US Patent Issued to Linx Printing Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Continuous ink jet printer and print head assembly therefor" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,646, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Linx Printing Technologies Ltd. (St Ives, Great Britain).

"Continuous ink jet printer and print head assembly therefor" was invented by Stephen John Cooke (St. Ives, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The print head cover (83) of an electrostatic deflection inkjet printer is made of a material having an electrical surface resistivity of no more than 1012 ohms per square or an electrical volume resistivity of no more than 109 ohm metres and is electrically connected to an earth line (93, 97). This prevents build-up of electric charge on the cover (83). The resistance from the surface o...