Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metal powder manufacture using a liquid metal ejector
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Application No.: US16412801Application Date: 2019-05-15
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Publication No.: US11607727B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Scott J Vader , Zachary S Vader , Chu-Heng Liu
- Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Maginot Moore & Beck LLP
- Main IPC: B22F1/065
- IPC: B22F1/065 ; B22F9/06

Abstract:
An ejector of liquid material to form spherical particles includes a crucible for retaining liquid material, an orifice area defining at least one orifice, and an actuator responsive to a voltage signal for causing material to be ejected from the crucible through the orifice. A method comprises applying a voltage signal of a first type and a second type to the actuator, causing a material droplet of a first size and a second size to be ejected through the orifice. Alternately or in addition, the orifice area defines a first orifice having a first diameter and a second orifice having a second diameter different from the first diameter, whereby a signal causes a material droplet of a first size to be ejected through the first orifice and a material droplet of a second size to be ejected through the second orifice.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190351488A1 METAL POWDER MANUFACTURE USING A LIQUID METAL EJECTOR Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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