Ink jet device and conductive liquid

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EP 0 753 410 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/26

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.01.1997 Bulletin 1997/03

(21)	Application number: 96304746.9

(22)	Date of filing: 27.06.1996

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B41J 2/05

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

28.06.1995 JP 162206/95

(71)	Applicant: Riso Kagaku Corporation
	Tokyo 105 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Imai, Ryoichi, Riso Kagaku Corp., R & D Center Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Greenwood, John David et al
	Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)

(54)	Ink jet device and conductive liquid

(57) An ink jet device including a storing chamber (5) for storing a conductive ink (20) containing a conductive liquid (21) and a conductive material (22); an electrode (7,9) for applying an alternating current to the conductive ink (20) stored in the storing chamber (5) in order to generate bubbles in the conductive liquid (21); and a nozzle (6) for ejecting the conductive ink (20) owing to generation of the bubbles by application of the alternating current.

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