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Patent US6293659 - Particulate source, circulation, and valving system for ballistic aerosol ... - Google Patents
A ballistic aerosol marking device includes, marking material which flows from a material reservoir to a delivery channel via a port. Flow of marking material is facilitated by the creation of a fluidized bed or aerosol of marking material in the reservoir. Gas flow together with mechanical or electromechanical...http://www.google.ca/patents/US6293659?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6293659 - Particulate source, circulation, and valving system for ballistic aerosol marking
Publication number US6293659 B1
Application number US 09/476,010
Publication number 09476010, 476010, US 6293659 B1, US 6293659B1, US-B1-6293659, US6293659 B1, US6293659B1
Inventors Philip 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. Kazmaier
Patent Citations (122), Non-Patent Citations (20), Referenced by (56), Classifications (7), Legal Events (7)
Particulate source, circulation, and valving system for ballistic aerosol marking
US 6293659 B1
1. A marking apparatus, comprising:
a marking material reservoir with dry particulate marking material disposed within, said marking material reservoir having a vibration source associate therewith and operable to subject at least a portion of the marking material disposed within said marking material reservoir to a mechanical vibration to assist in creation of a fluidized bed of the marking material;
a structure having formed therein a channel for receiving marking material from said marking material reservoir;
a port communicatively connecting said marking material reservoir and said channel so as to allow some of the marking material to travel from said marking material reservoir to said channel; a metering device associated with said port, the metering device to selectively introduce some of the marking material from said reservoir into said channel; and
an interior surface of said port having formed therein a plurality of capillaries, each capillary having an mean diameter of 100 μm or smaller, and arranged to introduce a fluid through said capillaries in said interior surface of said port into said marking material reservoir, the plurality of capillaries to provide a plurality of fluid sources into said marking material reservoir and assist in the creation of a fluidized bed of marking material.
2. The marking apparatus of claim 1, wherein said vibration source is a transducer.
a interior surface having formed therein at least one fluid source, said fluid source having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end having a first diameter, said distal end having a second diameter greater than said first diameter.
7. The marking apparatus of claim 6, wherein said fluid source has a funnel-shaped cross-sectional profile.
a marking material reservoir with dry particulate marking material disposed within, said marking material reservoir having a vibration source associate therewith and operable to subject at least a portion of the marking material disposed within to a mechanical vibration to assist in creation of a fluidized bed of marking material therein;
a port located in said marking material reservoir for communicatively connecting to an operable portion of the marking apparatus; and
an interior surface of said port having formed therein a plurality of capillaries, each capillary having a mean diameter of 100 μm or smaller, and arranged to introduce a fluid into said marking material reservoir, the plurality of capillaries to provide a plurality of fluid sources into said marking material reservoir and assist in the creation of a fluidized bed of marking material.
11. The cartridge of claim 10, wherein said vibration source is a transducer.
15. The cartridge of claim 14, wherein said fluid source has a funnel-shaped cross-sectional profile.
Resolution Pitch Width
300 84 60
600 42 30
900 32 22
1200 21 15
When employing a marking material having an appropriately sized and shaped particle, with a proper plasticity, packing density, magnetization, etc., the frictional and other binding forces between the particles may be sufficiently reduced by a disruption (i.e., due to a gas such as the propellant passing through marking material) such that the marking material takes on certain fluid-like, or even aerosol properties in the area of disruption. (See Fuchs, “The Mechanics of Aerosols”, §58, pp. 367-373 (Pergamon Press, 1964), incorporated herein by reference, for specifics on the parameters for creating fluidization.) By providing an aerosol or fluidized bed in the manner described herein, the marking material is made to flow evenly and easily. Accurate spot size, position, color, etc., are thereby obtained.
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