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US 8,942,615 B2Granted
Vortex flow resisters
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWael Salalha, Shunit Petachia, Sharon Nagler
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Abstract
Vortex flow resisters (20, 220) deliver liquid from an upper chamber (16, 216) to a lower chamber (18, 218) prior to the liquid being distributed onto a cylinder (12, 14, 212, 122).
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a cylinder;
- an upper chamber having an inlet;
- a lower chamber having an opening through which liquid is applied to the cylinder;
- and
- vortex flow resisters between the upper chamber and the lower chamber.
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A method comprising:
- distributing a liquid along a length of a cylinder by:
- supplying the liquid to an upper chamber;
- flowing the liquid through the vortex flow resisters to a lower chamber;
- and
- directing the liquid from the vortex flow resisters e onto the cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.