Rotating ink jet printing apparatus

Rotary scanning ink jet apparatus having fixed charging, deflecting, ink catching and phasing devices comprising:

• a plurality of movable ink jet forming members,
• means for rotatively moving said ink jet forming members relative to a data receiving member,
• a plurality of ink charging members fixed relative to said ink jet forming members and arranged relative to said ink forming members so as to permit ink from said jet members to be passed between said charging members in a direction towards said data receiving member,
• a plurality of deflector members fixed relative to said ink jet forming members and similarly arranged as said charging members so that said ink from said jet members passes between said deflector members towards said data receiving members,
• an ink receiving or catching member disposed adjacent to said deflector members effective to receive that portion of the ink from said jet members which is not directed to the data receiving member as said jet members are moved relative thereto,
• means operably associated with said jet forming members for causing ink to be expelled from said jet forming members in the form of minuscule droplets for ultimate impingement on said data receiving member, and
• means for producing relative movement between said ink jet forming members and the fixed members while said data receiving member is moved relative to said fixed members effective upon energization of said droplet forming member to produce intelligible lines of dots of information or data on said data receiving member.