US Patent Issued to Dover Europe Sarl on Jan. 13 for "Arrangements and methods for drying printed ink" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,002, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Dover Europe Sarl (Vernier, Switzerland).

"Arrangements and methods for drying printed ink" was invented by Bruno Barbet (Etoile sur Rhone, France) and Amine Bendaoud (Saint Etienne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement in communication with a printer. The printer includes at least a print-head configured to deposit liquid ink on an area on a surface of a substrate. The liquid ink comprises a solvent portion and a dry content. The arrangement comprises at least one nozzle configured to generate a stream of gas over said area with a gas stream velocity and/or gas stream shape, su...