Inkjet printer provided with a device for dispensing ink pellets
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorSandor H. G. Joppen
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Abstract
An inkjet printer provided with a dispensing device for dispensing ink pellets of substantially identical shape, said dispensing device including a duct for transporting the ink pellets from an upstream location to a downstream ink pellet separating unit, a first boundary means causing the ink pellets to form as a single layer in the duct, the layer disposed at a small angle relative to the horizontal plane, and a second boundary means causing the ink pellets form in a single row in the direction of flow in the duct directly preceding the separating unit, the row having a length such that it extends over at least two ink pellets.
Claims15
An inkjet printer provided with a dispensing device for dispensing ink pellets of substantially identical shape, said dispensing device comprising:
- a duct for transporting the ink pellets from an upstream location to a downstream ink pellet separating unit,
- first boundary means causing the ink pellets to form as a single layer in the duct, said layer having a dimension defined by a plurality of ink pellets extending in at least two directions and being disposed at a small angle relative to the horizontal plane, and
- second boundary means causing the ink pellets to form in a single row in the direction of flow in the duct directly preceding the separating unit, said row having a length such that it extends over at least two ink pellets.
A dispensing device for dispensing ink pellets of substantially identical shape which comprises:
- a duct for transporting the ink pellets from an upstream location to a downstream ink pellet separating unit,
- first boundary means causing the ink pellets to form as a single layer in the duct, said layer having a dimension defined by a plurality of ink pellets extending in at least two directions and being disposed at a small angle relative to the horizontal plane, and
- second boundary means causing the ink pellets to form in a single row in the direction of flow in the duct directly preceding the separating unit, said row having a length such that it extends over at least two ink pellets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.