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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5139812 | Method and apparatus for high security crypto-marking for protecting valuable objects A high security crypto-marking method for protecting valuable objects in which a target chemical compound suitable for subsequent detection by an appropriate detection means is applied to an object to be marked, wherein the method comprises the following ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5093147 | Providing intelligible markings A method for providing intelligible markings that are virtually invisible to the unaided eye on the surface of an article, comprises: applying onto the surface, by a jet printing process, a marking medium comprising a compatible liquid or viscous substanc... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5087283 | Sympathetic ink for ink jet printer Sympathetic ink compositions particularly adapted for use with high speed, non-impact ink printing equipment are disclosed, together with methods of use and development thereof. The inks of the invention are water-based and include of from about 4-20% by ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4943816 | High quality thermal jet printer configuration suitable for producing color images A printer suitable for color printing which uses an ink jet printhead in which the marking fluid contains no dye so that a latent image of the desired print pattern is produced in the form of moistened spots directly on the print medium. The latent image ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4746935 | Multitone ink jet printer and method of operation This patent application discloses a method and apparatus useful for eight-level halftone thermal ink jet printing by printing with droplets of ink with volumes weighted in a binary sequence. Three (3) binary-weighted drop generators which are fired in seq... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4630076 | Ink-on-demand color ink jet system printer A color ink jet system printer of the ink-on-demand type includes four orifices for emitting yellow ink droplets, magenta ink droplets, cyan ink droplets and black ink droplets, and an additional orifice for emitting white or transparent ink droplets. The... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4538160 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus comprises an ink jetting nozzle for jetting a colored ink to deposit on a recording paper and a liquid jetting nozzle for jetting a processing liquid to deposit on the recording paper. Depending on the type of the processing... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4494128 | Gray scale printing with ink jets An ink jet system using a single transducer chamber is disclosed which can produce a wide variation in visual print density (gray scale) without a reduction in print resolution. Vehicle is mixed with the ink during the actual jet printing process to produ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4312268 | Apparatus and method for coating of inks applied at high speed This invention relates to apparatus and a method by which a liquid is applied in desired configurations to a continuous web which travels at a relatively high rate. The liquid may be that which is applied by jets or the like. According to this invention a... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4290072 | Opaque jet ink printing method and composition A method of jet ink printing to produce opaque images including jet ink printing a surface with a nonaqueous jet ink composition, and subsequently contacting the surface with a resin opacifying solvent before the ink composition has dried, to separate the... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4241354 | Apparatus for indicating unauthorized delivery of a fluid product Apparatus for indicating unauthorized delivery of liquid product for use in connection with a Veeder-Root Counter-Printer is characterized by a timer arrangement adapted to measure the time duration of an interruption in liquid product flow and to prime t... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4227200 | Pigmented jet printing and product Ink compositions suitable for ink jet printing on metal, plastic, or paper surfaces, the ink characterized by opaque and visible properties in light, incorporating, in solution, a resin component, and at least one solvent, proportioned to give the ink as ... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4143381 | Method for information processing Information is recorded on the surface of a recording member by signal-controlled non-impact printing means, such as a jet printer or meniscus printer. The recorded information is not necessarily visible, and comprises deposits formed by ion or electron o... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4109282 | Apparatus and method for printing information onto a surface A printing apparatus is provided which permits grey levels to be printed in response to coded electrical signals. The apparatus includes a writing head formed with an array of nibs. Each nib includes a duct formed with two passageways, one passageway for ... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4095233 | Method for forming a charge pattern An ink jet apparatus deposits a pattern of charged, substantially colorless droplets on an insulating imaging surface. The droplets are dried to leave an electrostatic charge pattern. The charge pattern is developed using conventional techniques and can b... | 06/13/1978 |
| 3982251 | Method and apparatus for recording information on a recording medium Streams of ink droplets are formed of a material which changes from transparent or colorless to a color when subjected to a selected energy source. A print pattern is produced on a movable paper through selectively controlling the droplets to which the se... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3974469 | Permanent magnet biasing means for reed switches A magnetic switch assembly including a reed switch is biased by moving the magnetic axis of a permanent magnet with respect to the axis of the reed switch. In one embodiment, the magnet is a disc magnet which is provided with diametrically opposite poles ... | 08/10/1976 |
