EP0568163A3 - Thermoelectric ink jet printhead - Google Patents

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EP0568163A3
EP0568163A3 EP19930250036 EP93250036A EP0568163A3 EP 0568163 A3 EP0568163 A3 EP 0568163A3 EP 19930250036 EP19930250036 EP 19930250036 EP 93250036 A EP93250036 A EP 93250036A EP 0568163 A3 EP0568163 A3 EP 0568163A3
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Prior art keywords
ink jet
jet printhead
thermoelectric ink
thermoelectric
printhead
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EP0568163A2 (en
EP0568163B1 (en
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Wolfgang Wehl
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Eastman Kodak Co
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Mannesmann AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/14016—Structure of bubble jet print heads
    • B41J2/14024—Assembling head parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2/1433—Structure of nozzle plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/14—Structure thereof only for on-demand ink jet heads
    • B41J2002/14387—Front shooter
EP93250036A 1992-04-28 1993-01-28 Thermoelectric ink jet printhead Expired - Lifetime EP0568163B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4214556 1992-04-28
DE4214556A DE4214556A1 (en) 1992-04-28 1992-04-28 ELECTROTHERMIC INK PRINT HEAD

Publications (3)

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EP0568163A2 EP0568163A2 (en) 1993-11-03
EP0568163A3 true EP0568163A3 (en) 1993-12-15
EP0568163B1 EP0568163B1 (en) 1996-07-31

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EP93250036A Expired - Lifetime EP0568163B1 (en) 1992-04-28 1993-01-28 Thermoelectric ink jet printhead

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US (1) US5463411A (en)
EP (1) EP0568163B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH068435A (en)
DE (2) DE4214556A1 (en)

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EP0379781A2 (en) * 1988-10-31 1990-08-01 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid jet recorder
WO1991017891A1 (en) * 1990-05-21 1991-11-28 Mannesmann Ag Ink-jet printing head for a liquid-jet printing device operating on the heat converter principle and process for making it

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US4403228A (en) * 1981-03-19 1983-09-06 Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Limited Ink jet printing head having a plurality of nozzles
US4675693A (en) * 1983-01-28 1987-06-23 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid injection recording method in which the liquid droplet volume has a predetermined relationship to the area of the liquid discharge port
US4633274A (en) * 1984-03-30 1986-12-30 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid ejection recording apparatus
EP0379781A2 (en) * 1988-10-31 1990-08-01 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid jet recorder
WO1991017891A1 (en) * 1990-05-21 1991-11-28 Mannesmann Ag Ink-jet printing head for a liquid-jet printing device operating on the heat converter principle and process for making it

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JPH068435A (en) 1994-01-18
DE4214556A1 (en) 1993-11-04
US5463411A (en) 1995-10-31
EP0568163A2 (en) 1993-11-03
EP0568163B1 (en) 1996-07-31
DE59303349D1 (en) 1996-09-05

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