Incremental printing of symbolic information – Ink jet – Fluid or fluid source handling means
Patent
1995-01-26
1997-01-28
Lund, Valerie
Incremental printing of symbolic information
Ink jet
Fluid or fluid source handling means
347 54, G01D 1518, B41J 2045
Patent
active
055982000
ABSTRACT:
A method and an apparatus (10) eject on demand a discrete droplet (12) of liquid at a high temperature along a predetermined trajectory (18) by transferring a physical impulse from a low temperature environment to a high temperature environment. The ejector apparatus includes a vessel (26) having an interior (24) that contains a high-temperature liquid (14), such as liquid metal, Al, Zn or Sn. The interior includes an inlet end (30) that receives a thermally insulative impulse transmitting device (22) and a feed supply (34) of the droplet material, and a discharge region (56) having an orifice (16) through which the discrete droplets are ejected. An inert gas is feed through the inlet end and into the vessel to create an overpressure over the liquid so that as the overpressure is increased the droplet size is increased. A heater (70) heats the material contained within the interior. An impulse generator (20) is connected and imparts a physical impulse to the impulse transmitting device to produce an ejection pressure at the orifice to eject a discrete droplet of the high-temperature liquid. The impulse generator including a pulse generator electrically connected to a pulse amplifier that is electrically connected to an acoustic device, such as a loudspeaker.
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