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US 10,315,420 B2Granted
Printing apparatus and method for printing
AssigneeSublinove Inc.
InventorAndrée Pelletier
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes an ink treatment chamber having an inlet for receiving ink into the chamber. The ink is received in a non-gaseous statement. Heating elements heat the ink in the ink treatment chamber. After being heated, a nozzle ejects the heated ink. The heating of the ink may cause the ink to be changed to a gaseous ink and the gaseous ink may be ejected by the nozzle.
Claims12
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an ink treatment chamber;
- an inlet for receiving into the ink treatment chamber ink in a non-gaseous state;
- heating elements for heating the ink received in the ink treatment chamber;
- and
- a nozzle for ejecting the heated ink,
- wherein the housing comprises:
- a block member;
- a first bore machined in the block member defining the ink treatment chamber;
- and
- at least a second bore machined in the block member for receiving the heating element.
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A printing apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an ink treatment chamber;
- an inlet for receiving into the ink treatment chamber ink in a non-gaseous state;
- heating elements for heating the ink received in the ink treatment chamber;
- and
- a nozzle for ejecting the heated ink,
- wherein heating the ink causes the ink to be changed to gas in the ink treatment chamber and wherein the nozzle ejects the ink in the gaseous state,
- wherein the ink in the non-gaseous state is received in a liquid state and wherein heating the ink causes evaporation of the ink, and
- wherein the nozzle comprises a Laval nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.