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Patent US6328436 - Electro-static particulate source, circulation, and valving system for ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsIn a ballistic aerosol marking device or the like, marking material flows from a material reservoir to a delivery channel via a port. Flow of marking material is facilitated by the provision of electrostatic marking material moving structures in or near the walls of the marking material reservoir. Marking...http://www.google.com/patents/US6328436?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6328436 - Electro-static particulate source, circulation, and valving system for ballistic aerosol markingAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6328436 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/474,690Publication dateDec 11, 2001Filing dateDec 29, 1999Priority dateSep 30, 1999Fee statusPaidPublication number09474690, 474690, US 6328436 B1, US 6328436B1, US-B1-6328436, US6328436 B1, US6328436B1InventorsPhilip D. Floyd, David K. Biegelsen, Eric Peeters, Frederick J. Endicott, Richard P. N. Veregin, Gregory B. Anderson, Karen A. Moffat, Maria N. V. McDougall, Jaan Noolandi, Armin R. Volkel, Tuan Anh Vo, Kaiser H. Wong, Peter M. KazmaierOriginal AssigneeXerox CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (20), Referenced by (4), Classifications (12), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetElectro-static particulate source, circulation, and valving system for ballistic aerosol markingUS 6328436 B1Abstract In a ballistic aerosol marking device or the like, marking material flows from a material reservoir to a delivery channel via a port. Flow of marking material is facilitated by the provision of electrostatic marking material moving structures in or near the walls of the marking material reservoir. Marking material may be set into a continuous motion past the port and controllably extracted from the reservoir into the channel.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present invention is related to U.S. patent applications Ser. Nos. 09/163,893, 09/164,124, 09/164,250, 09/163,808, 09/163,765, 09/163,839, 09/163,954, 09/163,924, 09/163,904, 09/163,799, 09/163,664, 09/163,518, 09/164,104, 09/163,825, 08/128,160, 08/670,734, 08/950,300, 08/950,303, and 09/407,908, and issued U.S. patent Ser. No. 5,717,986, each of the above being incorporated herein by reference.
SUMMARY The present invention is employed in a novel system for applying a marking material to a substrate, directly or indirectly, which overcomes the disadvantages referred to above, as well as others discussed further herein. Ballistic aerosol marking apparatus and processes have been described in the aforementioned and incorporated U.S. patent applications, such as Ser. No. 09/163,893. In such an apparatus, a propellant is caused to flow through a channel, and marking material is selectively delivered to the channel whereby it is imparted with sufficient kinetic energy by the propellant stream to impact a substrate. A relatively large number of such channels may be employed to form a print head. Also, a multiplicity of marking materials may be delivered to the channels concurrently, whereby they are mixed in said channels prior to impacting the substrate. Single-pass color printing is one possible benefit obtained from this architecture.
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