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US 10,814,611 B2Granted
Passive vapor deposition system and method
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorFrancisco Zirilli
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InventorFrancisco Zirilli
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A dampening fluid deposition system includes a vapor generator adjacent an air supply channel and in fluid communication with a dampening fluid supply to produce dampening fluid vapor. The vapor generator includes a vapor channel having an interior in communication with air confined within the air supply channel. The vapor generator may include a liquid reservoir receiving dampening fluid from the dampening fluid supply and a heater that heats the received dampening fluid into dampening fluid vapor. The liquid reservoir may include a wick that stores dampening fluid and releases dampening fluid vapor into the vapor channel and a heat conductive tub that holds the wick and dampening fluid. The passive dampening fluid deposition system mixes the dampening fluid vapor with the confined air to form an air/vapor mix that is condensed as a layer of dampening fluid onto the reimageable surface of an imaging member.
A dampening fluid deposition system useful for printing with an ink-based digital image forming apparatus having a rotating imaging member with a reimageable surface, the system comprising:
A method for depositing an air/vapor mixture onto a reimageable surface of a rotating imaging member useful for printing with an ink-based digital image forming apparatus having an air supply channel defining an air supply channel interior in communication with an air source, the air supply channel being configured to deliver air from the air source towards the reimageable surface of the imaging member, comprising:
A dampening fluid deposition system useful for printing with an ink-based digital image forming apparatus having a rotating imaging member with a reimageable surface, and an air supply channel defining an air supply channel interior in communication with an air source, the air supply channel being configured to deliver air from the air source towards the reimageable surface of the imaging member, the dampening fluid deposition system comprising a vapor generation system downstream the air supply channel and in fluid communication with a dampening fluid supply, the vapor generation system including a vapor channel having a vapor channel outlet, the vapor channel defining a vapor channel interior in communication with the air in the air supply channel interior from the air source, the vapor generation system configured to receive dampening fluid from the dampening fluid supply and produce dampening fluid vapor from the received dampening fluid, the dampening fluid deposition system configured to mix the dampening fluid vapor with the air from the air source to form an air/vapor mix proximate the reimageable surface that condenses onto the reimageable surface as a layer of the dampening fluid.
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