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US 2013/0127957 A1Published application
Mixing Device and Mixing Method
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid Allen Mantell, Peter Michael Gulvin, Pinyen Lin, Andrew W Hays
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Abstract
A mixing method and device are disclosed. The mixing method includes providing a drop generating device including a first drop ejector, a second drop ejector and a collector. The mixing method also includes ejecting a plurality of drops of a first reactant from the first drop ejector and ejecting a plurality of drops of a second reactant from the second drop ejector and collecting the drops with the collector.
Claims20
A mixing method, comprising:
- providing the mixing device of claim 14;
- ejecting a plurality of drops of a first reactant from the first drop ejector;
- ejecting a plurality of drops of a second reactant from the second drop ejector;
- and collecting the drops with the collector.
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A mixing device, comprising:
- a printhead;
- a first independent drop ejector disposed in mechanical cooperation with the printhead comprising a first set of nozzles, wherein said first set of nozzles are configured to be substantially uniform in size, and wherein the first drop ejector is configured to eject a plurality of drops of a first reactant;
- a second independent drop ejector disposed in mechanical cooperation with the printhead comprising a second set of nozzles, wherein said second set of nozzles are configured to be substantially uniform in size, and wherein the second drop ejector is configured to eject a plurality of drops of a second reactant;
- a heating element asymmetrically disposed in at least one of said nozzles;
- and
- a collector to receive the reactants of the first and second drop ejectors,
- wherein the first and second set of nozzles are configured at an angle to mix the first and second reactants prior to being received by the collector to form an inked image thereon after ejection from the first and second drop ejectors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.