second type of glass from within said tubular section; whereby after dissolving said second type of glass from within said tubular section there is formed a printer head substrate having multiple orifices formed by the removal of said second type of glass from within said tubular sections.